I am a theatre maker, performer, and artist-researcher, based in Antwerp. I hold an MA degree in performance practices from Artez University of Arts in Arnhem, the Netherlands (2022) and a BA in the art of media from the Art Academy in Szczecin (2020). My projects are often autobiographical and focus on affectivity and lived experience. I work with persona, storytelling, and case study, to transform personal experience into performative experience for the audience. In 2023 I received a Talentontwikkeling grant from the city of Antwerp for the project “Alphabet of feelings”, a participatory project exploring the concept of a body as a safe space and questioning wellbeing from the perspective of a highly sensitive person.

Zuzanna Maria Sosnowska

I am a theatre maker, performer, and artist-researcher, based in Antwerp. I hold an MA degree in performance practices from Artez University of Arts in Arnhem, the Netherlands (2022) and a BA in the art of media from the Art Academy in Szczecin (2020). My projects are often autobiographical and focus on affectivity and lived experience. I work with persona, storytelling, and case study, to transform personal experience into performative experience for the audience. In 2023 I received a Talentontwikkeling grant from the city of Antwerp for the project “Alphabet of feelings”, a participatory project exploring the concept of a body as a safe space and questioning wellbeing from the perspective of a highly sensitive person.

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I am a theatre maker, performer, and artist-researcher, based in Antwerp. I hold an MA degree in performance practices from Artez University of Arts in Arnhem, the Netherlands (2022) and a BA in the art of media from the Art Academy in Szczecin (2020). My projects are often autobiographical and focus on affectivity and lived experience. I work with persona, storytelling, and case study, to transform personal experience into performative experience for the audience. In 2023 I received a Talentontwikkeling grant from the city of Antwerp for the project “Alphabet of feelings”, a participatory project exploring the concept of a body as a safe space and questioning wellbeing from the perspective of a highly sensitive person.

