The artist lives and works in Warsaw, Poland.
1930Born in Falenty, Poland
1950 - 1954Studied at the Academy of Fine Arts, Warsaw, Poland
1954 - 1960Painted a series of large gouaches on paper and canvas
1960 - 1969Created monumental three-dimensional forms called Abakans, which were personally hand-woven in her own technique
1965 - 1990Professor at the Academy of Fine Arts, Poznań, Poland
1970 - 1979Changed scale and material; created huge cycles of figurative and non-figurative sculptures made out of burlap and resins called Alterations
1980 - 1989Created series of monumental sculptures using bronze, stone, wood, and iron; installed permanent outdoor installation, Spaces to Experience, in Italy, Israel, South Korea, Germany, and America
1994 - 1997Created Hurma, 150 figures of children and Backward Standing, 60 figures of adults; created drawings and choreographies inspired by her sculptures – taken to the stage by Asbestos, a Japanese Butoh dance group
1994 - 1997Created Hurma, 150 figures of children and Backward Standing, 60 figures of adults; created drawings and choreographies inspired by her sculptures – taken to the stage by Asbestos, a Japanese Butoh dance group
2000Created Crowd of 95 Figures, bronze figures of adults and children standing and walking
2002The Unrecognized, 112 larger-than-life, cast-iron figures, is permanently installed at Citadel Park, Poznán, Poland (each figure is over 83 inches high)
2003Inauguration of Space of Stone, 22 granite blocks installed at Grounds for Sculpture, Hamilton, New Jersey; Open Air Aquarium, 30 stainless steel fish, is permanently installed and situated along the riverfront on Penn’s Landing, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
2004Big Figures, 20 bronze walking figures, is installed in front of Princeton University Art Museum, Princeton, New Jersey (2001 – 2002; on loan from a private collector)
2006Agora, a large permanent monument consisting of 106 cast-iron figures, is installed at Chicago Grant Park, Chicago, Illinois (each about 280 cm tall)
2004Cavaliere nell’Ordine al Merito della Repubblica Italiana, The Italian Republic, Rome, Italy
2004Commandeur de l'Ordre des Arts et des Lettres, The Republic of France, Paris, France
2000Orden Pour le Mérite fur Wissenschaften und Künste, Federal Republic of Germany, Berlin, Germany
1997Leonardo da Vinci World Award of Arts, Leonardo da Vinci World , Mexico City, Mexico
1993Award for Distinction in Sculpture, The Sculpture Center, New York, New York, United States
1965Grand Prix, São Paolo Biennale, São Paolo, Brazil
2005Vancouver Sculpture Biennale: Open Spaces, Vancouver, Canada
2004Sculpture Quadrennial Riga 2004, Riga, Latvia
199747a Esposizione Internazionale d'Arte, Venice, Italy (Hand-like Trees installed on Rive degli Schiavoni upon the invitation of the Major of Venice)
1995Esposizione Internazionale d'Arte, Venice, Italy
1993The Fujisankei Biennale, International Exhibition for Contemporary Sculpture, Nagano, Japan
1986VI Biennale of Sydney, Sydney, Australia
1985Biennale Internationale de la Tapisserie, Lausanne, Switzerland
1983International Open Air Sculpture Biennale, Antwerp, Belgium
1980Esposizione Internazionale d'Arte, Venice, Italy
1968XXXIV Esposizione Internazionale d'Arte, Venice, Italy
1965VIII Biennale de São Paolo, São Paolo, Brazil
1962Biennale Internazionale de la Tapisserie, Lausanne, Switzerland
2010Magdalena Abakanowicz, Van Every/Smith Galleries, Davidson College, Davidson, North Carolina, United States.
2009Magdalena Abakanowicz: Space to Experience, Fondazione Arnaldo Pomodoro, Milan, Italy.
2008 - 2009King Arthur’s Court, Stiftung museum kunst palast, Düsseldorf, Germany.
2008 - 2009La Corto del Rey Arturo, Palacio de Cristal, Museo Nacional Centro de Arte Reina Sofia, Madrid, Spain.
2008 - 2009Magdalena Abakanowicz, Galería Marlborough, Madrid, Spain.
2008 - 2009Magdalena Abakanowicz, Institute Valenciá d’Art Modern, Centro Julio Gonzalez, Valenciá, Spain.
2008 - 2009Magdalena Abakanowicz - Birds, Conglomerates, Ghosts, Spirits, Beck and Eggeling, Düsseldorf, Germany.
2008 - 2009Magdalena Abakanowicz: Hurma, 1994-1995, The Margulies Collection at the Warehouse, Miami, Florida , Miami, Florida , United States.
2008 - 2009Magdalena Abakanowicz: Reality of Dreams, Mary and Leigh Block Museum of Art, Northwestern University, Evanston, Illinois, United States.
2007Magdalena Abakanowicz - Sculptures et Dessins, Galerie Patrice Trigano, Paris, France.
2007Magdalena Abakanowicz, Coexistence - Dream, Gruby and Kozio, Taguchi Fine Art, Ltd, Tokyo, Japan.
2006Magdalena Abakanowicz, Trondheim Art Museum, Trondheim, Norway.
2006Magdalena Abakanowicz - Sculptures et Dessins, Marlborough Monaco, Monte-Carlo, Monaco.
2006Magdalena Abakanowicz: The Drawings, Frederik Meijer Gardens and Sculpture Park, Grand Rapids, Michigan, United States.
2005La Foule V, Galerie Saint-Séverin, Paris, France.
2005Magdalena Abakanowicz, Museum of Fine Arts Budapest, Budapest, Hungary.
2005Magdalena Abakanowicz - Im Dialog VI, Stadtkirche Darmstadt, Darmstadt, Germany.
2005Magdalena Abakanowicz: Confessions, Sculpture and Drawings, Marlborough Gallery, New York, New York, United States.
