Wschód /vshood/ translates to sunrise, new beginning. It also refers to geographical east.
Wschód is a contemporary art gallery founded in 2017 in Warsaw by curator and critic Piotr Drewko. The gallery represents international artists working across a wide spectrum of practices including video, sculpture, installation, painting. Apart from the exhibition program the gallery initiates a wide range of cultural activities – publication, institutional projects, podcasts in collaboration with artists, curators, critics.
In 2018, Wschód initiated a gallery exchange program Friend of a Friend. In 2022 the gallery conceived a time-shared exhibition space ECHO in Cologne. Starting from the Fall of 2023, Wschód has expanded to New York with a yearly curated program of exhibitions and video / film projects.
Bracka 20b
00-028 Warsaw
Tuesday – Saturday
12 – 6 pm
136 Orchard St
10002, New York, NY
Wednesday – Saturday
1 – 6 pm and by appointment
Roonstrasse 108
50674 Cologne
Thursday – Saturday
2 – 6 pm and by appointment
—–> ECHO
+48 785 594 590
info@galeriawschod.com
Team
Piotr Drewko
Warsaw
Liza Pietraga
Mateusz Mondalski
Zuzanna Bielska (Intern)
New York
Nina Bakhtadze
ECHO
Victor Berger