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School of Art

Email Address: k_ozga@uncg.edu

Education

Ph.D. EDESTA – Doctoral School in Esthetics, Sciences and Technologies of Arts, University of Paris 8, France, 2013. Dissertation: Public Sculpture Today as Object and Event: Experiencing Time and Activating Space 

M.A. Aesthetics and History of Art and Photography, University of Paris 8, France, 2008. 

M.F.A. Sculpture, Akademia Sztuk Pieknych im. Jana Matejki (Academy of Fine Arts), Cracow, Poland, 2006. 

D.F.A. Museum School Diploma, School of the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, MA, 2004 
Study Abroad: L’École Nationale Supérieure des Beaux-Arts (ENSBA), Paris, France 

B.F.A. Studio Art, Tufts University, Medford, MA, 2004 

B.A. International Relations, Tufts University, Medford, MA, 2004 

Biography

Kasia Ozga is a Polish French American sculptor and installation artist based in Greensboro, NC. She reuses, revalues, and reanimates mass-produced materials into singular artworks and inverts associations we make with different types of waste. Ozga is a former Kosciuszko Foundation Fellowship recipient, Harriet Hale Woolley grantee from the Fondation des Etats-Unis, Jerome Fellowship recipient at Franconia Sculpture Park, and Paul-Louis Weiller award recipient from the French Académie des Beaux-Arts. Her work has been exhibited in over 15 different countries and she has participated widely in residencies in Europe and North America (Shakers, Nekatoenea, Pépinières Européennes de Création, ACRE, KHN). Currently an Assistant Professor of Sculpture at UNCG, Ozga holds a Ph.D. from the University of Paris 8, an M.F.A. from the Jan Matejko Academy of Fine Arts in Krakow, and a B.F.A. from the SMFA at Tufts University, Boston. 

Subjects Taught

  • Sculpture
  • Public Art
  • Installation Art
  • Grad Seminar
  • Arts-based Research 

Scholarly Creative/Research Activity

Exhibition Record 

Solo Exhibitions (selected) 

2025 Kasia Ozga, Sandhills Community College Gallery, Pinehurst, NC 

2024 Labor/Movement, Schmidt Gallery, GoggleWorks Center for the Arts, Reading, PA 

2023 RE_MOVE (with poet Dan Rosenberg), String Room Gallery, Wells College, Aurora, New York, NY, USA 

2022 Œkoumène, l’Angle – espace d’art contemporain du Pays Rochois, la Roche-sur-Foron, France 

2020 Skinscapes, Atelier Les Charrons, Saint-Étienne, France 

2020 Carrying On : Maritime Logistics, Théâtre Le Verso, Saint-Étienne, France 

2019 Origin Stories, Galerie Une Image…, Saint-Étienne, France 

2019 Raw Materials, Hall in One Novaciéries, Saint-Chamond (Biennale Internationale Design Saint-Étienne), France 

2018 Installation, Trou Noir, Le casier, Brussels, Belgium 

2017 Rebâtir, Maison de la Fontaine, Brest, France 

2016 Représences, Médiathèque L’Oiseau-Lyre, Marpent, France 

2015 Boys will be Boys, Ordinary Projects, Mana Contemporary, Chicago, IL, USA 

2014 Land Grab, The Sub-mission, The Mission Gallery, Chicago, IL, USA 

2013 Borders: Barrières, Frontières, La Off #3, Centre Culturel Saint-Exupéry, Reims, France 

2011 Projections, Centre Culturel Mendi Zolan, Hendaye, France 

2009 (O)pakowanie, Fabryka Koronek Gallery, Warsaw, Poland 

2009 Emballages, Kasia Ozga, Château de la Louvière, Montluçon, France 

2008 La Corde, Galerie Korczynski, Paris, France 

2007 Attractions et Oppositions, l’Animathèque (MJC), Sceaux, France 

2007 Body | Metaphor, Fondation des États-Unis, Paris, France 

Group Exhibitions (selected) 