2005Space to Experience: The Sculpture of Magdalena Abakanowicz, Museum of Art, Fort Lauderdale, Fort Lauderdale, Florida , United States.
2005The Gigant and The Son of Gigant, The Fields Sculpture Park, The Sculpture Park Art Omi International Arts Center, Ghent, New York , United States. (created in 2003)
2005Works on Paper, Marlborough Gallery, New York, New York, United States.
2004 Landesmuseum Schloss Gottorf, Schleswig-Holstein, Germany.
2004 L’Espace d’Art Contemporain André-Malraux, Colmar, France.
2004Hurma, Chapelle Saint-Louis de la Salpêtrière, Paris, France. traveled to L’Espace d’Art Contemporain André-Malraux, Colmar, France
2004Magdalena Abakanowicz, Danubiana-Meulensteen Art Museum, Bratislava, Slovakia.
2004Magdalena Abakanowicz, Kunsthaus CentrePasquArt - Centre d’Art, Biel/Bienne, Switzerland.
2004Magdalena Abakanowicz - Melchior, Jonas, and the Eight White Faces, Taguchi Fine Art, Tokyo, Japan.
2004Mutation and Crystallization, Pei Ling Chan Gallery, Savannah College of Art and Design, Savannah, Georgia, United States.
2004Sculptures, Museum Franz Gertsch, Burgdorf, Switzerland.
2003Abakanowicz, Museum Beelden aan zee, Scheveningen, Netherlands.
2003Coexistence, Marlborough Gallery, New York, New York, United States.
2003Dancing Figures, Marlborough Fine Art, London, England.
2003Magdalena Abakanowicz, Museo d'Arte Moderna e Contemporanea di Trento e Rovereto, Rovereto, Italy.
2003Magdalena Abakanowicz - Tanzende und Schreitende, Beck & Eggeling International Fine Art, Düsseldorf, Germany.
2003Magdalena Abakanowicz - The Long Wait, MacLaren Art Cenre, Barrie, Ontario, Canada.
2003Magdalena Abakanowicz: The Skulls, Frederik Meijer Gardens and Sculpture Park, Grand Rapids, Michigan, United States.
2002 Museum Narodowe, Poznán, Poland.
2001 Kunst-Station Sankt Peter, Cologne, Germany.
2001Magdalena Abakanowicz, About the Human Condition, Grant Selwyn Fine Art, Beverly Hills, California, United States. traveled to Gerald Peters Gallery, Santa Fe, New Mexico; Pillsbury Peters Fine Art, Dallas, Texas
2001Magdalena Abakanowicz: The Crowd IV and Infantes, William Benton Museum of Art, , University of Connecticut, Storrs, Connecticut, United States.
2001Space to Experience, Three Rivers Arts Festival, Point State Park, Pittsburgh, United States.
2000Abakanowicz, Warsaw Opera House, Warsaw, Poland.
2000Ninety Five Figures from the Crowd of One Thousand Ninety Five Figures, Marlborough Gallery, New York, New York, United States.
2000Working Process, Guiliano Gori Collection, Spazi d’Arte, Santomato di Pistoia, Italy.
1999Abakanowicz dans les Jardins du Palais Royal, Palais Royal, Paris, France.
1999Abakanowicz on the Roof, The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, New York, United States.
1999Wild Flowers, 30 Basel Art Fair, Basel, Switzerland.
1998 Starmach Gallery, Kraków, Poland.
1998Magdalena Abakanowicz – Recent Works, Sculpture, Centrum Szutki Wspolczesnej Ujazdowski Castle, Warsaw, Poland.
1997 Galerie Marwan Hoss, Paris, France.
1996 Charlottenborg Exhibition Hall, Copenhagen, Denmark. ; traveled to Kulturhuset Stockholm, Stockholm, Sweden
1996 - 1997 Doris Freedman Plaza, New York, New York, United States.
1996 Oriel Mostyn Gallery, Llandudno, Wales.
1996Oeuvres récentes, Galerie Marwan Hoss, Paris, France.
1995 Center of Polish Sculpture, Oronsko, Poland.
1995 Els Jardins de Can Altamira, Barcelona, Spain.
1995 Yorkshire Sculpture Park, West Bretton, Wakefield, England.
1995Magdalena Abakanowicz, Centrum Sztuki Wspolczesnej, Ujazdowski Castle, Warsaw, Poland.
1994 Fundació Pilar i Joan Miró a Millorca, Palma de Mallorca, Spain.
1994 Galeria Kordegarda, Warsaw, Poland. ; traveled to Muzeum Sztuki, Lódz, Poland
1994 Galeriá Marlborough, Madrid, Spain.
1993 Biuro Wystaw Artystycznych, Krakow, Poland.
1993 Marlborough Gallery, New York, New York, United States.
1993Recent Sculpture, Museum of Art, Rhode Island School of Design, Providence, Rhode Island, United States. ; traveled to Palmer Museum of Art, Pennsylvania State University, University Park, Pennsylvania
1993War Games, P.S. 1 Contemporary Art Center, Long Island City, New York, United States.
1992 Marlborough Gallery, New York, New York, United States.
1992 Nelson-Atkins Museum of Art, Kansas City, Missouri, United States.
1992Installation, , Sculpture Garden, Walker Art Center, Minneapolis, Minnesota, United States.
1991Retrospective exhibition, Sezon Museum of Art, Tokyo, Japan. ; traveled to The Museum of Modern Art, Shiga, Japan; Art Tower, Mito, Japan; Hiroshima City Museum of Contemporary Art, Hiroshima, Japan, Muzeum Sztuki, Lódz, Poland
1990 Marlborough Fine Art, London, England.
1990 Richard Gray Gallery, Chicago, Illinois, United States.
1989 Marlborough Gallery, New York, New York, United States.
1989 Städtliche Galerie im Städelschen Kunstinstitut, Frankfurt am Main, Germany.
1988 Laumeier Sculpture Park, St. Louis, Missouri, United States.
1988 Mücsarnok (Palace of Exhibitions), Budapest, Hungary.
1986 Virginia Museum of Fine Arts, Richmond,, Virginia, United States.
1985 Galerie Alice Pauli, Lausanne, Switzerland.
1985Abakanowicz: About Men, Sculpture 1974-1985, Xavier Fourcade Inc, New York, New York, United States.
