> ## Content Index > Fetch the complete content index at: https://www.catapult-platform.art/llms.txt > Use this file to discover other available public pages before exploring further. # Jan Możdżyński and Kacper Tomaszewski Map What Memory Loses - URL: https://www.catapult-platform.art/jan-mozdzynski-kacper-tomaszewski-warsaw/ - Published: 2026-11-11T04:08:00.000Z - Updated: 2026-11-11T04:07:59.000Z - Description: Explore Jan Możdżyński and Kacper Tomaszewski at Przeciąg Gallery in Warsaw, where paintings and rolling steel objects map what memory loses. - Author: Dominique Catherina Foertig - Tags: Exhibitions, Memory & Identity, Material & Sculpture, Painting, Sculpture & Installation ## Przeciąg Gallery Presents Whoever lives here will keep losing something in Warsaw A cat sits behind the wheel of a car, staring through the window. Elsewhere, heavy steel structures stand on wheels, ready to be moved somewhere else. ![Kacper Tomaszewski, Jan Możdżyński, Przeciąg Gallery, Warsaw: two pencil drawings and a painting of a computer above a wooden desk.](https://storage.ghost.io/c/1c/24/1c2478ff-417d-4e88-8226-288af467f6b9/content/images/2026/11/jan-mozdzynski-kacper-tomaszewski-whoever-lives-here-przeciag-warsaw-2026-installation-01.webp) Exhibition view: Kacper Tomaszewski, drawings from the series Whoever lives here will keep losing something, 2026, pencil on paper, 21 × 29.7 cm; Jan Możdżyński, I look away when I talk to you, 2026, oil on canvas, 130 × 110 cm. Photo: Szymon Sokołowski. Courtesy the artists and Przeciąg Gallery. ![Jan Możdżyński, Kacper Tomaszewski, Przeciąg Gallery, Warsaw: small yellow painting on a white wall beside a corridor to the entrance.](https://storage.ghost.io/c/1c/24/1c2478ff-417d-4e88-8226-288af467f6b9/content/images/2026/11/jan-mozdzynski-kacper-tomaszewski-whoever-lives-here-przeciag-warsaw-2026-installation-02.webp) Whoever lives here will keep losing something, exhibition view, Przeciąg Gallery, Warsaw, 2026\. Photo: Szymon Sokołowski. Courtesy the artists and Przeciąg Gallery. ![Jan Możdżyński, Przeciąg Gallery, Warsaw: yellow painting of a cat behind a steering wheel beside a teal painting of a hand.](https://storage.ghost.io/c/1c/24/1c2478ff-417d-4e88-8226-288af467f6b9/content/images/2026/11/jan-mozdzynski-kacper-tomaszewski-whoever-lives-here-przeciag-warsaw-2026-installation-03.webp) Exhibition view: Jan Możdżyński, A forced goodbye, 2026, oil on canvas, 140 × 110 cm; Jan Możdżyński, Alone, in the evening (I like to dream), 2026, oil on canvas, 130 × 110 cm. Photo: Szymon Sokołowski. Courtesy the artists and Przeciąg Gallery. In Whoever lives here will keep losing something, Jan Możdżyński and Kacper Tomaszewski approach memory from different directions. One paints moments that never happened, while the other constructs objects that seem prepared to leave at any moment. The exhibition, curated by Mateusz Włodarek at Przeciąg Gallery in Warsaw, runs from October 16 to November 15, 2026. ![Kacper Tomaszewski, Jan Możdżyński, Przeciąg Gallery, Warsaw: two standing steel panels in front of a green painting of a figure.](https://storage.ghost.io/c/1c/24/1c2478ff-417d-4e88-8226-288af467f6b9/content/images/2026/11/jan-mozdzynski-kacper-tomaszewski-whoever-lives-here-przeciag-warsaw-2026-installation-04.webp) Exhibition view: Kacper Tomaszewski, Walls, 2026, steel objects; Jan Możdżyński, A memory traveler, 2026, oil on canvas, 150 × 130 cm. Photo: Szymon Sokołowski. Courtesy the artists and Przeciąg Gallery. **Whoever lives here will keep losing something** **Artists:** Jan Możdżyński, Kacper Tomaszewski **Exhibition:** Whoever lives here will keep losing something **Venue:** [ Przeciąg Gallery ](https://galeriaprzeciag.pl/?ref=catapult-platform.art) **City:** Warsaw, Poland **Dates:** October 16, 2026 – November 15, 2026 **Hours:** Tue–Fri 2–7 pm, Sat 12–5 pm **Address:** Klaudyny 32, 01-684 Warsaw **Curator:** Mateusz Włodarek **Photography:** Szymon Sokołowski **Image Courtesy:** Courtesy the artists and Przeciąg Gallery ## Exhibition Text by Mateusz Włodarek In their latest works, Jan Możdżyński and Kacper