Born in 1986 in Paris, France.
Lives and works in Amsterdam, The Netherlands.
Defying the boundaries between different artistic disciplines, Mankowski’s work is characterized by an exuberant use of the impasto technique, through which she creates textural and spatial shapes that move her paintings into the realm of sculpture. With the distinction between two-dimensional and three-dimensional work thoroughly dismantled, Mankowski has developed a unique visual language. While her compositions may seem abstract to the casual viewer, they are reminiscent of blueprints and ground maps widely used in architectural design and urban planning. Indeed, many of her paintings are loosely inspired by the ground maps of the quarries she visited during her years as an architect. Between nature and culture, quarries are at a sensitive equilibrium between overuse and abandon. This brings up the importance of controlling the extraction of marble, to satisfy fundamental needs and not only for the sake of growth. This shows the importance / the aim to reintegrate and inhabit our environment in meaningful ways.
Trained at the École Spéciale d’Architecture in Paris, Mankowski worked as an architect alongside Jean Nouvel and Vito Acconci before turning to painting. Her architectural background still resonates strongly in her paintings.
Lives and works in Amsterdam, The Netherlands.
Defying the boundaries between different artistic disciplines, Mankowski’s work is characterized by an exuberant use of the impasto technique, through which she creates textural and spatial shapes that move her paintings into the realm of sculpture. With the distinction between two-dimensional and three-dimensional work thoroughly dismantled, Mankowski has developed a unique visual language. While her compositions may seem abstract to the casual viewer, they are reminiscent of blueprints and ground maps widely used in architectural design and urban planning. Indeed, many of her paintings are loosely inspired by the ground maps of the quarries she visited during her years as an architect. Between nature and culture, quarries are at a sensitive equilibrium between overuse and abandon. This brings up the importance of controlling the extraction of marble, to satisfy fundamental needs and not only for the sake of growth. This shows the importance / the aim to reintegrate and inhabit our environment in meaningful ways.
Trained at the École Spéciale d’Architecture in Paris, Mankowski worked as an architect alongside Jean Nouvel and Vito Acconci before turning to painting. Her architectural background still resonates strongly in her paintings.
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EDUCATION
2012 HMONP, École Spéciale d’Architecture, Paris, France
2011 MA in Architecture, École Spéciale d’Architecture, Paris, France
2009 University of Cincinnati - DAAP, Cincinnati, USA
2004 University Pierre et Marie Curie, Paris - La Sorbonne, Paris, France
SELECTED SOLO SHOWS, TWO PERSONS SHOWS
2022 Both Skies Open To Thunder, with Henry Chapman, Valerius Gallery, Luxembourg
2021 Soil is concrete, Everyday Gallery, Antwerp, Belgium
2018 Monument, Epigraphic Museum of Athens, Greece
Support - Surface, Le Consulat de la Gaité, Paris, France - with L. Jaffuel
2017 Space is non static, Corbusierhaus, Ceci Fondation, Berlin, Germany
2016 In the zone, New Day Gallery, Berlin, Germany
2015 The Island, Watermill Center, New York, USA