1983Magdalena Abakanowicz, Musée d’art contemporain de Montreal, Montreal, Quebec, Canada.
1982 ARC/Musée d’Art Moderne de la Ville de Paris, Paris, France.
1982 - 1984Retrospective exhibition, Museum of Contemporary Art, Chicago, Illinois, United States. ;traveled to Musée d’Art Contemporain, Montreal, Canada; National Academy of Sciences, Washington, DC; De Cordova Museum, Lincoln, Massachusetts; Dallas Museum of Fine Arts, Dallas, Texas; Portland Art Museum and Portland Center for the Visual Arts, Portland, Oregon; Visual Arts Center of Alaska, Anchorage, Alaska; Frederick S. Wright Art Gallery of the University of California, Los Angeles, California
1977Organic Structures, Malmö Konsthall, Malmö, Sweden.
1977Sonia Henies og Niels Onstads Stifteiser, Kunstsenter, Hovikodden, Norway.
1976 Art Gallery of New South Wales, Sydney, Australia. ; traveled to the National Gallery of Victoria, Melbourne, Australia
1975 Gallery Zacheta, Warsaw, Poland.
1975Abakanowicz - Organic Structures and Human Forms, Whitechapel Art Gallery, London, England.
1973Rope Structures, Arnolfini Gallery, Bristol, England.
1972 Aberdeen Art Gallery, Aberdeen, Scotland.
1972Magdalena Abakanowicz - Textile Strukturen und Konstruktionen, Environments , Kunstverein für die Rheinlande und Westfalen, Düsseldorf, Germany.
1971The Fabric Forms of Magdalena Abakanowicz, Pasadena Art Museum, Pasadena, California, United States.
1970 National Museum, Stockholm, Sweden.
1969 Galerie Alice Pauli, Lausanne, Switzerland.
1969 Kunsthalle, Mannheim, Germany.
1968 Stedelijk Museum, Arnhem, The Netherlands.
1968 Stedelijk van Abbemuseum, Eindhoven, The Netherlands. ; traveled to Frans Halsmuseum, Haarlem, The Netherlands; Groninger Museum, Groningen, The Netherlands; Stedelijk Museum, Arnhem, The Netherlands; Schiedam Helmhaus, Zurich, Switzerland
1967 Kunstindustrimuseet, Oslo, Norway. traveled to Vestlandske Kunstindustrimuseum, Bergen, Norway; Stavanger Kunstforening, Stavanger, Norway; Kunstforening, Trondheim, Norway
1965 Zacheta Gallery, Warsaw, Poland.
1962Tapisseries, Magdalena Abakonowicz, Pologne, Galerie Dautzenberg, Paris, France.
1960Wystawa prac Magdaleny Abakanowicz - Kosmowskiej, Kordegarda, Warsaw, Poland.
2009La Escultura en la Colección del IVAM, Institut Valencia d’Art Modern, Centro Julio Gonzalez, Valencia, Spain.
2009Rites of Spring, LongHouse Reserve, East Hampton, New York, United States.
2009Summer Exhibition, Marlborough Chelsea, New York, New York, United States.
2009Summer Exhibition,, Marlborough Gallery, New York , New York , United States.
2009The 5th Edition of CCA’s International Art Collection, The Centre for Contemporary Art, Warsaw, Poland.
2008 - 2009Origins, Hudson Valley Center for Contemporary Art, Peekskill, New York , United States.
2008 - 2009Paysages Urbains, Galerie Samuel Lallouz, Montreal, Quebec, Canada .
2008 - 2009Skulptur!, Galerie Beck & Eggeling, Düsseldorf, Germany .
2008 - 2009Summer Show, Marlborough Chelsea, New York, New York, United States.
2008 - 2009Summer Show, Marlborough Gallery, New York, New York, United States.
2008 - 2009Works on Paper, Donopoulos International Fine Arts, Thessaloniki, Greece.
2007 - 2008Arbeiten auf Papier, Galerie Beck & Eggeling, Düsseldorf, Germany.
2007 - 2008Blikaschen 6 – Skulpturen im Kurpark Bad Homburg, Galerie Scheffel in Zusammenarbeit mit der Yorshire Sculpture Park, Bad Homburg, Germany.
2007 - 2008Femme y es-tu?, Art Sénat, Jardin du Luxembourg, Paris, France.
2007 - 2008Figura Humana y Abstracción, Würth Museo La Rioja, Agoncillo, Spain.
2007 - 2008Painting and Sculpture, Marlborough Gallery, New York, New York, United States.
2007 - 2008Painting and Sculpture, Marlborough Gallery, New York, New York, United States.
2007 - 2008Residenz München, Galerie Beck & Eggeling, Düsseldorf, Germany.
2007 - 2008Wack!: Art and the Feminist Revolution, Museum of Contemporary Art, Los Angeles , California, United States. traveled to National Museum of Women in the Arts, Washington, DC.; P.S 1 Contemporary Art Center, Long Island City, New York; Vancouver Art Gallery, Vancouver, British Columbia
2007 - 2008Wit and Whimsy, Marlborough Gallery, New York, New York, United States.
2006Contemporary Sculpture, Zwirner and Wirth, New York, New York, United States.
2006Die obere Hälfte – Die Büste von Rodin bis Wang Du, Museum Liner, Appenzell, Switzerland.
2006Sztuka XX Wieku, The National Museum in Warsaw, The Gallery of 20th Century Polish Art, Warsaw, Poland.