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Language

Polish
Fluent
English
Fluent
Dutch
Fluent

Work Experience

Resident Artist at Fameus
January 1, 2023 - December 31, 2024
Residency program in Antwerp focusing on collaborative performance creation and installation.
Co-creator at Superhost Antena Muhka
January 1, 2023 - December 31, 2023
Co-creation with Céline Gillain; collaborative project exploring performance and audience participation.
Performer at Festival Antwerp Bijou
January 1, 2023 - December 31, 2023
Connect to yourself 2.0 – a collaborative festival performance project.
Performer at ArtEZ Arnhem / MA Final Performance
January 1, 2022 - December 31, 2022
Final MA performance Connect to yourself as part of the ArtEZ program.
Performer at On Live Festival, Arnhem
January 1, 2021 - December 31, 2021
Performance Chewing gum meditation.
Performer at Artez, Arnhem
January 1, 2021 - December 31, 2021
Immersive performance Your favourite place.
Producer/Curator at The (More than a) Chair Festival
January 1, 2021 - December 31, 2021
Production and curation of the festival.
Performer at To be Festival, Antwerp
January 1, 2020 - December 31, 2020
Out of sync.
Performer at Fred & Zorro, Antwerp
January 1, 2020 - December 31, 2020
Look away.
Intern at Ria Pacquée
January 1, 2020 - December 31, 2020
Internship with the artist Ria Pacquée.
Performer / Artist at Art Academy in Szczecin
January 1, 2020 - December 31, 2020
BA performative installation Spa of unpleasantries.
Member at Próżnia Collective
January 1, 2019 - December 31, 2020
Member of a student-run artistic space in Szczecin.
Curator at Normo, Antwerp
January 1, 2020 - December 31, 2020
Curation of the performance Social experiment.
Performer at Gold Rush (student exchange project)
January 1, 2020 - December 31, 2020
Live set during student exchange with Slovakian and Czech participants (Brno).
Curator at Art is only an empty sound for us now
January 1, 2020 - December 31, 2020
Curation of the show in Szczecin.
Curator / Producer at Szczecin
January 1, 2019 - December 31, 2019
Production and curation of the exhibition Compulsion of Relax.
Performer at Próżnia Gallery, Szczecin
January 1, 2018 - December 31, 2018
Performing in Fashion Show Review.
Performer / Artist at Galleria Labirynt, Lublin
January 1, 2018 - December 31, 2018
Videonews videoart show.
Performer at Obrońców Staliningradu Gallery, Szczecin
January 1, 2018 - December 31, 2018
Winter was never here (Zimy nie było).
Performer at Gallery Labirynt, Lublin
January 1, 2017 - December 31, 2017
Video show.
Theatre/Performing Arts Trainee at Studio Matejka, Wrocław
January 1, 2016 - December 31, 2017
Trainings in performing arts.
Collaborator at Alma Kalma Workcenter of Performing Arts, Saloniki
January 1, 2016 - December 31, 2016
Collaboration with performing arts workcenter.
Workshop Participant at Workcenter of Jerzy Grotowski and Thomas Richards, Szczecin
January 1, 2016 - December 31, 2016
Workshop participation.
Workshop Participant at Theodoros Terzopulos, Szczecin
January 1, 2016 - December 31, 2016
Workshop participation.
Workshop Participant at Brama Theater Goleniow
January 1, 2015 - December 31, 2016
Workshop participation.
EVS Participant at Stella Polaris
January 1, 2015 - December 31, 2015
EVS and performance Stemmer fra Gokstadt in Sandefjord.
Student at Intensive Mime School
January 1, 2015 - December 31, 2015
Mime training in Berlin.
Performer at Festival Body/Mind, Warsaw
January 1, 2015 - December 31, 2015
Performance sexy mf.
Student/Actor at Teatr Dnia Ósmego, Poznań
January 1, 2015 - December 31, 2015
Alternative school of acting.
Performer at Kana Theatre, Szczecin
January 1, 2012 - December 31, 2013
Performance The Ghosts.
Resident Artist at Famus
January 1, 2023 - January 1, 2024
Residency program in Antwerp focusing on experimental performance and cross-disciplinary practices.
Collaborator at Superhost Antena Muhka
January 1, 2023 - December 31, 2023
Co-created projects with Céline Gillain as part of Antena Muhka's Superhost program.
Performance Artist at ArtEZ University of the Arts
January 1, 2022 - December 31, 2022
MA final performance Connect to Yourself at Artez.
Performer at On Live Festival
January 1, 2021 - December 31, 2021
Performance Chewing Gum Meditation.
Performer at To Be Festival
January 1, 2020 - December 31, 2020
Performance Out of Sync.
Performer at Fred & Zorro
January 1, 2020 - December 31, 2020
Performance Look Away.
Artist/Performer at Art Academy in Szczecin
January 1, 2020 - December 31, 2020
BA performative installation Spa of unpleasantries.
Curator/Producer at Normo
January 1, 2020 - December 31, 2020
Curation of performance Social experiment.
Performer at Gold Rush
January 1, 2020 - December 31, 2020
Live set during student exchange with Slovakian and Czech students in Brno.
Curator at Szczecin
January 1, 2020 - December 31, 2020
Curation of the show Art is only an empty sound for us now.
Producer/Curator at Szczecin
January 1, 2019 - January 1, 2020
Production, curation of the exhibition Compulsion of Relax.
Video Artist at Gallery Labirynt, Lublin
January 1, 2018 - December 31, 2018
Videonews video art show.
Video Show Artist at Gallery Labirynt, Lublin
January 1, 2017 - December 31, 2017
Video show in Gallery Labirynt.
Trainee/Artist at Studio Matejka, Wrocław
January 1, 2016 - January 1, 2017
Trainings with Studio Matejka.
Workshop Participant at Jerzy Grotowski and Thomas Richards Workcenter, Szczecin
January 1, 2016 - January 1, 2016
Workshop with Jerzy Grotowski and Thomas Richards.
EVS Participant at Stella Polaris, Sandefjord
January 1, 2015 - January 1, 2015
EVS and performance Stemmer fra Gokstadt.
Mime School Participant at Intensive Mime School, Berlin
January 1, 2015 - January 1, 2015
Intensive mime training.
Actor at Teatr Dnia Ósmego, Poznań
January 1, 2015 - January 1, 2015
Alternative acting training at Teatr Dnia Ósmego.
Internship Production and Curation - Production Assistant at Artez University of Arts, Arnhem
January 1, 2022 - January 1, 2023
Assisted production and curation for exhibitions and theatre projects; supported on-site coordination and volunteer management.
Internship Production and Curation at Kunsthal Extra City
January 1, 2022 - January 1, 2023
Assisted with exhibition production and curatorial tasks; collaborated with volunteers and artists; supported logistics and coordination.
Production Assistant at Kunsthal Extra City
January 1, 2021 - January 1, 2022
Supported production tasks for exhibitions and events; coordination with curatorial team; assisted with on-site operations.
Audience Development at MA Festival, ArtEZ, Arnhem
January 1, 2021 - January 1, 2022
Contributed to audience development for festival projects and events.
Project Leader
January 1, 2025 - Present
Production and coordination lead for the performance of Mara Haj Hussein; oversaw opening of deep listening of animals, staging, installation, and show imagery coordination; memory and de-installation coordination.
Volunteer at OFF Festival, Katowice
January 1, 2015 - Present
Volunteer in public development and hospitality at OFF Festival.