Zoo experiment, Konzulat, Berlin, Germany
2014 Animal Space, Ains Ah, Berlin, Germany
Space Oddity, Das Gift, Berlin, Germany
White Hole, ZKU, Zentrum fur Kunst und Urbanistiks, Berlin, Germany
SELECTED GROUP SHOWS
2022 Rehabilitation of LE MAGASIN, Centre d’Art Contemporain, Grenoble, France - with designers and artists Clémence Seilles, Laure Jaffuel and Alexis Bondoux
Gado, Gado, with Erica Mao, Théo Viardin, Martin Kacmarek, Corydon Cowansage, Everyday Gallery Antwerp, Belgium
FIVE! Valerius Gallery, Luxembourg
Bordeaux Art & Design, Valerius Gallery, Bordeaux, France
Art Rotterdam, Everyday Gallery, Rotterdam, NL Matière Primaire, Le lac, Belgium - Curated by Louis Lefevre Dead Darlings, Auction, Berlin, Germany - Curated by Hanna Mattes
2021 Potluck, Everyday Gallery, Antwerp, Belgium
2020 Limbo II, Everyday Gallery, Antwerp, Belgium
De Tour, Deschool, Amsterdam, NL - Curated by Anne Van der Weijden
Stay at home, Hot Glue, online show - Curated by Kaspar De Jong
Pause in your ight, HVW8, Berlin, Germany - Curated by Agathe André de Tremontels
Art Rotterdam, with Everyday Gallery, Rotterdam, NL
Collectible Fair, with Everyday Gallery, Brussels, Belgium
2019 Nude, Everyday Gallery, Antwerp, Belgium - Curated by Boris Devis Dune, De School, Amsterdam, Netherlands - with M. Van Olst Art Route 2019 Get Lost, Playstation Sloterdijk, Amsterdam, NL - Curated by F. Parot
2018 Morceaux Choisis II, Bubenberg, Paris, France - Curated by C. De Brosses
Design Parade III, Villa Noailles, Hyères, France - Curated by P. Yovanovitch
2017 Morceaux Choisis I, Bubenberg, Paris, France - Curated by C. Bonnie More
The Voice of Doxa, GlogauAir, Berlin, Germany - with R. Bender - Curated by Zona Dynamic Festival of lights, Fernseheturm, Berlin, Germany
B&W, Novado Gallery, NJ, USA Suno 2, Berghain, Berlin, Germany - with R. Bender - Curated by N. Sayes
Working Promesse, Biennale 2017, St Etienne, France - with L. Jaffuel - Curated by O. Peyricot
New Day Galerie, Berlin, Germany - Curated by Paul Ferens and Charles Benjamin
2016 The Waves, Ceci Foundation, Berlin, Germany - in coll. with R. Bender
2016 Suno, The Hospital Galerie, Berlin, Germany - in coll. with R. Bender Souvenirs, Berlin, Germany - with R. Bender Only Lovers, Le coeur, Paris, France - Curated by Timothé Chailloux Team Spirit, Sara Nightingale Gallery, Watermill, NY, USA - Curated by Andrea Cote Trait, Pôle muséal, Lisieux, France - Curated by Fleur Helluin
2015 Memory and Places, Describing Architecture, Dublin, Ireland - Curated by Antoin Doyle
Turn around bright eyes, Berghain, Berlin, Germany - Curated by Nadia Sayes
2014 Berlin Art Week - Konzulat, Berlin, Germany - Curated by Nadia Sayes Same Standing - 166, Kreuzberg Pavillion, Berlin, Germany - Curated by Mina Minov
Flat Spaces, installation, Stadtumbau, ZKU Berlin, Germany - Curated by Studio OSK
I am an Oasis, MoP, Berlin, Germany - Curated by Zona Dymanic and V. Chomaz
2013 East River, Gallery MC, New York, USA
RESIDENCIES
2022 CNAC, Le Magasin, France (1 month) Sterna, Nisyros, Greece (1 month)
2020 Deschool, Amsterdam, The Netherlands (2 months) WOW, Amsterdam, The Netherlands (2 years)
2019 Palazzo Monti, Brescia, Italie (1 month) 2018 Le Consulat de la Gaité, Paris, France (2 months)
Epigraphic Museum of Athens, Greece (1 month) 2017 Bundanon Trust, Sydney, Australia (2 weeks) 2016 ESKFF, Mana Contemporary, New Jersey, USA (3 months) 2015 Villa Lena, Tuscany, Italy (2 months)
Watermill Center, New York, USA (1 month)