2006To the Human Future – Flight from The Dark Side, Art Tower Mito, Mito, Ibaraki, Japan.
2006Was ist Plastic? 100 Jahre – 100 Kopfe – Das Jahrundert moderner Sculptur, Stiftung Wilhelm Lehmbruck Museum, Center of International Sculpture, Duisburg, Germany.
2006Weltanschauung, Visione del Mondo, Palazzo Belmonte Riso, Museo d’Arte Moderna e Contemporanea, Palermo, Italy.
2005Blickachsen 5: Skulpturen im Kurpark Bad Homburg, Galerie Scheffel in Zusammenarbeit mit der Fondation Beyeler, Riehen/Basel, Bad Homburg, Germany.
2005Die obere Hälfte – Die Büste von Rodin bis Funakoshi, Kunsthalle in Emden, Emden, Germany. traveled to Städtische Museen Heilbronn, Heilbronn, Germany
2005Sculptures Monumentales a Saint-Tropez, La Citadelle, Saint Tropez, France.
2005Summer Installation, Taguchi Fine Art, Tokyo, Japan.
2005Works on Paper, Marlborough Gallery, New York, New York, United States.
2004Love/Hate From Magritte to Cattelan, Villa Manin, Centro d’art contemporanea, Codroipo, Friuli-Venezia Giulia, Italy.
2004Monocromos de Malevich al presente, Museo Nacional Centro de Arte Reina Sofia, Madrid, Spain.
2003Faces, Masks, Stories, Museum of Fine Arts, Budapest, Hungary.
2003Figuratively Speaking, Grounds for Sculpture, Hamilton, New Jersey, United States.
2003Group Exhibition, Marlborough Gallery, New York, New York, United States.
2003La Parae des Animaux, Galería Marlborough, Madrid, Spain.
2003Me and More, Kunstmuseum Luzern, Lucerne, Switzerland.
2003Skin: Contemporary Views of the Body, Jacksonville Museum of Modern Art, Jacksonville, Florida, United States.
2002La Prade des Animaux, Festival International de Sculpture de Monte-Carlo,, Monte-Carlo, Monaco.
2002Les Jeux dans l'Art du XXeme siecle, Espace Bellevue, Biarritz, France.
2002Los Juegos en el Arte del siglo XX, La Lonja y Palacio de Montemuzo, Saragosa, Spain.
2002OPEN2002 International Exhibition of Sculptures and Installations, Lido, Venice, Italy.
2002Primal Screams and Songs, Museum of Contemporary Art, Miami, Florida , United States.
2002The Body Present: Effigies, Decoys, and Other Equivalents, Museum of Contemporary Art, Chicago, Illinois, United States.
2001"Carnaval des Animaux", Den Haag Sculptuur, The Hague, The Netherlands.
2001Animal Sculptures of the 20th Century, Fukushima Prefectural Museum of Art, Fukushima City, Japan. traveled to Kirishima Open-Air Museum, KagoshimaPrefecture, Japan; Yamanashi Prefectural Museum of Art Yamanashi-ken, Japan; Mie Prefectural Museum, Tsu City, Japan.
2001Europalia 2001, Musée d'Art Moderne et d'Art Contemporain, Liege, France.
2001In Between: Art from Poland, Chicago Cultural Center, Chicago, Illinois, United States.
2000Aspect, Positions, 50 Years of Art in Central Europe, 1949-1999, Ludwig Museum Budapest - Museum of Contemporary Art, Budapest, Hungary.
2000L'Homme qui marche, Les Jardins du Palais Royale, Paris, France.
1999 - 2000To the Rescue: Eight Artists in an Archive, Jewish Joint Distribution Committee, New York, New York, United States.
1999 - 2000UTOPIA I WIZJA/Utopia and Vision, Zacheta National Gallery of Art, Warsaw, Poland.
1997A Century of Sculpture - The Nasher Collection,, Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum, New York, New York, United States.
1997Group Exhibition, Luxembourg Ville de la Sculpture, Luxembourg, Luxembourg.
1997Human Nature, Spoleto Festival, Charleston, South Carolina, United States.
1997Inauguration of Museo Guggenheim, Guggenheim Bilbao, Bilbao, Spain.
1997Summer 1997 Exhibition, Grounds for Sculpture, Hamilton, New Jersey, United States.
1996Group Exhibition, Les Champs de la Sculpture, Paris, France.
1996Horizons, Sonje Museum of Contemporary Art, Kyongju, South Korea.
1996L’oeil du collectionneur, Musee d’art contemporain de Montreal, Montreal, Quebec, Canada.
1995After Auschwitz, Royal Festival Hall, London, England.
1995After Hiroshima, Hiroshima City Museum of Contemporary Art, Hiroshima, Japan.
1995Unser Jahrhundert, Our Century, Museum Ludwig, Cologne, Germany.
1994Europa, Europa, Kunsthalle, Bonn, Germany.
1994Itinere - Camino e Caminantes, Centro Galego de Arte Contemporánea, Santiago de Compostela, Spain.
1992...Reperti...Environment through the Eyes of 18 of the World's Major Artists, Museo Nacional de Bellas Artes, Rio de Janiero, Brazil.
1988Olympiad of Art, Olympic Sculpture Park, Seoul, South Korea.
1987Avante-Garde in the Eighties, Los Angeles County Museum of Art, Los Angeles, California, United States.
1985Kunst Stoff Kunst, Städtische Galerie Nordhorn, Nordhorn, Germany.
1984An International Survey of Recent Painting and Sculpture, The Museum of Modern Art, New York, New York, United States.
1982Kunst Wird Material, Nationalgalerie, Berlin, Germany.
1976Fiber Works Europe and Japan, Kyoto National Museum of Modern Art, Tokyo, Japan.
1969Wall Hangings, The Museum of Modern Art, New York, New York, United States.
