Zuza Golińska is a multidisciplinary artist whose practice explores the impact of architecture and public space on the individual. Her work investigates how physical and mental well-being are shaped by the psychology of space, particularly in the context of civilizational acceleration and late-stage capitalism. Golińska often challenges the boundaries between functionality and aesthetics, examining how spatial forms influence emotion and decision-making. In her recent works, she has focused on imagining future landscapes, with a particular emphasis on the remnants of human presence – such as ruins and industrial byproducts – marking the end of human-led labour.
She is a graduate of the Mirosław Bałka Studio of Spatial Activities at the Academy of Fine Arts in Warsaw. Her master’s thesis was supervised by renowned art historian and critic Anda Rottenberg. Golińska has received scholarships from the Ministry of Science and Higher Education and the Ministry of Culture and National Heritage. In 2015, she was nominated for the StartPoint Prize; in 2018, she received the ArtePrize awarded by the Delfina Foundation in London; and in 2022, she became the recipient of the Dorothea von Stetten Art Award, presented by the Kunstmuseum Bonn.
Golińska has participated in residencies at the Delfina Foundation (2018), Fogo Island Arts (2022), and was part of the Artist Development Programme run by the European Investment Bank (2017). Her work has been exhibited at leading institutions such as the Museum of Modern Art in Warsaw, Zachęta National Gallery of Art, the National Gallery in Prague, and the Yokohama Museum of Art.