Brooklyn Navy Yard, New York, USA (1 year) 2014 ZKU, Zentrum fur Kunst und Urbanistiks, Berlin, Germany (4 months)
GlogauAir, Berlin, Germany (1 month)
AWARDS
2014 Fondation Taylor, Paris, France 2012 Tony Garnier Prize, French Architectural Academy, Paris, France
2012 HMONP, École Spéciale d’Architecture, Paris, France
2011 MA in Architecture, École Spéciale d’Architecture, Paris, France
2009 University of Cincinnati - DAAP, Cincinnati, USA
2004 University Pierre et Marie Curie, Paris - La Sorbonne, Paris, France
SELECTED SOLO SHOWS, TWO PERSONS SHOWS
2022 Both Skies Open To Thunder, with Henry Chapman, Valerius Gallery, Luxembourg
2021 Soil is concrete, Everyday Gallery, Antwerp, Belgium
2018 Monument, Epigraphic Museum of Athens, Greece
Support - Surface, Le Consulat de la Gaité, Paris, France - with L. Jaffuel
2017 Space is non static, Corbusierhaus, Ceci Fondation, Berlin, Germany
2016 In the zone, New Day Gallery, Berlin, Germany
2015 The Island, Watermill Center, New York, USA
Zoo experiment, Konzulat, Berlin, Germany
2014 Animal Space, Ains Ah, Berlin, Germany
Space Oddity, Das Gift, Berlin, Germany
White Hole, ZKU, Zentrum fur Kunst und Urbanistiks, Berlin, Germany
SELECTED GROUP SHOWS
2022 Rehabilitation of LE MAGASIN, Centre d’Art Contemporain, Grenoble, France - with designers and artists Clémence Seilles, Laure Jaffuel and Alexis Bondoux
Gado, Gado, with Erica Mao, Théo Viardin, Martin Kacmarek, Corydon Cowansage, Everyday Gallery Antwerp, Belgium
FIVE! Valerius Gallery, Luxembourg
Bordeaux Art & Design, Valerius Gallery, Bordeaux, France
Art Rotterdam, Everyday Gallery, Rotterdam, NL Matière Primaire, Le lac, Belgium - Curated by Louis Lefevre Dead Darlings, Auction, Berlin, Germany - Curated by Hanna Mattes
2021 Potluck, Everyday Gallery, Antwerp, Belgium
2020 Limbo II, Everyday Gallery, Antwerp, Belgium
De Tour, Deschool, Amsterdam, NL - Curated by Anne Van der Weijden
Stay at home, Hot Glue, online show - Curated by Kaspar De Jong
Pause in your ight, HVW8, Berlin, Germany - Curated by Agathe André de Tremontels
Art Rotterdam, with Everyday Gallery, Rotterdam, NL
Collectible Fair, with Everyday Gallery, Brussels, Belgium
2019 Nude, Everyday Gallery, Antwerp, Belgium - Curated by Boris Devis Dune, De School, Amsterdam, Netherlands - with M. Van Olst Art Route 2019 Get Lost, Playstation Sloterdijk, Amsterdam, NL - Curated by F. Parot
2018 Morceaux Choisis II, Bubenberg, Paris, France - Curated by C. De Brosses
Design Parade III, Villa Noailles, Hyères, France - Curated by P. Yovanovitch
2017 Morceaux Choisis I, Bubenberg, Paris, France - Curated by C. Bonnie More
The Voice of Doxa, GlogauAir, Berlin, Germany - with R. Bender - Curated by Zona Dynamic Festival of lights, Fernseheturm, Berlin, Germany
B&W, Novado Gallery, NJ, USA Suno 2, Berghain, Berlin, Germany - with R. Bender - Curated by N. Sayes
Working Promesse, Biennale 2017, St Etienne, France - with L. Jaffuel - Curated by O. Peyricot
New Day Galerie, Berlin, Germany - Curated by Paul Ferens and Charles Benjamin
2016 The Waves, Ceci Foundation, Berlin, Germany - in coll. with R. Bender
2016 Suno, The Hospital Galerie, Berlin, Germany - in coll. with R. Bender Souvenirs, Berlin, Germany - with R. Bender Only Lovers, Le coeur, Paris, France - Curated by Timothé Chailloux Team Spirit, Sara Nightingale Gallery, Watermill, NY, USA - Curated by Andrea Cote Trait, Pôle muséal, Lisieux, France - Curated by Fleur Helluin