Australian National Gallery of Art, Canberra, Australia
Busan Museum of Modern Art, Busan, South Korea
Caracas Museum of Modern Art, Caracas, Venezuela
Center for Contemporary Art, Warsaw, Poland
Chicago Grant Park, Chicago, Illinois, United States
Citadel Park, Poznan, Poland
Des Moines Art Center, Des Moines, Iowa
Fattoria di Celle -The Gori Collection, Santomato di Pistoia, Italy
Frederik Meijer Gardens and Sculpture Park, Grand Rapids, Michigan, United States
Ground for Sculpture, Hamilton, New Jersey, United States
Hakone Open Air Museum, The Fuji Hakone Izu National Park, Hakone, Japan
Hess Collection, Napa Valley, California, United States
Hiroshima City Museum of Contemporary Art, Hiroshima, Japan
Hirshhorn Museum and Sculpture Garden, Washington, DC, United States
Israel Museum, Jerusalem, Israel
Jardin des Tuleries, Paris, France
Kunstindustrimuseet, Oslo, Norway
Kyoto National Museum of Modern Art, Kyoto, Japan
Los Angeles County Museum, Los Angeles, California , United States
Ludwig Museum, Cologne, Germany
Musée d'Art Moderne de la Ville de Paris, Paris, France
Musée national d'art moderne, Centre Pompidou, Paris, France
Museo de Arte Contemporaneo Internacional Rufino Tamayo, Mexico City, Mexico
Museo Nacional Centro de Arte Reina Sofia, Madrid, Spain
Museum of Contemporary Art, Chicago, Illinois, United States
Museum of Contemporary Art, North Miami, Miami, Florida, United States
Museum of Contemporary Crafts, New York, New York, United States
Museum of Modern Art, Shiga, Japan
Museum Wurth, Kunzelsau, Germany
Muzeum Narodowe, Warsaw, Poland
Muzeum Sztuki, Lodz, Poland
Nagoya City Art Museum, Nagoya, Japan
National Gallery of Art, Washington, DC, United States
National Museum, Stockholm, Sweden
National Museum of Contemporary Art, Seoul, South Korea
National Museum of Modern Art, Pusan, South Korea
Neanderthal Museum, Mettmann, Germany
Nelson-Atkins Museum of Art, Kansas City, Missouri, United States
Noord-Brabant Provinciehuis, ‘s-Hertogenbosch, The Netherlands
Phoenix Art Museum Sculpture Garden, Phoenix, Arizona, United States
Phoenix Art Museum Sculpture Garden, Phoenix, Arizona, United States
Portland Art Museum, Portland, Oregon, United States
Princeton University Art Museum, Princeton, New Jersey, United States
Provinciehuis, ‘s-Hertogenbosch, The Netherlands
Runnymede Sculpture Farm, Woodside, California , United States
Seoul Olympic Park, Seoul, South Korea
Sezon Museum of Art, Tokyo, Tokyo
Sonja Henies Niels Onstads Stiftelser, Kunstsenter Hovikodden, Norway
Sonje Museum of Contemporary Art, Seoul, South Korea
Stedelijk Museum, Amsterdam, The Netherlands
Storm King Art Center, Mountainville, New York, United States
The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, New York, United States
The Museum of Modern Art, New York, New York, United States
Toledo Art Museum, Toledo, Ohio, United States
Virginia Museum of Fine Art, Richmond, Virginia, United States
Walker Art Center, Minneapolis, Minnesota, United States
Western Washington University, Bellingham, Washington, United States
Wilhelm Lehmbruck Museum, Duisburg, Germany
Woman’s Club of Wisconsin, Milwaukee, Wisconsin, United States
2009Birds, stainless steel fish, City of Wroclaw, Wroclaw, Poland
200620 Vancouver Walking Figures, iron cast figures, City of Vancouver, Vancouver, Canada
2006Agora, 106 iron figures, Grant Park, Chicago, Illinois, United States Inaugurated November, 2006
2005Five Running, bronze, Sculpture Garden of Phoenix Art Museum, Phoenix, Arizona, United States
2004Big Figures, twenty bronze figures, Princeton University, Princeton, New Jersey, United States Created 2001-2004
2003Open Air Aquarium, thirty stainless steel fish, City of Philadelphia, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States Created 2002
2003Space of Stone, twenty-two granite stone sculptures, Grounds for Sculpture, Hamilton, New Jersey, United States Created 2001-2002
2002Hand-Like Trees, four sculptures, bronze, Brea Civic Cultural Center, Brea, California, United States Created 1994-1995
2002Unrecognized, 112 iron figures, Cytadel Park, Poznán, Poland
2001Mutant, stainless steel, Neanderthal Museum, Mettmann, Germany
2000Black Crowd, twenty figures, bronze, Museum Wurth, Kunzelsau, Germany
2000Figura Rompa, from the cycle, Hand-like Trees, bronze, City of Biarritz, Biarritz, France Created 1995
2000Figure on Beam with Wheels, bronze, Toledo Art Museum, Toledo, Ohio, United States
