Bio
Community practitioner, cultural worker and researcher. My practices explore local identity and narratives of various communities by ecological activities and hands-on involvement. Scholarship holder of the Ministry of Culture and National Heritage in Poland (2019), Polish-German Foundation of Knowledge (2019-2021). While not working, I get my hands dirty and contemplates nature on my allotment garden in Targówek district of Warsaw and raised bed in Poplar, London.
Projects, Workshops, Talks
- 2022 Na działke! [guided tour in allotment gardens] Towarzystwo Krajobraz, Nowy Teatr, Warsaw
- 2021 (ongoing) Seed workshops in cultural centres, libraries and gardens, Warsaw/Suwałki
- 2021 Garden season – let’s meet on the plots! [project + toolkit] commissioned by City of Poznań
- 2021 Plon – A Gerot [gardening workshop] Yiddish Culture Centre, Warsaw
- 2021 Invisible City, Institute for the Study of Public Spaces [presentation] Warsaw
- 2021 Urban Farming, City Culture Institute [talk & presentation] Gdańsk (PL)
- 2020 The Politics of Public Space [audiowalk], Poligonal, Berlin
- 2020 Warsaw Under Construction 12: Something in Common, Museum of Modern Art, Warsaw
- 2019 Can Allotment Gardens benefit for everyone? [talk] Design Institute, Kielce (PL)
- 2018 Artsakh Fest, ICA Yerevan, [participatory walk], Stepanakert (AM)
- 2015 Way-Marking Młynow. art-residency of Plattformer collective, Warsaw
- 2015 (ongoing) Warszawscy Działkowcy [Warsaw Allotment Gardeners], Warsaw
- 2014 Tuning Warsaw, A-I-R Laboratory, Ujazdowski Castle CCA
Coordination, Production
- 2023 Art Around the Corner residency program, Ochota Culture Centre, Warsaw
- 2022 Walks for weeds and herbs [series of wild plants walks], Praga Culture Centre, Warsaw
- 2020 – 2021 Gardens as inclusive Green Learning places, project Erasmus+
- 2018 Adin-Dwa-Trzy on the Połnoc Estate [participatory art project], Suwałki (PL)
- 2018 Odwiedziny. Cultural Fieldwork [community-based research project], Suwałki (PL)
- 2017 Cleanup Baikal [ecological project], Ulan-Ude, Baikal Lake (RU)
- 2017 Gartenlabor Community Garden, Berlin
- 2015 – 2016 Suwałki Senior Club, Suwałki (PL)
- 2016 Ogrod Osiedlowy [Neighbourhood Community Garden], Suwałki (PL)
- 2015 – 2016 Temporary House of Culture, artists in residence project, Suwałki (PL)
Exhibitions
- 2023 Autostrata, DOMIE, Poznań / Galeria UL, Gdańsk / Stroboskop, Warsaw / Halle 6, Munich
- 2023 Warsaw Under Construction 15: The Cold Days Are Over, Wola Museum, Warsaw
- 2021 Działkowicze czy działkowcy? Wola Cultural Centre, Warsaw
- 2020 Spring in the Bem Housing Estate, Arsenal Gallery, Białystok (PL)
- 2017 Poetyka miejskiego krzaka, Rotacyjny Dom Kultury, Warsaw
Publications
- 2023 Ferrari E., Dańkowska A., Dragon A., Haase A., Kronenberg J., Haase D., Towards an integrated garden. Gardeners of all types, unite! Urban Forestry & Urban Greening, Volume 81, 2023, 127857, ISSN 1618-8667
- 2022 Dragon, A., Nasiono [A Seed], Atlas wszystkich mieszkańców, Puszka Foundation
- 2022 Dragon, A., All Allotments Are Fortunate Island. Robida 8, 2022, pp. 54-58, ISSN 2611-7533
- 2021 Dragon A., Dymek D., Krzywicka J., Katalog dobrych praktyk otwierania ROD [Catalogue of good practices for opening Allotment Gardens], commissioned by City of Poznań
- 2021 Dańkowska A., Dragon A., Ferrari E., Guide for Fostering Cooperation for Integrated, in: Forms of Urban Gardening. Humboldt University, University of Lodz, Humboldt Uni
- 2020 Dragon A., Ogrody społecznościowe Berlina [Community gardens of Berlin], commissioned by Bujna Warszawa, City Greenery Office, Warsaw
- 2016 How to become an allotment gardener? The Make Yourself At Home Guide to Warsaw, published by the Ujazdowski Centre for Contemporary Art, ISBN 978-83-65240-06-4
Scholarships, awards
- 2024 NextGenerationEU, National Recovery and Resilience Plan (NPRR)
- 2019 – 2021 Scholarship of the Polish-German Foundation for Knowledge (DPWS) at Humboldt University
- 2019 Scholarship of the Ministry of Culture and National Heritage
- 2018 The main prize of the ‘Social Initiative of the Year’ Competition of the Marshal of the Podlaskie Voivodeship (PL)
Education
- 2018 – 2020 MA Research Training Program, Institute of Social Science, Humboldt University in Berlin
- 2010 – 2012 MA Cultural Studies, University of Warsaw
- 2006 – 2009 BA Cultural Studies, Nicolaus Copernicus University, Toruń (PL)
contact: dragn.agn@gmail.com