2015 Memory and Places, Describing Architecture, Dublin, Ireland - Curated by Antoin Doyle
Turn around bright eyes, Berghain, Berlin, Germany - Curated by Nadia Sayes
2014 Berlin Art Week - Konzulat, Berlin, Germany - Curated by Nadia Sayes Same Standing - 166, Kreuzberg Pavillion, Berlin, Germany - Curated by Mina Minov
Flat Spaces, installation, Stadtumbau, ZKU Berlin, Germany - Curated by Studio OSK
I am an Oasis, MoP, Berlin, Germany - Curated by Zona Dymanic and V. Chomaz
2013 East River, Gallery MC, New York, USA
RESIDENCIES
2022 CNAC, Le Magasin, France (1 month) Sterna, Nisyros, Greece (1 month)
2020 Deschool, Amsterdam, The Netherlands (2 months) WOW, Amsterdam, The Netherlands (2 years)
2019 Palazzo Monti, Brescia, Italie (1 month) 2018 Le Consulat de la Gaité, Paris, France (2 months)
Epigraphic Museum of Athens, Greece (1 month) 2017 Bundanon Trust, Sydney, Australia (2 weeks) 2016 ESKFF, Mana Contemporary, New Jersey, USA (3 months) 2015 Villa Lena, Tuscany, Italy (2 months)
Watermill Center, New York, USA (1 month)
Brooklyn Navy Yard, New York, USA (1 year) 2014 ZKU, Zentrum fur Kunst und Urbanistiks, Berlin, Germany (4 months)
GlogauAir, Berlin, Germany (1 month)
AWARDS
2014 Fondation Taylor, Paris, France 2012 Tony Garnier Prize, French Architectural Academy, Paris, France
CV
EDUCATION
2012 HMONP, École Spéciale d’Architecture, Paris, France
2011 MA in Architecture, École Spéciale d’Architecture, Paris, France
2009 University of Cincinnati - DAAP, Cincinnati, USA
2004 University Pierre et Marie Curie, Paris - La Sorbonne, Paris, France
SELECTED SOLO SHOWS, TWO PERSONS SHOWS
2022 Both Skies Open To Thunder, with Henry Chapman, Valerius Gallery, Luxembourg
2021 Soil is concrete, Everyday Gallery, Antwerp, Belgium
2018 Monument, Epigraphic Museum of Athens, Greece
Support - Surface, Le Consulat de la Gaité, Paris, France - with L. Jaffuel
2017 Space is non static, Corbusierhaus, Ceci Fondation, Berlin, Germany
2016 In the zone, New Day Gallery, Berlin, Germany
2015 The Island, Watermill Center, New York, USA
Zoo experiment, Konzulat, Berlin, Germany
2014 Animal Space, Ains Ah, Berlin, Germany
Space Oddity, Das Gift, Berlin, Germany
White Hole, ZKU, Zentrum fur Kunst und Urbanistiks, Berlin, Germany
SELECTED GROUP SHOWS
2022 Rehabilitation of LE MAGASIN, Centre d’Art Contemporain, Grenoble, France - with designers and artists Clémence Seilles, Laure Jaffuel and Alexis Bondoux
Gado, Gado, with Erica Mao, Théo Viardin, Martin Kacmarek, Corydon Cowansage, Everyday Gallery Antwerp, Belgium
FIVE! Valerius Gallery, Luxembourg
Bordeaux Art & Design, Valerius Gallery, Bordeaux, France
Art Rotterdam, Everyday Gallery, Rotterdam, NL Matière Primaire, Le lac, Belgium - Curated by Louis Lefevre Dead Darlings, Auction, Berlin, Germany - Curated by Hanna Mattes
2021 Potluck, Everyday Gallery, Antwerp, Belgium
2020 Limbo II, Everyday Gallery, Antwerp, Belgium
De Tour, Deschool, Amsterdam, NL - Curated by Anne Van der Weijden
Stay at home, Hot Glue, online show - Curated by Kaspar De Jong
Pause in your ight, HVW8, Berlin, Germany - Curated by Agathe André de Tremontels
Art Rotterdam, with Everyday Gallery, Rotterdam, NL
Collectible Fair, with Everyday Gallery, Brussels, Belgium
2019 Nude, Everyday Gallery, Antwerp, Belgium - Curated by Boris Devis Dune, De School, Amsterdam, Netherlands - with M. Van Olst Art Route 2019 Get Lost, Playstation Sloterdijk, Amsterdam, NL - Curated by F. Parot