2000Figure on Trunk, bronze, The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, New York, United States Created 1998-2000
2000Large Figure on Trunk with Wheels and Slim Figure on Trunk with Wheels, bronze, Spazi d’Arte, Giuliano Gori Collection, Santomato di Pistoia, Italy Created 1998-2000
2000Manus Ultimus, from the cycle, Hand-like Trees, bronze, Jardin des Tuleries, Paris, France Created 1998-1999
199930 Bronze Standing Figures, bronze, Nelson-Atkins Museum, Kansas City, Missouri, United States Created 1994, 1998-1999
1999Figura Prima, from the cycle, Hand-like Trees, bronze, University of Cincinnati, Cincinnati, Ohio, United States Created 1995
1999Puellae, group of thirty figures, bronze, National Gallery of Art, Sculpture Garden, Washington, DC, United States Created 1992
1998Fish, bronze, Metropolitano de Lisboa Orient Station, Lisbon, Portugal Created 1997-1998
1997Cecyna, from the cycle, Hand-like Trees, bronze, Grounds for Sculpture, Hamilton, New Jersey, United States Created 1994
1997Space of Unknown Growth, twenty-two forms of different sizes, concrete, Collection of Europos Parkas, Vilnius r., Lithuania
1994Bronze Crowd, thirty-six bronze figures, The Nasher Collection, Dallas, Texas, United States Created 1990-1991
1994Magnus, from the cycle, Hand-like Trees, bronze, Spazi d' Arte, Giuliano Gori Collection, Santomato di Pistoia, Italy
1994Manus, from the cycle, Hand-like Trees, bronze, Western Washington University, Bellingham, Washington, United States
1994Sarcophagi in Glass Houses, four forms, wood, metal glass, Storm King Art Center, Mountainville, New York, United States Created 1983-1999
1993Becalmed Beings, group of 40 figures, bronze, Hiroshima City Museum of Contemporary Art, Hiroshima, Japan
1993Hand-like Trees, 5 sculptures, bronze, Runnymede Sculpture Farm, Woodside, California, United States Created 1992
1993One of the Crowd, bronze, Hakone Open Air Museum, Hakone, Japan
1992Sagacious Head with Standing Figure, bronze, Nagoya City Art Museum, Nagoya City , Japan Created 1989
1992Sagacious Heads, , two sculptures from the cycle, bronze, Walker Art Center, Minneapolis, Minnesota, United States Created 1989
1991Sagacious Heads, Four sculptures from the cycle, bronze, John Kluge Collection, Charlottesville, Virginia, United States Created 1989
1990Neun Figuren Raum, bronze, Wilhelm Lehmbruck Museum, Duisburg, Germany
1988Space of Dragon, 10 metaphoric animal heads, bronze, Olympic Park, Seoul, South Korea Created 1985
1987Negev, 7 discs lime stone, Israel Museum, Jerusalem, Israel
1985Katarsis, thirty-three figures, bronze, Spazi d'Arte, Giuliano Gori Collection, Santomato di Pistoia, Italy
1965Standing Shape, steel, Commissioned by Elblag City, Elblag City, Poland Created 1965
Private Collection , Napa Valley, California, United States Camminando, twenty walking figures, bronze. Created 1998-1999
Private Collection , Napa Valley, California, United States Camminando-Peripatein, twenty walking figures, bronze.
2010Brown, Linda Luise. "Polish sculptor’s work a rarity in this area." Charlotte Observer
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2009Anonymous. "Europos Parkas introduces M. Abakanowicz’s sculpture intended for the event Vilnius – European Capital of Culture 2009." BNS Spaudos centras, April 27, 2009
2009Anonymous. "LongHouse Reserve Opens Today Rites of Spring in East Hampton." Artdaily.org, April 25, 2009
2009Anonymous. "The LongHouse Reserve Summer Gala Celebrates Southeast Asian Textiles and Culture." Artdaily.org, June 19, 2009
2009Bleem, Jerry, O.F.M. "Eye of the Beholder: Herd mentality." U.S. Catholic , March 01, 2009
2009Dew, Spencer. "Public Art, Private use: Dueling Political Conceptions." Chicago Artists’ News, pp. 4-9
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2009Moses, Clair G., ed. "The 1970s Issue." Feminist Studies, October 01, 2009, p. 437
2009Santiago, Fabiola. "MOCA acquisitions highlight pivotal works in artists' careers." The Miami Herald, October 25, 2009
2008Abakanowicz, Magdalena. "Drawings" In Around the Block Activities of the Mary and Leigh Block Museum of Art, Northwestern University. Evanston: Northwestern University, 2008
2008Abakanowicz, Magdalena. Fate and Art: Monologue. Milan: Skira, 2008
2008Albach, Horst, et al. Magdalena Abakanowicz: Space to Experience. Düsseldorf: Beck and Eggeling Kunstverlag, Künstlerin und Autoren, 2008
2008Anonymous. "Magdalena Abakanowicz." On Madrid, June 03, 2008 illustrated.
