Born in 1973. Lives and works in Krakow and Szczecin. 1992–1997 – studied at the Faculty of Graphic Arts, Academy of Fine Arts in Krakow. 1996–1997 – studied at Hochschule für Gestaltung, Offenbach am Main. Diploma with distinction from Prof. W. Kotkowski’s drawing studio, with additional studies in Prof. J. Tarabuła’s painting studio. Participated twice in the Bielska Jesień competition, in 1999 and 2003, awarded two distinctions. 2011 – Artist in Residence, Künstlerhaus Bethanien, Berlin. 2013 – Artist in Residence, SOArt, Austria. Scholarship holder of the Ministry of Culture and National Heritage in 2008. Collaborated with the ŻAK | BRANICKA Gallery from 2007 to 2019. Since 2014, lecturer at the Academy of Art in Szczecin, where he is currently an associate professor (since 2020 – Ph.D. + Post-doctoral degree)
Selected individual exhibitions:
2021 Plates, Foksal Gallery, Warsaw 2018 Parallels, ŻAK I BRANICKA Gallery, Berlin 2017 Silent Utopia, BBK-Galerie, Oldenburg 2014 Figures, ŻAK I BRANICKA Gallery, Berlin 2012 Skulptur-Malerei, Polnisches Institut, Berlin 2010 Poelzig vs. Poelzig, ŻAK I BRANICKA Gallery, Berlin 2009 Silent Utopia, Art Stations Foundation, Stary Browar Gallery, Poznań Silent Utopia, Art Basel Statement, ŻAK I BRANICKA Gallery N.N. vs. Artists, Salzburger Kunstverein (Künstlerhaus), Salzburg 2008 Zbiory / Sets, Bunkier Sztuki Gallery, Krakow 2007 Africanized Honey Bees, ŻAK Gallery, Berlin 2006 KRK, Potocka Gallery, Krakow 2005 1967–1995?, Pies Gallery, Poznań Speculation, CC Gallery, Graz The Last Is the Darkest, the Last Is Real, Kunstbüro, Kunsthalle 8, Vienna
Selected group exhibitions:
2019 The Krakow Art Salon, Palace of Art, Krakow 2018 Die Angst, MS44 Gallery, Świnoujście Adolescent, Mieczysław Karłowicz Philharmonic, Szczecin 2017 L’arte differente: MOCAK al MAXXI, MAXXI National Museum of 21st Century Arts, Rome Media State of Emergency: SCORES, National Museum, Szczecin Artists from Krakow: The Generation 1970–1979, MOCAK Museum of Contemporary Art in Krakow Kino-Eye. Around Vertov and Constructivism, Arsenal Gallery power station, Białystok 2016 Generationsübergreifend – Polnische Kunst In Marl, Skulpturenmuseum Glaskasten Marl, Marl Bittersüße Zeiten – Barock und Gegenwart, Edwin Scharff Museum, Neu-Ulm Vom Allmächtigen zum Leibhaftigen, Kunsthaus Apolda Avantgarde, Apolda 2015 Collecting Artist, Joseph Tang Gallery, Paris Sammlung Dr. Werner Jerke. Eine Auswahl, Atlas Sztuki, Łódź Bittersüße Zeiten – Barock und Gegenwart in der Sammlung SØR Rusche Berlin/Oelde, Kunsthalle Jesuitenkirche, Aschaffenburg Bittersüße Zeiten – Barock und Gegenwart in der Sammlung SØR Rusche Berlin/Oelde, Kunsthaus Apolda Avantgarde, Apolda 2013 Meshes of the Afternoon, Sean Kelly Gallery, New York Art is: New Art, Arnold Schönberg Centre, Vienna Way Back Home, Convent of the Colettine Sisters, Photography Month, Krakow 2012 Flying. Künstlerhaus Bethanien, Berlin Rodczenko! Yes and No, National Museum, Krakow Con Amore – Leif Djurhuus Collection, ARoS Aarhus Kunstmuseum, Aarhus The MOCAK Collection III, MOCAK Museum of Contemporary Art in Krakow 2011 Halleluhwah! Hommage à CAN, Künstlerhaus Bethanien, Berlin, Polish!, Künstlerhaus Bethanien, Berlin Zwischen Utopie und Atopie, Cream Contemporary, Berlin 2010 (Re)acting Caligari, Brotfabrik Galerie, Berlin Bacchus, Kunsthalle Krems – Forum Frohner, Krems 2009 Menschenbilder 1620/2009: Zeitgenössische Bildnisse begegnen alten niederländischen Porträts: Werke aus der Sammlung SØR Rusche, Museum Abtei Liesborn, Wadersloh Hort Family Collection, New York 2007 Don’t Try This at Home, CCA Ujazdowski Castle, Warsaw Day After, Zamek Culture Centre, Poznań Re(co)nnaissance of Painting, GCK, Katowice 2006 New Tendencies in Polish Painting, BWA, Bydgoszcz Team Colors, f.a.i.t, Krakow Soleil Noir, Depression and Society, Salzburger Kunstverein, Salzburg Fauna://hybrid, Charim Gallery, Vienna Małopolska Collection of Modern Art “Signs of the Times”, Krakow 2005 Longing for Painting, Lubuska Land Museum, Zielona Góra Beauty or Painterly Effect, BWA, Bielsko-Biała, BWA, Wrocław, BWA, Zielona Góra 2003 1st Prague Biennale, Prague Simon Says Aloha to Polish Art, STHLM ArtFair, Stockholm.