2018 Morceaux Choisis II, Bubenberg, Paris, France - Curated by C. De Brosses
Design Parade III, Villa Noailles, Hyères, France - Curated by P. Yovanovitch
2017 Morceaux Choisis I, Bubenberg, Paris, France - Curated by C. Bonnie More
The Voice of Doxa, GlogauAir, Berlin, Germany - with R. Bender - Curated by Zona Dynamic Festival of lights, Fernseheturm, Berlin, Germany
B&W, Novado Gallery, NJ, USA Suno 2, Berghain, Berlin, Germany - with R. Bender - Curated by N. Sayes
Working Promesse, Biennale 2017, St Etienne, France - with L. Jaffuel - Curated by O. Peyricot
New Day Galerie, Berlin, Germany - Curated by Paul Ferens and Charles Benjamin
2016 The Waves, Ceci Foundation, Berlin, Germany - in coll. with R. Bender
2016 Suno, The Hospital Galerie, Berlin, Germany - in coll. with R. Bender Souvenirs, Berlin, Germany - with R. Bender Only Lovers, Le coeur, Paris, France - Curated by Timothé Chailloux Team Spirit, Sara Nightingale Gallery, Watermill, NY, USA - Curated by Andrea Cote Trait, Pôle muséal, Lisieux, France - Curated by Fleur Helluin
2015 Memory and Places, Describing Architecture, Dublin, Ireland - Curated by Antoin Doyle
Turn around bright eyes, Berghain, Berlin, Germany - Curated by Nadia Sayes
2014 Berlin Art Week - Konzulat, Berlin, Germany - Curated by Nadia Sayes Same Standing - 166, Kreuzberg Pavillion, Berlin, Germany - Curated by Mina Minov
Flat Spaces, installation, Stadtumbau, ZKU Berlin, Germany - Curated by Studio OSK
I am an Oasis, MoP, Berlin, Germany - Curated by Zona Dymanic and V. Chomaz
2013 East River, Gallery MC, New York, USA
RESIDENCIES
2022 CNAC, Le Magasin, France (1 month) Sterna, Nisyros, Greece (1 month)
2020 Deschool, Amsterdam, The Netherlands (2 months) WOW, Amsterdam, The Netherlands (2 years)
2019 Palazzo Monti, Brescia, Italie (1 month) 2018 Le Consulat de la Gaité, Paris, France (2 months)
Epigraphic Museum of Athens, Greece (1 month) 2017 Bundanon Trust, Sydney, Australia (2 weeks) 2016 ESKFF, Mana Contemporary, New Jersey, USA (3 months) 2015 Villa Lena, Tuscany, Italy (2 months)
Watermill Center, New York, USA (1 month)
Brooklyn Navy Yard, New York, USA (1 year) 2014 ZKU, Zentrum fur Kunst und Urbanistiks, Berlin, Germany (4 months)
GlogauAir, Berlin, Germany (1 month)
AWARDS
2014 Fondation Taylor, Paris, France 2012 Tony Garnier Prize, French Architectural Academy, Paris, France
2012 HMONP, École Spéciale d’Architecture, Paris, France
2011 MA in Architecture, École Spéciale d’Architecture, Paris, France
2009 University of Cincinnati - DAAP, Cincinnati, USA
2004 University Pierre et Marie Curie, Paris - La Sorbonne, Paris, France
SELECTED SOLO SHOWS, TWO PERSONS SHOWS
2022 Both Skies Open To Thunder, with Henry Chapman, Valerius Gallery, Luxembourg
2021 Soil is concrete, Everyday Gallery, Antwerp, Belgium
2018 Monument, Epigraphic Museum of Athens, Greece
Support - Surface, Le Consulat de la Gaité, Paris, France - with L. Jaffuel
2017 Space is non static, Corbusierhaus, Ceci Fondation, Berlin, Germany
2016 In the zone, New Day Gallery, Berlin, Germany
2015 The Island, Watermill Center, New York, USA
Zoo experiment, Konzulat, Berlin, Germany
2014 Animal Space, Ains Ah, Berlin, Germany
Space Oddity, Das Gift, Berlin, Germany
White Hole, ZKU, Zentrum fur Kunst und Urbanistiks, Berlin, Germany
SELECTED GROUP SHOWS
2022 Rehabilitation of LE MAGASIN, Centre d’Art Contemporain, Grenoble, France - with designers and artists Clémence Seilles, Laure Jaffuel and Alexis Bondoux
