Polish version
📅 opening: 08.12.2025 (Monday), 6PM
📅 exhibition: 10.12.2025–14.02.2026
curator: Katarzyna Sagatowska
📍 JEDNOSTKA Gallery
13 Andersa St., 00-159 Warsaw
📅 artist talk: 09.12.2025 (Tuesday), 6PM
📍 place: Museum of Modern Art in Warsaw, 103 Marszałkowska St., 00-110 Warsaw
host: Katarzyna Sagatowska
coorganisers: MoMA Warsaw, Wydawnictwo MSN, JEDNOSTKA Gallery
Weronika Gęsicka's acclaimed series 'Encyclopaedia' will be on view at Jednostka Gallery in Warsaw from December 8, 2025. The exhibition features premiere works and the 'Encyclopaedia' book, nominated for the Deutsche Börse Photography Foundation Prize 2026, named Photographic Publication of the Year 2025 in Poland, and a finalist for the Book Award 2025 at Les Rencontres de la Photographie d'Arles. A special edition of the publication will have its Polish premiere at Jednostka.
'Encyclopaedia' comprises hundreds of false entries found in encyclopedias, dictionaries and lexicons from different places and time periods, illustrated by Weronika Gęsicka with collages based on stock photographs and AI-generated images. The actual publications containing such entries, acquired by the artist at online auctions, are also displayed.
Weronika Gęsicka (b. 1984) — visual artist; her work examines the perception of visual history, knowledge and memory. She graduated from the Faculty of Graphic Arts at the Academy of Fine Arts in Warsaw and the Academy of Photography in Warsaw. She is the recipient of several awards, including the Polityka Passport (2019) and the EMOP Arendt Award (2019).
Partner: Artesola Gallery
The exhibition is funded by the City of Warsaw as part of the Kulturalna Jednostka 2025 project.
