Artist and curator based in Iceland.
Education
Bachelor of Art and Theatre
Jagiellonian University in Cracow
Diploma in Photography and Art
Post-secondary school PSKAK in Kalisz
Exhibitions
2026
Upcoming: Reykjanes Art Museum, group exhibition, Iceland
Upcoming: show abroad (tbc)
Art book with Sadie Cook
2025
Everything I want to tell you, Reykjavik Art Museum - Hafnarhús D-salur, solo exhibition as a duo with Sadie Cook Curator: Björk Hrafnsdóttir
It’s been a while sice someone sat on my back and I miss it, Ásmundarsalur, group exhibition “Keðjuverk”, Iceland
2024
B0dy_extended, Nýlistasafnið, Head2Head group exhibition, Iceland
Organ3000, Svavarssafn, group exhibition, Höfn, Iceland
Full of holes, SÍM Residency Korpúlfsstaðir, Canadian-Icelandic group exhibition "Shipwreck", Iceland
Curator: Elham Fakouri
Horseplay 2.0, Kaktus art space in Akureyri, solo exhibition with Sasa Lubinska, Akureyri, Iceland
Horseplay, Gallery Kannski in Reykjavík, solo exhibition with Sasa Lubinska, Iceland
2023
Bouquet of hope, hopelessness, Turnus Gallery in Warsaw, group installation, Poland
Hamraborg Metaverse, Y gallery, Hugarflug opening ceremony, Reykjavik
Kassandra, Lectwo Gallery in Poznan, group exhibition, Poland
2021
Yes, a falling tree makes a sound (and it has a lot to say), Kling og Bang in Reykjavík, group exhibition,
Curator: Helena Solveigar Aðalsteinsbur
Transformational Video Sessions with Brokat Films, solo exhibition with Sasa Lubinska, Kópavogur, Iceland
Curation
2021-2025 Hamraborg Festival, co-curation
2025 Skúlptúr Skúlptur Performance, Gerðarsafn
2025 Animal Avatar Machine, Svavarssafn
2025 Gerðarsafn, Performance series LEIÐ, co-curation
2021-2022 Midpunkt artist-run space
Publications/Features
2025
“Exploring Our World’s Binaries: Sadie Cook And Jo Pawlowska On Their Upcoming D-Salur Exhibition”,
The Reykjavík Grapevine, May 28
"Að leita sannleikans í holdi eða pixlum: Viðtal við tvo pólska hinsegin listamenn á Íslandi", Tímarit Hinsegin
RÚV Polish, Wyspa ep. 141
Tengivagninn, RÚV, summer edition
"Hamraborg Festival 2025", RÚV English Radio podcast
2024
"Welcome to "The Only True City In Iceland", The Reykjavík Grapevine, Issue 13
"Furðuverur og ævintýri í Hamraborg", Morgunblaðið, August
"Hamraborg Festival 2024", RÚV English Radio podcast
"Hamraborg Festival, tilraun til að hinsegja Hamraborg", Tímarit Hinsegin
"To Thrive in Chaos. The queer, glitchy art of Joanna Pawlowska", Iceland Review, April/May issue
"To Thrive in Chaos", Deep North: Stories from Iceland, podcast
2022
M. Miaskowska, Sztuka video w obliczu 2.0., p. 81-82: Social_net_art. Paradygmat sztuki nowych mediów w dobie web 2.0.
2021
"Yes, a falling tree makes a sound (and it has a lot to say) Serves Up Feminist Queer Insect AI Fantasies",
The Reykjavík Grapevine, Issue 7
2017
"Meeting at the end of Internet (Spotkanie na końcu internetu)", ID Magazine
Awards, Grants and Scholarships / solo and collective
2025 Kópavogur culture grant, Hamraborg Festival
2025 Myndlistarsjóður / Icelandic Visual Arts Fund (with Sadie Cook)
2025 Myndstef – Myndhöfundasjóður Íslands (with Sadie Cook)
2024 Artists’ Salary Fund/Listamannalaun
2024 Kópavogur culture grant, Hamraborg Festival
2024 Myndstef – Myndhöfundasjóður Íslands / Visual Art Copyright Association
2024 Myndlistarsjóður / Icelandic Visual Arts Fund, Hamraborg Festival
2024 Uppbyggingarsjóður Suðurlands
2023 Kópavogur culture grant, Hamraborg Festival