Jakub Gawkowski is an art critic and journalist, regular contributor to Szum and KrytykaPolityczna.pl based in Warsaw. His main interests lie in the intersection of artistic practice and sociopolitical activism, as well as the history of exhibitions in post-war Europe. He graduated from the Silesian University in Katowice and currently studies at the University of Warsaw. 

Artist residencies for Romanian, Hungarian and Polish artists and theoreticians in Prague are part of a wider cooperation established under the East Art Mags project. It was initiated by Artalk.cz in the Czech Republic, and by other online art magazines from countries of eastern Europe (the Polish Szum, Hungarian Artportal, Romanian Revista ARTA and Serbian Balkanist).

This residency takes place with the cooperation of the Agosto Foundation.