Joanna Grochowska "The New World II"

Joanna Grochowska is a contemporary artist whose practice examines the evolving boundaries of identity, body politics, and technology. Rooted in transhumanist philosophy, her work interrogates what it means to be human amid accelerating advancements in artificial intelligence, biotechnology, and cybernetics. Through her exploration of morphological freedom—the right to modify one’s body and mind—Grochowska positions bodily transformation as a radical act of self-determination and resistance to imposed norms. Her practice champions bodily sovereignty, feminist empowerment, and the liberation of identity beyond biological constraints.
Grochowska holds an MFA from the Academy of Fine Arts in Warsaw and is an alumna of the Jewish Open University of the Shalom Foundation. She is also a member of Humanity+, the international transhumanist organization.
In 2025, she presented her online solo exhibition “Joanna Grochowska: TRANSHUMANISM” with The Untitled Space (July 30 – October 31, 2025). She has also participated in several group exhibitions presented by the gallery, including “The INNOVATE Exhibit” (2022) and “UPRISE 2025: The Art of Resistance” (2025). Her work contributes to ongoing critical dialogues surrounding technology, gender, ethics, and the future of human evolution.
Conceptually, Grochowska reimagines the body as an augmented and continuously evolving entity. Drawing from the discourse initiated by Jeffrey Deitch’s “Post Human” (1992) and informed by contemporary thinkers shaping technological futures, her work proposes a speculative aesthetic grounded in transformation, hybridity, and expanded definitions of humanity. Through a bold visual language, she positions transhumanist art as both philosophical inquiry and cultural proposition.

Artist Statement
“My work represents the creation of a new art movement: transhumanist art. The central question I address is taken from Klaus Schwab: What future do we want? What must we do to get there? Through delving into speculative futures shaped by human enhancement technologies, I reimagine the body as an unnatural, augmented, and evolving entity. My practice challenges definitions of what it means to be human and questions how technology is reshaping paradigms of gender, identity, and ethics. Building on the discourse introduced by Jeffrey Deitch’s ‘Post Human’ series (1992), as well as being informed by the theories of Elon Musk, Ray Kurzweil, and other visionaries shaping the future of human evolution, my work is both an affirmation of transhumanist philosophy and an aesthetic exploration of future realities.”