For the inaugural edition of Onsen Confidential, Galeria Wschód is presenting works by Piotr Janas (b. 1970 in Warsaw, PL), Mikołaj Moskal (b. 1985 in Kraków, PL), and Cezary Poniatowski (b. 1987, Olsztyn, PL).

Wschód is hosted by Tokyo-based gallery KAYOKOYUKI.

Onsen Confidential is a hybrid city-wide gallery share and natural hot spring retreat / conference. The project is meant to bring together like-minded gallerists in a spirit of collaboration and cooperation and to provide a friendly introduction to the unique context of the contemporary art world of Tokyo.

Onsen Confidential was inspired by precedents such as the Milwaukee International, Paramount Ranch, Condo, OKEY DOKEY, Friend of a Friend, the Villa Projects (Villa Warsaw, Villa Reykjavik and Villa Toronto), non-profit initiatives such as NADA (New Art Dealers Alliance) and Paris Internationale and gallery organizations such as CADAN (Contemporary Art Dealers Association Nippon) and the IGA (International Galleries Alliance).

Onsen Confidential
8 – 11 September 2022
www.onsenconfidential.com

Piotr Janas (b. 1970 in Warsaw, PL) lives and works in Warsaw. He debuted internationally at the 50th International Venice Biennale in 2003 and has been the subject of numerous institutional and gallery exhibitions since, including Flesh in War with Enigma, Kunsthalle Basel (2004), Infinite Painting: Contemporary Painting and Global Realism, Villa Manin Centro d’Arte Contemporanea (2006), Polish Painting of the 21st Century, Zacheta National Gallery of Art, Warsaw (2006), Institute of Contemporary Arts, London (2012); Museum of Modern Art, Warsaw (2014); Foksal Gallery Foundation, Warsaw (2004, 2009, 2016, 2022), Bortolami, New York (2008 & 2013), Jack Hanley, New York (2005), Nicolas Krupp, Basel (2013), Wschód, Warsaw (2022). Janas’ works are in the public collections of e.g. Tate Modern, London; Fondazione Sandretto Re Rebaudengo, Turin; National Museum in Wroclaw; Zacheta National Gallery of Art, Warsaw; and the Museum of Modern Art, Warsaw.

Mikołaj Moskal (b. 1985 in Kraków, PL) lives and works in Kraków. Works on paper 2020-2021, Wschód, Warsaw (2021); Dust to Dust, Wschód, Warsaw (2018);  Bones, SABOT Gallery, Cluj – Napoca (2017); Collapsing Sculpture, Galerie TIC, Brno (2015); Cool Grey Meets Neutral Black, Starter Gallery, Warsaw (2015). Selected group exhibitions: On Paper, ECHO, Cologne (2022); Man’s Traces in Nature, Wschód, Warsaw (2022); Primary forms, Museum of Modern Art in Warsaw, Warsaw (2021); Friend of a Friend Prague, Stone Project, Prague (2020); Entangled Tales, Rupert, Vilnus (2018).

Cezary Poniatowski (born 1987, Olsztyn, PL) – lives and works in Warsaw. In 2012 Poniatowski graduated from the Academy of Fine Arts in Warsaw where he received his MFA. His recent solo shows include: Sesame, Bazaar Scavenger, Athens, Greece (2022); Relief, Basilica di San Celso, Milan (2021); Vaults and Swellings, FUTURA – Centre for Contemporary Art, Prague (2021); Welcome to Itchy Truths, Stereo, Warsaw (2020); Hearth, Jan Kaps, Cologne (2020); Hereafter (with Sami Schlichting), Mélange, Cologne (2019). His recent group shows include: Inauguration, Lo Brutto Stahl, Paris (2023); A Glimpse of the Setting Remains, Clima Gallery, Milan (2022); Man’s Traces in Nature, Wschód, Warsaw (2022); Metabolic Rift, Kraftwerk Berlin, Berlin (2021); All Worlds Are Flat, Blindside, Melbourne (2021); The Spirit of Nature and Other Fairy Tales. 20 years of The ING Polish Art Foundation, Silesian Museum, Katowice (2019); Nosztrómo, Ashes/ Ashes, New York (2019); Waiting for Another Coming, Centre for Contemporary Art Ujazdowski Castle, Warsaw (2018); Doors of Paradise, Union Pacific, London (2018); Friend of a Friend in Berlin, ChertLüdde, Berlin (2018).