ola arent
b. 1995, based in Alnarp (Sweden) and Warsaw (Poland)
EDUCATION
2021 - now Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences, MSc Landscape Architecture
Urban Forestry, Outdoor environments for children, Forest ecology, Broadleaves
2020 - 2021 SGGW/Warsaw University of Life Sciences, BSc Landscape Architecture
2014 - 2017 Goldsmiths College, University of London, BA (Hons) Fine Art & History of Art
PROJECTS
2022 Talk at SOTAN More-than-Human Ecologies symposium, organized by RIXC in Latvia at the RIXC Fields Residency and Irbene Radiotelescope
2022 Tree veteranisation as a radical art tool
2021 Talk: "Children as natural playground architects" during "Sztuka edukacji. Ekosystem przyszłości" Conference crossing the fields of art, education and ecology at Zachęta National Art Gallery in Warsaw
2021 "How to organise and utilise outdoor learning spaces and analogue teaching methods in children's education" in "Permaculture educator's toolkit", Biennale Warszawa
2020 - 2021 Warszaty z projektowania tkaniny dwuosnowowej pod hasłem "Nie będzie nas, gdy zniknie las" (domy kultury i świetlice w całej Polsce) w ramach projektu EGAT
2021 Spacer entomologiczny z Januszem Masłowskim / Konteksty / Sokołowsko - entomological walk
2021 Muzeum Supermarketu Agro-Perma-Lab (rysunki map) - Supermarket Museum illustrations
2020 - now Siekierkowski Ogród Sąsiedzki /Siekierki Community Garden - co-establisher, co-organiser
2020 knitting against capitalism workshop parties
2017-2019 fake journalism project barck floop
2018 paper mache animal making out of biased newspapers workshop, warsaw
2017 shit painting workshop and auction at goldsmiths college
RESIDENCIES
2021 Plein Air by Turów Coal Mine - Plener artystyczny Opolno Zdrój 2071 / Biuro Usług Post-artystycznych
02-03/2019 High House Residency, Antony Gormley Studio House, Norfolk, UK
02-03/2018 High House Residency, Antony Gormley Studio House, Norfolk, UK
EXHIBITIONS
02/2020 Barck floop hq, warsaw, pervland with Gabrielle Bejani
06/2017 Goldsmiths Degree Show
09-12/2016 Kwadratowa, Warszawa, cutedolphi1995
05-09/ 2016 Saatchi Gallery, London, Journeys
05/ 2016 APT Gallery, London, Spa for Dogs
05/2016 Harts Lane Studios, London, Cluster A
02/ 2014 Saatchi Gallery, London, Art Prize for Schools