After World War II, the majority of artistic activity in Bydgoszcz was concentrated in the Pomeranian Arts House, be it Opera, Theatre or exhibitions.

To gain independence and visibility, a dedicated building has been erected in 1970, thanks to the active support of, among others, Alexander Schmidt then President of the Bydgoscy Region, and Andrzej Szwalbe, director of the Pomeranian Philharmonic.

Among the individual exhibitions that has been housed in the BWA pavilion, works of the following artists were shown: Magdalena Abakanowicz, Kiejstut Bereźnicki, Jerzy Duda-Gracz, Edward Hartwig, Władysław Hasior, Teofil Ociepka, Henryk Stażewski, Józef Szajna, Alina Szapocznikow or Stanisław Ignacy Witkiewicz.

[3] Also various works have been displayed by well-known foreign artists: Salvador Dalí, Joachim Fleischer, Pablo Picasso, Andy Warhol.

In order to promote those artists, BWA organizes exhibitions in other Polish art gallery (Poznań, Piła) and abroad, in cities such as Vilnius (Lithuania), Pitești (Romania), Le Havre and Rouen (France) or Copenhagen (Denmark).