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2008Barnatán, Ricardo. "Fantasmas de bronze." El Mundo, June 03, 2008. illustrated, p. 0
2008Hinds, Katherine, ed. The Martin Margulies Collection: Painting and Sculpture. Miami: The Martin Margulies Foundation, 2008
2008Kyle, Berlin. "Behind the Scenes: Her Dark Materials – Polish artist Magdalena Abakanowicz’s drawings and sculptures make a cameo appearance at the Block Museum." The Daily Northwestern, October 09, 2008
2008Ma, Melody. "Feminism for modern people." The Ubyssey, November 12, 2008
2008Newsome, John. "Substance in the Material World." Origins, pp. 3-4. illustrated, p. 3
2008Scott, Deborah Emont, ed. The Nelson-Atkins Museum of Art: A Handbook of the Collection. Kansas City: The Nelson-Atkins Museum of Art, 2008
2007Anonymous. "Abakanowicz Donates Work to Chicago." Sculpture, January 01, 2007, p. 14
2007Anonymous. "Iron Giants Invade Grant Park." Art in America, February 01, 2007, p. 168
2007Armstrong, Carol. "Global Feminism” and “Wack!." Art Forum, May 01, 2007, p. 362
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2007Cotter, Holland. "The Art of Feminism as it First Took Place." New York Times, March 09, 2007, pp. 29-33
2007Hebron, Micol. "Wack! Art and the Feminine Revolution." Flash Art, May 01, 2007, pp. 91-93
2007Huebner, Jeff. "Chicago’s Agora." Sculpture, July 01, 2007, pp. 10-11
2007Lacayo, Richard. "What Women Have Done to Art." Time, April 02, 2007, pp. 66-67
2007Mizota, Sharon. "’Wack! Art and the Feminist Revolution’ at the Museum of Contemporary Art." Art ltd, July 01, 2007, p. 19
2007Nance, Kevin. "Agora Phobia?." ArtNews, March 01, 2007, p. 38
2007Princenthal, Nancy. "Feminism Unbound." Art in America, June 01, 2007, pp. 152-153. illustrated, p. 152
2007Ravenal, John B. Modern and Contemporary Art at the Virginia Museum of Fine Arts. Charlottesville: University of Virginia Press, 2007
2007Rose, Barbara. "Sculpture as Environment." Art and Antiques, April 01, 2007, pp. 133-134
2007Yoon, James. "Material Difference: Soft Sculpture and Wall Works." American Craft, June 01, 2007
2007Zetuni, Sigalit. "Agora, Art and Experience." Chicago Life, July 01, 2007, p. 26
2006Ahmed-Ullah, Noreen S. "Grant Park Coming Out of the Shadows." Chicago Tribune, February 05, 2007
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2006Artner, Alan G. "Provocative Achievement in Grant Park." Chicago Tribune, November 16, 2006
2006Claudiano, Claudia. "Personale di Abakanowicz al Marlborough di Monaco." Riviera, p. 37
2006Ebony, David. "Magdalena Abakanowicz at Marlborough." Art in America, April 01, 2006, p. 152
2006Hermann, Andrew. "Artists 100 Iron Giants headed to Grant Park." Chicago Sun-Times, June 20, 2006
2006Meyers, Anthony D. "2005 Lifetime Achievement Award Gala October 20, 2005." Sculpture, p. 80
2005Abakanowicz, Magdalena. "Confession." Sculpture, October 01, 2005, pp. 30-37. illustrated, p. 0
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2005Anonymous. "Du monumentale à Saint Tropez." Monaco Hebdo, June 01, 2005
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2005Anonymous. "La Citadelle toujours aussi sculpturale." Le Tropezien, June 01, 2005
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2005Artner, Alan G. "New sculpture will strike somber note." Chicago Tribune, March 27, 2005
2005Berne, T. "In the Age of Monochrome." Art in America, January 01, 2005, pp. 101-102
2005Graciano, Francesca. "Appuntamento con l’Arte à Saint-Tropez." Il Secolo XIX, July 01, 2005
2005Mullarkey, Maureen. "Myth Versus Reality." The New York Sun, October 27, 2005, p. 13
2005Natta, Federica. "Un’estate all’insegna dell’arte contemporanea." Il Foglio Italiano, September 01, 2005, p. 58
2005Peterson, Iver. "Weirdness and Beauty Set in Stone." The New York Times, June 18, 2005
2005Pritchett, Kamila. "Out of Bounds: Polish Artist Breaks Riles in the Name of Art." Eastsider, May 19, 2005, pp. 5-11 (cover)
2005Shinbun, Asahi (publisher). "Pleasures of Art Museums in Japan." Syukan Hyakka (Weekly Encyclopedia). illustrated, p. 29
2005Stern, Fred. "Brutal Vision." ArtNet Magazine, November 15, 2005
2004Asplundh, Jacquie. Magdalena Abakanowicz: Space of Stone. Hamilton: Grounds for Sculpture, 2004
2004Galán, Fernando. "Talking with Magdalena Abakanowicz about the Unknown Power and the personal obsession." art.es, May 01, 2004, pp. 50-55
2004Hermansdorfer, Mariusz. HURMA. Colmar: Espace d’Art Contemporain Andre-Malraux, 2004 (exhibition catalogue)
2004Ottesen, C. "Grounds for Sculpture." The American Gardener, May 01, 2004, pp. 34-38
2004Richards, Judith, ed. Inside the Studio: Two Decades of Talks with Artists in New York. New York: Independent Curators International, 2004, pp. 130-133
2003Asplundh, Jackie. "Confession of Stone." In Space of Stone. Hamilton: Grounds for Sculpture, 2003
2003Carruthers, Valerie. "JMOMA: A Cultural Institution’s Own Urban Renewal." Arbus, pp. 52-61
2003Geers, Kendell, et al.. Me and More. Lucerne: Kunstmuseum Luzern, 2003
2003Hubner, Karolina. "Lessons in Anatomy: Magdalena Abakanowicz’s Unrecognized." Sculpture, April 01, 2003
2003Kinghorn, George. Skin: Contemporary Views of the Body. Jacksonville: Jacksonville Museum of Modern Art, 2003
2003Malkowska, Monika.. Magdalena Abakanowicz: Coexistence. New York: Marlborough Gallery, 2003 (exhibition catalogue)
2003Reichardt, Jasa. Dancing Figures. London : Marlborough Fine Art, 2003 (exhibition catalogue)
