In my practice I work to describe the condition of exile. I look at exile as both historical fact and as how people become alienated from their societies and from themselves. The pieces that I make often engage with social and art history by working through how this may have already been investigated in pop culture or art. I am interested in how the poetic and artistic strategies of the recent past can be examined anew, often by combining them with contemporary digital methods and technologies. Through this approach multiple stories and temporalities can take place simultaneously in my work, producing the effect of a displacement. I make an offer to the viewer to join me in a process of reconciliation by decoding, enjoying, and making sense of it.

Krzysztof Honowski studied English Literature at the University of Cambridge, and completed his postgraduate studies in Art at the Slade School of Fine Art in London and the Academy of Media Arts (KHM) Cologne. He is currently a researcher in Art Theory at the Academy of Fine Arts Vienna.

He has presented performances, videos, and exhibitions internationally. These include Kustom Kar Kommandos Karaoke (2015-16) at the Barbican London, Sound Acts Festival Athens, and a.m. London, as well as And Now The Screen Is Struck By Lightning (2019-21) at TROPEZ Berlin and PACT Zollverein. Group presentations include Kunsthalle Düsseldorf, ISSUE Project Room New York, and Jewish Museum Berlin.

In 2019 his short film Beasts Of No Nation had its world premiere at the Ruhrtriennale and was selected for the Official German Competition at the International Short Film Festival Oberhausen 2020. This marked his first collaboration with Laura Sundermann. Their work was most recently showcased at Nordic House Reykjavik in 2023. Forthcoming presentations include LALA Athens and Kunstverein Leverkusen.

My monthly radio series Sonic Fictions on 674FM.

My work on 6x6 Project.

Contact: kmhonowski@gmail.com