2024 Signal Jammers, Midwest Nice, Sioux Falls, SD, USA 
Heartland, Dream Clinic Project Space, Columbus, OH, USA 
Sightlines, Confluence Lab, University of Idaho, USA  
Sculpture 2024, Espace Culturel Maurice Utrillo, Pierrefitte, France  
Work Zones, Goodyear Arts, Charlotte, NC, USA 
Layers, Alpharetta Arts Center, Alpharetta, GA 
Pushing Buttons, Blue Bell Campus Art Gallery, MCCC, Blue Bell, PA 
Coined in the South, Mint Museum, Charlotte, NC 
MOTHER Annex Show, Dorado 806 Projects, Santa Monica, CA 
OCAF Southworks 2024, Oconee Cultural Arts Foundation, Watkinsville, GA 

2023 Wildest Dreams, Vestige Concept Gallery, Pittsburgh, PA, USA 
Shades of Blue, Camelback Gallery, Scottsdale, AZ, USA (virtual) 
15th Annual National Juried 2D Exhibition, GoggleWorks Center for the Arts, Reading, PA, USA *received Exhibition Award 
Will we want to dance tomorrow? Tales for a future., French Institute, Prague, Czech Republic 
Tri-State Sculptors Pop Up Exhibition, Floyd Center for the Arts, Floyd, VA 
Sculptura, Salle des Clercs, Valence, France, curated by Pascal Thevenet 
Biennale de l’Image Tangible, Galerie Olivier Waltman, Paris, France 

2022 Off the Wall, SPACES Gallery, Cleveland, OH, USA 
Labor & Learning, Baron Gallery, Oberlin, OH, USA 
1989, Cerritos College Art Gallery, Los Angeles, CA, USA 
20 Ans de residence à Montluçon, Château des ducs de Bourbon, Montluçon, France 
Whose Story Is It?, curated by Lauren McLaughlin, Spilt Milk Gallery CIC, Edinburgh Palette, Edinburgh, Scotland 
Visible / Invisible. How silence is a tool of violence allowing it to blossom and grow, curated by Indira Johnson, Fran Joy, and Lisa Degliantoni. Noyes Cultural Arts Center, Evanston, IL, USA 
Le Cercle de l’Art, Open Bach Galerie, Paris, France 
Rechantier, Galerie Patricia Giardi, Saint-Étienne, France 

2021 Everyday Life, Gallery Sabine, Pilsen, Chicago, IL, USA 
Sky Exchange II, Portland Textile Month & TextileXchange, PLACE Galeria at PLACE Architecture, Portland, OR, USA 
1989, Part 1, MinEastry of Postcollapse Art and Culture, Portland, OR, USA  
Call & Response: Craft as a Tool for Activism, Museum of Craft and Design, San Francisco, USA 
Passages, Cook Station Arts Collective, Cook Station, MO, USA 
Isolated, But Not Alone, The Aerogramme Center for Arts and Culture (online) 

2020 The Immigrant Artist Biennial, Pfitzer Building, Brooklyn, New York 
The New Black, Void Collective, Bruxelles, Belgium (online) 
Engagements, La Biz’Art’Rit, Foix, France  
Artist Run Chicago 2.0, Hyde Park Art Center, Chicago, IL 
Dress Code, Le Lieu Dit, Calés, France 
Art of Water IV, James May Gallery, Algoma, Wisconsin (online) 
Zukunftsvisionen 2020 Festival for Contemporary Arts, Görlitz, Germany 
The Feminine Sublime, Bridge Gallery, 400 West Rich, Columbus, Ohio 

Public Art Commissions (selected) 

2023 Wear Out: Manual Labor, Art in Odd Places Festival, New York City, NY, USA 

2021 Présences, Annecy Paysages + Pôle Land Art Départemental (PLAD) / la Ferme de Chosal, Copponex, France 

2020 Immersion: Cascade, Médiathèque Jules Verne, La Ricamarie, France 
Ocnus’ Rope / Bleus de Travail, Novaciéries, Saint-Chamond, France 

2018 Oiseau Rare, Temporary Installation, Festival de l’Estran, Trégastel, France 

2015 Spring Loaded, Temporary Installation, Carroll University, Waukesha, WI 

Personal Website

www.kasiaozga.com