Tomaszewski journey through memory and construct topographies of recollections. In this way, they map the terrain they walk upon today. In doing so, they grapple with their own decisions and with time passing faster than we are ready for. They are interested not in what we remember, but in the way we navigate our memories—where we pause, what we return to, and from what perspective we look back on the past. ![Jan Możdżyński, Przeciąg Gallery, Warsaw: painting of a standing figure in green trousers beside a dresser with a book on it.](https://storage.ghost.io/c/1c/24/1c2478ff-417d-4e88-8226-288af467f6b9/content/images/2026/11/jan-mozdzynski-waiting-for-the-end-to-come-przeciag-warsaw-2026-work.webp) Jan Możdżyński, Waiting for the end to come, 2026, oil on canvas, 100 × 120 cm. Photo: Szymon Sokołowski. Courtesy the artist and Przeciąg Gallery. ![Jan Możdżyński, Przeciąg Gallery, Warsaw: muted painting of rows of violet seats facing a lit wall.](https://storage.ghost.io/c/1c/24/1c2478ff-417d-4e88-8226-288af467f6b9/content/images/2026/11/jan-mozdzynski-fading-memories-przeciag-warsaw-2026-work.webp) Jan Możdżyński, Fading memories, 2026, oil on canvas, 110 × 140 cm. Photo: Szymon Sokołowski. Courtesy the artist and Przeciąg Gallery. ![Jan Możdżyński, Przeciąg Gallery, Warsaw: painting of a computer and keyboard above a wooden desk with a floor lamp.](https://storage.ghost.io/c/1c/24/1c2478ff-417d-4e88-8226-288af467f6b9/content/images/2026/11/jan-mozdzynski-i-look-away-when-i-talk-to-you-przeciag-warsaw-2026-work.webp) Jan Możdżyński, I look away when I talk to you, 2026, oil on canvas, 130 × 110 cm. Photo: Szymon Sokołowski. Courtesy the artist and Przeciąg Gallery. Jan Możdżyński paints scenes that never happened: a walk with a dog that isn’t there, greeting an old acquaintance whom he hopes to meet soon but doesn’t yet know when. His cat sits behind the wheel of a car and stares through the window with apparent indifference—it’s hard to tell whether he’s longing or sad. Nevertheless, his works spring from very real emotions—decisions, regret, relief, and longing—for which reality has made no room and for which Jan must construct a space. Into these imagined spaces, the artist introduces objects he carries in his memory: from a dresser in his own room to a table in the living room and his brother’s computer. They reappear in a new context, recognizable by their shape, though it is often unclear why these particular objects were chosen. The paintings are rendered in a very subdued and muted color palette, as if scenes observed from the distance of time were slowly fading. ![Jan Możdżyński, Kacper Tomaszewski, Przeciąg Gallery, Warsaw: painted cat behind a steering wheel next to a dark steel panel.](https://storage.ghost.io/c/1c/24/1c2478ff-417d-4e88-8226-288af467f6b9/content/images/2026/11/jan-mozdzynski-kacper-tomaszewski-a-forced-goodbye-trolley-przeciag-warsaw-2026-detail-01.webp) Jan Możdżyński, A forced goodbye, detail, 2026, oil on canvas, 140 × 110 cm; Kacper Tomaszewski, Trolley, detail, 2026, steel object. Photo: Szymon Sokołowski. Courtesy the artists and Przeciąg Gallery. ![Kacper Tomaszewski, Przeciąg Gallery, Warsaw: three framed pencil drawings on grid paper with lettering and stars.](https://storage.ghost.io/c/1c/24/1c2478ff-417d-4e88-8226-288af467f6b9/content/images/2026/11/kacper-tomaszewski-drawings-whoever-lives-here-przeciag-warsaw-2026-work.webp) Kacper Tomaszewski, drawings from the series Whoever lives here will keep losing something, 2026, pencil on paper, 21 × 29.7 cm. Photo: Szymon Sokołowski. Courtesy the artist and Przeciąg Gallery. ![Jan Możdżyński, Przeciąg Gallery, Warsaw: dark glazed ceramic object in a cardboard box on a checkered floor.](https://storage.ghost.io/c/1c/24/1c2478ff-417d-4e88-8226-288af467f6b9/content/images/2026/11/jan-mozdzynski-banjo-przeciag-warsaw-2026-work.webp) Jan Możdżyński, Banjo, 2025, glazed ceramic, 11 × 13 × 11 cm. Photo: Szymon Sokołowski. Courtesy the artist and Przeciąg Gallery. Kacper Tomaszewski, on the other hand, takes as his starting point spaces that once existed. His