2003Rose, Barbara. Abakanowicz. Scheveningen: Museum Beelden aan Zee, 2003 (exhibition catalogue)
2003Stanislawski, Ryszard. Magdalena Abakanowicz: Tanzende und Schreitende. Dusseldorf: Beck & Eggeling International Fine Art, 2003 (exhibition catalogue)
2002Abakanowicz, Magdalena, et al. Magdalena Abakanowicz: Working Process e non Solo. Prato: Collezioni Gori, 2002
2002Braff, P. "A Setting Worthy of the Sculptures." The New York Times, May 10, 2002
2002Green, Roger. "Abakanowicz’s Colossal Work Goes on View in Sculpture Park." The Grand Rapids Press
2002Stanislawski, Ryszard, Rose, Barbara and Restany, Pierre. Magdalena Abakanowicz: Unrecognized. Poznán: VOX – Artis Foundation, 2002 (exhibition catalogue)
2001Cross, Guy. "Listen! This is Important." Santa Fe’s Monthly Magazine of the Arts, August 01, 2001
2001Hixson, Kathryn. "Interview: Magdalena Abakanowicz." New Art Examiner, April 01, 2001
2001Janicke, Tim. City of Art: Kansas City's Public Art. Kansas City: Kansas City Star Books, 2001
2001Kutner, Janet. "Sculptor Shows Us Ourselves, Our Fears." The Dallas Morning News, November 25, 2001
2001Muchnic, Suzanne. "She’s Turned Her Backs on the World." The Los Angeles Times, March 25, 2001
2001Randall, Teri Thomson. "Magdalena Abakanowicz." The New Mexican Weekly Magazine of the Arts, August 03, 2001
2001Reif, Rita. "The Jackboot has Lifted. Now the Crowds Crush." The New York Times, June 03, 2001
2001Rose, Barbara. Magdalena Abakanowicz: About the Human Condition. Santa Fe, Dallas: Gerald Peters Gallery, Pillsbury and Peters Fine Art, 2001 (exhibition catalogue)
2001Rose, Barbara. Magdalena Abakanowicz: About the Human Condition. Beverly Hills: Grant Selwyn Fine Art, 2001 (exhibition catalogue)
2001Stanislawski, Ryszard. Magdalena Abakanowicz. Cologne: Kunst - Station, Sankt Peter Koln, 2001
2001Thomas, Mary. "Sculptor Treats Art as Sacred Creation." Pittsburgh Post-Gazette, June 06, 2001
2000Heartney, Eleanor. Ninety Five Figures from the Crowd of One Thousand Ninety Five Figures. New York: Marlborough Gallery, 2000 (exhibition catalogue)
2000Hubner, Karolina. "Difference and Repetition." Sculpture, December 01, 2000
2000Krukowski, Wojciech and Wroblewska Danuta. Abakanowicz - Walking Figures. Warsaw: Galeria Kordegarda, 2000 (exhibition catalogue)
2000Reichardt, Reichardt Jasia and Abakanowicz Magdalena. Recent Exhibitions and Installations. New York: Marlborough Gallery, 2000 (exhibition catalogue)
1999Anonymous. "Shoulders Above the Rest." The New York Times, April 27, 1999
1999Duval, J.-L. "Magdalena Abakanowicz dans les Jardins du Palais Royal." Connaissance des Arts, hors série, May 01, 1999, pp. 6-19
1999Jacob, Mary Jane. Abakanowicz - Wild Flowers. New York: Marlborough Gallery, 1999 (exhibition catalogue)
1999Lieberman, P. "It’s Not so Lonely at the Top." Los Angeles Times, May 09, 1999, pp. 51-52
1998Helsinki, Jerome. Abakanowicz. Krakow: Gallery Starmach, 1998 (exhibition catalogue)
1997Abakanowicz, Magdalena; Brenson, Michael. Magdalena Abakanowicz - Mutants. New York: Marlborough Gallery, 1997 (exhibition catalogue)
1996Brenson, Michael. Magdalena Abakanowicz. Hamilton: Grounds for Sculpture, 1996 (exhibition catalogue)
1996Reichardt, Jasia; Abakanowicz, Magdalena; Collins, Judith, with an introduction by Murray, Peter.. Magdalena Abakanowicz - Bronze Sculpture. Llandudno: Yorkshire Sculpture Park and Oriel Mostyn, 1996
1995Stanislawski, Ryszard; Brenson, Michael; Reichardt, Jasia; Abakanowicz, Magdalena. Abakanowicz. Warsaw: The Center for Contemporary Art, 1995 Published in conjunction with the retrospective exhibition "Magdalena Abakanowicz" in the Center for Contemporary Art, Ujazdowski Castle, Warsaw.
1994Rose, Barbara. Magdalena Abakanowicz. New York: Harry N. Abrams, Inc., 1994
1993Brenson, Michael. Magdalena Abakanowicz - Sculpture. New York: Marlborough Gallery Inc., 1993 (exhibition catalogue)
1993Brenson, Michael; Heiss, Alanna; Abakanowicz, Magdalena. Magdalena Abakanowicz - War Games. New York: The Institute for Contemporary Art P.S.1 Museum, 1993 (exhibition catalogue)
1992Daval, Jean-Luc and Viatte, Germain. Paris- La Defense. L'Art Contemporain et l’Axe historique. Magdalena Abakanowicz, Piotr Kowalski, Jean- Pierre Raynaud, Alan Sonfist. Geneva: Editions d'Art Alber Skira, 1992, pp. 30-56 Also published by EPAD, Paris
1991Abakanowicz, Magdalena; Hermansdorfer, Mariusz; Inui, Yoshiaki, with an introduction by Kobayashi, Masao. Magdalena Abakanowicz. Tokyo: Sezon Museum of Art and Asahi Shimbun, 1991 Published in conjunction with the 1991 traveling in Japan exhibition "Magdalena Abakanowicz": Sezon Museum of Art, Shiga; Art Tower Mito, Contemporary Art Gallery and Hiroshima City Museum of Contemporary Art.
1991Kato, Kuniko Lucy. Abakanowicz - Tangible Eternity. Japan: International Art Research, 1991
1988Neray, Katalin, and Hermansdorfer, Mariusz. Magdalena Abakanowicz. Budapest: Mucsarnok, 1988
1987Restany, Pierre. Katarsis. Florence: Edizioni della Bezuga, 1987 Additional text by Abakanowicz, Magdalena. sec. ed. 1990
1986Daval, Jean-Luc. La Sculpture XIX et XX Siecle. Geneva: Editions d'Art Albert Skira, 1986
1982Jacob, Mary Jane. Magdalena Abakanowicz. New York: Abbeville Press Publishers, 1982 Monograph published in conjunction with the exhibition "Magdalena Abakanowicz" organized by the Museum of Contemporary Art in Chicago and at other American Museums. Additional text by Abakanowicz, Magdalena; Reichardt, Jasia.