Education

Erasmus internship (curation and production) at Kunsthal Extra City, Antwerp
January 1, 2022 - December 31, 2023
MA Performance Practices at ArtEZ University of the Arts, Arnhem
January 1, 2020 - December 31, 2022
Fine Arts In Situ (Erasmus exchange) at Royal Academy of Fine Arts, Antwerp
January 1, 2019 - December 31, 2020
BA degree in the art of medias at Academy of Arts, Szczecin
January 1, 2017 - December 31, 2020
filmmaking at Skiba Studio for Culture Animators, Wrocław
January 1, 2016 - December 31, 2016
drama acting course at Lart Acting Studio, Kraków
January 1, 2014 - December 31, 2015
BA management of culture and media at Jagiellonian University Kraków
January 1, 2014 - December 31, 2015
theatre course at Academy of Performing Arts, Poznań
January 1, 2013 - December 31, 2014
Erasmus internship in curating and production at Kunsthal Extra City, Antwerp
January 1, 2022 - January 1, 2023
MA Performance Practices at ArtEZ University of the Arts, Arnhem
January 1, 2020 - January 1, 2022
Fine Arts In Situ (Erasmus exchange) at Royal Academy of Fine Arts, Antwerp
January 1, 2019 - January 1, 2020
BA degree in the art of medias at Academy of Arts, Szczecin
January 1, 2017 - January 1, 2020
filmmaking at Skiba Studio for Culture Animators, Wrocław
January 1, 2016 - January 1, 2016
drama acting course at Lart Acting Studio, Kraków
January 1, 2014 - January 1, 2015
BA management of culture and media at Jagiellonian University, Kraków
January 1, 2014 - January 1, 2015
theatre course at Academy of Performing Arts, Poznań
January 1, 2013 - January 1, 2014
BA in Art of Media Drama Acting at Jagiellonian University, Kraków
January 1, 2013 - January 1, 2017
BA in Culture and Media Management at Poznań University for Performing Arts
January 1, 2014 - January 1, 2018
BA in Art of Media Drama Acting at Kraków Academy for Performing Arts
January 11, 2030 - January 6, 2026
BA in Art of Media Drama Acting at Jagiellonian University
January 11, 2030 - January 6, 2026
BA in Art of Media Drama Acting at Poznań University of Arts
January 11, 2030 - January 6, 2026
BA in Art of Media Drama Acting at ArtEZ University of Arts, Arnhem
January 11, 2030 - January 6, 2026
BA in Art of Media Drama Acting at Royal Academy of Fine Arts Antwerp
January 11, 2030 - January 6, 2026
BA in art of media drama acting at Kraków Academy for Performing Arts
January 11, 2030 - January 20, 2026
at Artez University of the Arts, Arnhem
January 11, 2030 - March 10, 2026
at Royal Academy of Fine Arts Antwerp (Koninklijke Academie voor Schone Kunsten, Antwerpen)
January 11, 2030 - March 10, 2026

Qualifications

Dispute Advisor
January 1, 2021 - December 31, 2022
Project Leader
January 1, 2025 - January 6, 2026
BA in art of media drama acting
January 11, 2030 - January 20, 2026
BA in management of culture and media
January 11, 2030 - January 20, 2026

Industry Experience

Media & Entertainment, Education, Professional Services, Other, Non-Profit Organization, Travel & Hospitality