sculptures, made of dark, cold steel, revolve around the experience of moving and change. He asks what “my place” is and what weight the space in which we live carries. He works with the concept of home, which appears in his works as something material and imbued with an emotional layer—something that cannot be packed into boxes. ![Kacper Tomaszewski, Przeciąg Gallery, Warsaw: dark steel panel on metal casters in front of a window.](https://storage.ghost.io/c/1c/24/1c2478ff-417d-4e88-8226-288af467f6b9/content/images/2026/11/kacper-tomaszewski-trolley-przeciag-warsaw-2026-work.webp) Kacper Tomaszewski, Trolley, 2026, steel object. Photo: Szymon Sokołowski. Courtesy the artist and Przeciąg Gallery. ![Kacper Tomaszewski, Przeciąg Gallery, Warsaw: tall steel frame with a small drawing in a white corner of the gallery.](https://storage.ghost.io/c/1c/24/1c2478ff-417d-4e88-8226-288af467f6b9/content/images/2026/11/kacper-tomaszewski-vertical-przeciag-warsaw-2026-work.webp) Kacper Tomaszewski, Vertical, 2026, steel object; drawings from the series Whoever lives here will keep losing something, 2026, pencil on paper, 21 × 29.7 cm. Photo: Szymon Sokołowski. Courtesy the artist and Przeciąg Gallery. Walls, furniture, and small furnishings retain traces of everyday life that remain even after we move out. Kacper explores whether, thanks to these traces, it’s possible to settle in and make ourselves at home once again in a place we’ve already left. His latest sculptures aren’t firmly anchored in space; they stand on metal casters, like office chairs. They are pieces of temporary furniture that can be moved aside and rolled away at any moment. The exhibition’s title is a quote from Yōko Ogawa’s novel „The Memory Police”. The protagonist’s mother explains to her that on the island, things disappear one by one, and no one can hold on to everything forever. She speaks of this without fear, as if it were something ordinary. For Ogawa, loss is not a catastrophe but a condition of everyday life, and the question is what we do with what remains. The same is true of the latest works by Możdżyński and Tomaszewski. The former builds spaces for what did not happen; the latter examines what remains of the places he has left behind. Neither asks how not to lose, but rather how to live in a world where loss is inevitable. ![Kacper Tomaszewski, Przeciąg Gallery, Warsaw: pencil drawing mounted on worn, rusted steel plates.](https://storage.ghost.io/c/1c/24/1c2478ff-417d-4e88-8226-288af467f6b9/content/images/2026/11/kacper-tomaszewski-vertical-przeciag-warsaw-2026-detail-02.webp) Kacper Tomaszewski, Vertical, detail, 2026, steel object; drawings from the series Whoever lives here will keep losing something, 2026, pencil on paper, 21 × 29.7 cm. Photo: Szymon Sokołowski. Courtesy the artist and Przeciąg Gallery. ![Kacper Tomaszewski, Przeciąg Gallery, Warsaw: steel nut with bent wire on a ledge of rust-spotted steel.](https://storage.ghost.io/c/1c/24/1c2478ff-417d-4e88-8226-288af467f6b9/content/images/2026/11/kacper-tomaszewski-walls-przeciag-warsaw-2026-detail-03.webp) Kacper Tomaszewski, Walls, detail, 2026, steel objects. Photo: Szymon Sokołowski. Courtesy the artist and Przeciąg Gallery. --- **About the Artists** **Jan Możdżyński** Born in 1986, he graduated from the Academy of Fine Arts in Warsaw and the Hochschule für Gestaltung und Kunst in Basel. His work is in the collection of the Museum of Modern Art in Warsaw. [Instagram](https://www.instagram.com/janmozdzynski/?ref=catapult-platform.art) **Kacper Tomaszewski** A visual artist working across installation, object-based art, painting and photography, he graduated from the Academy of Fine Arts in Warsaw. His practice explores interspecies relationships, care, grief and intimacy. [Instagram](https://www.instagram.com/kacpertomaszewski/?ref=catapult-platform.art) **About the Curator** **Mateusz Włodarek** Holds a PhD in sociology and works as a cultural studies scholar, architecture researcher, writer and curator. His research focuses on agency and new materialism. 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