Leaky Bodies, Shared Worlds: Bunkier Sztuki Collection in Iceland for the First Time

Since 8 October 2026, the Reykjavík Art Museum has been showing the exhibition “Leaky Bodies, Shared Worlds. Works from the Bunkier Sztuki Collection in Krakow”. For the first time in its history, the collection of Kraków’s Bunkier Sztuki is being presented in Iceland, introducing local audiences to the work of thirty Polish contemporary artists. The exhibition runs until 24 January 2027.

Polish contemporary art in Reykjavík

The presentation of the Bunkier Sztuki Collection at the Reykjavík Art Museum is the most extensive presentation of the Kraków institution’s holdings abroad to date. The exhibition features works by artists including Marta Antoniak, Bogusław Bachorczyk, Barbara Bańda, Bogna Burska, Oskar Dawicki, Iwona Demko, Katarzyna Górna, Karolina Kowalska, Agata Kus, Cecylia Malik, Małgorzata Markiewicz, Maria Pinińska-Bereś, Karol Radziszewski, Józef Robakowski, Jadwiga Sawicka, Janek Simon, Justyna Smoleń, Jaśmina Wójcik, Michał Zawada and Jakub Julian Ziółkowski.

Thanks to the cooperation with the Adam Mickiewicz Institute, Polish contemporary art has the opportunity to reach a new, international audience and enter into dialogue with the Icelandic art scene. The exhibition shows the diversity of attitudes and languages present in Polish contemporary art – from painting and photography to objects and installations.

The Icelandic presentation is also particularly significant because of the large Polish community living in the country. The exhibition becomes a meeting place for two cultures – a space where Polish contemporary art can be discovered both by Icelandic audiences and by Poles living in Iceland.

The body and nature

The starting point of the exhibition is the body – a space where humans encounter nature, culture, technology and social norms. The “leakiness” of the title refers both to the fragility and vulnerability of the body and to the impossibility of drawing a permanent boundary between what is human, natural and cultural.

The works on display address corporeality, identity, gender, ageing and social ideas about the body. Further on, the exhibition widens its perspective to the relationship between humans and the environment – its exploitation, but also the possibility of coexisting and co-creating with nature. The exhibition invites viewers to see the human being not as an autonomous individual, but as part of a network of interdependencies.

The exhibition is curated by Agnieszka Sachar and Aldís Snorradóttir, with curatorial cooperation by Bryndís Erla Hjálmarsdóttir.

“Leaky Bodies, Shared Worlds. Works from the Bunkier Sztuki Collection in Krakow” – practical information

• Venue: Reykjavík Art Museum
• Dates: 8 October 2026 – 24 January 2027
• Artists: Marta Antoniak, Bogusław Bachorczyk, Barbara Bańda, Bogna Burska, Michał Chudzicki, Oskar Dawicki, Iwona Demko, Katarzyna Górna, Bartosz Kokosiński, Karolina Kowalska, Lidia Krawczyk, Wojciech Kubiak, Agata Kus, Marcin Maciejowski, Cecylia Malik, Krzysztof Marchlak, Małgorzata Markiewicz, Joanna Pawlik, Maria Pinińska-Bereś, Karol Radziszewski, Józef Robakowski, Jadwiga Sawicka, Janek Simon, Si On, Justyna Smoleń, Łukasz Stokłosa, Jaśmina Wójcik, Michał Zawada, Jakub Julian Ziółkowski, Alicja Żebrowska
• Curators: Agnieszka Sachar, Aldís Snorradóttir
• Curatorial cooperation: Bryndís Erla Hjálmarsdóttir
• In cooperation with: Adam Mickiewicz Institute, Bunkier Sztuki Gallery of Contemporary Art
• More information: Leaky Bodies, Shared Worlds – Listasafn Reykjavíkur