Black Baroque

Małgorzata Mirga-Tas is a Polish-Roma artist and activist. In her works, she tackles the issue of anti-Gypsy stereotypes, building an affirmative iconography of Roma communities. She graduated from the Sculpture Department of the Academy of Fine Arts in Krakow (2004). Her works have been presented at many solo and group exhibitions, including: the 14th Gwangju Biennale (2023), Göteborgs Konsthall (2023), the 59th Venice Biennale (2022), documenta15 in Kassel (2022), International Cultural Center in Krakow (2022), at the Guangzhou Triennial in China (2022), 11th Berlin Biennale (2020), Biennale Art Encounters in Timișoara (2019, 2021), 3rd Highway Biennale in Prizren (2021), at the Moravian Gallery in Brno (2017), Center of Polish Sculpture in Orońsko (2020), Museum of Modern Art in Warsaw (2020), Rautenstrauch-Joest-Museum in Cologne (2021). She lives and works in Czarna Góra in Spisz.