Katarzyna Katarzyna, Cheerleaderka, 2006
Katarzyna Kozyra
Cheerleaderka

After studying at the Warsaw Academy of Fine Arts, Katarzyna Kozyra (*1963, Poland, Italy, Germany) decided she no longer wanted to make sculptures and began working with photography, video, performances and installations instead. In 1999, she was honoured with a special award when she represented Poland at the 47th Venice Biennale. She received a grant from DAAD in 2003, which she used to study to become a makeup artist and opera singer. She received a doctorate from the Academy of Fine Arts in Warsaw in 2011, and won the Film Award of the Polish Film Institute and the Museum of Modern Art in Warsaw for Projekt X in 2014. She exhibits internationally.

artist's website: katarzynakozyra.pl

Cheerleaderka (Cheerleader) is one of the 13 videos in the cycle W sztuce marzenia stają się rzeczywistością (In Art Dreams Come True). In this video, Katarzyna Kozyra is dressed up as a red-haired pop star, singing a Gwen Stefani song and dancing in cheerleader-like fashion in a men’s locker room. Kozyra can also be seen in different roles in her earlier works as well, including the obese woman in Diva and the man in Laznia Meska (Men’s Bathhouse).

Courtesy Katarzyna Kozyra & Galerie Zak | Branicka

Document media
Video, colour, sound, 4:30 min

Issue date
2006

Tags
femininity, masculinity, music, pop, roleplay