Gado, Gado, with Erica Mao, Théo Viardin, Martin Kacmarek, Corydon Cowansage, Everyday Gallery Antwerp, Belgium
FIVE! Valerius Gallery, Luxembourg
Bordeaux Art & Design, Valerius Gallery, Bordeaux, France
Art Rotterdam, Everyday Gallery, Rotterdam, NL Matière Primaire, Le lac, Belgium - Curated by Louis Lefevre Dead Darlings, Auction, Berlin, Germany - Curated by Hanna Mattes
2021 Potluck, Everyday Gallery, Antwerp, Belgium
2020 Limbo II, Everyday Gallery, Antwerp, Belgium
De Tour, Deschool, Amsterdam, NL - Curated by Anne Van der Weijden
Stay at home, Hot Glue, online show - Curated by Kaspar De Jong
Pause in your ight, HVW8, Berlin, Germany - Curated by Agathe André de Tremontels
Art Rotterdam, with Everyday Gallery, Rotterdam, NL
Collectible Fair, with Everyday Gallery, Brussels, Belgium
2019 Nude, Everyday Gallery, Antwerp, Belgium - Curated by Boris Devis Dune, De School, Amsterdam, Netherlands - with M. Van Olst Art Route 2019 Get Lost, Playstation Sloterdijk, Amsterdam, NL - Curated by F. Parot
2018 Morceaux Choisis II, Bubenberg, Paris, France - Curated by C. De Brosses
Design Parade III, Villa Noailles, Hyères, France - Curated by P. Yovanovitch
2017 Morceaux Choisis I, Bubenberg, Paris, France - Curated by C. Bonnie More
The Voice of Doxa, GlogauAir, Berlin, Germany - with R. Bender - Curated by Zona Dynamic Festival of lights, Fernseheturm, Berlin, Germany
B&W, Novado Gallery, NJ, USA Suno 2, Berghain, Berlin, Germany - with R. Bender - Curated by N. Sayes
Working Promesse, Biennale 2017, St Etienne, France - with L. Jaffuel - Curated by O. Peyricot
New Day Galerie, Berlin, Germany - Curated by Paul Ferens and Charles Benjamin
2016 The Waves, Ceci Foundation, Berlin, Germany - in coll. with R. Bender
2016 Suno, The Hospital Galerie, Berlin, Germany - in coll. with R. Bender Souvenirs, Berlin, Germany - with R. Bender Only Lovers, Le coeur, Paris, France - Curated by Timothé Chailloux Team Spirit, Sara Nightingale Gallery, Watermill, NY, USA - Curated by Andrea Cote Trait, Pôle muséal, Lisieux, France - Curated by Fleur Helluin
2015 Memory and Places, Describing Architecture, Dublin, Ireland - Curated by Antoin Doyle
Turn around bright eyes, Berghain, Berlin, Germany - Curated by Nadia Sayes
2014 Berlin Art Week - Konzulat, Berlin, Germany - Curated by Nadia Sayes Same Standing - 166, Kreuzberg Pavillion, Berlin, Germany - Curated by Mina Minov
Flat Spaces, installation, Stadtumbau, ZKU Berlin, Germany - Curated by Studio OSK
I am an Oasis, MoP, Berlin, Germany - Curated by Zona Dymanic and V. Chomaz
2013 East River, Gallery MC, New York, USA
RESIDENCIES
2022 CNAC, Le Magasin, France (1 month) Sterna, Nisyros, Greece (1 month)
2020 Deschool, Amsterdam, The Netherlands (2 months) WOW, Amsterdam, The Netherlands (2 years)
2019 Palazzo Monti, Brescia, Italie (1 month) 2018 Le Consulat de la Gaité, Paris, France (2 months)
Epigraphic Museum of Athens, Greece (1 month) 2017 Bundanon Trust, Sydney, Australia (2 weeks) 2016 ESKFF, Mana Contemporary, New Jersey, USA (3 months) 2015 Villa Lena, Tuscany, Italy (2 months)
Watermill Center, New York, USA (1 month)
Brooklyn Navy Yard, New York, USA (1 year) 2014 ZKU, Zentrum fur Kunst und Urbanistiks, Berlin, Germany (4 months)
GlogauAir, Berlin, Germany (1 month)
AWARDS
2014 Fondation Taylor, Paris, France 2012 Tony Garnier Prize, French Architectural Academy, Paris, France
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