Viktor Patan

Viktor Pátan is a Berlin-based artist. After studying at the European Academy of Arts in Warsaw, he moved to Berlin in 1999, where he continued his studies at the Bauhaus Academy of Art in Berlin Weißensee.

The creation process that leads to his main work is inspired by coincidence and theories from quantum physics. Similar to quantum physics, the matter in his pictures is not fixed; rather, it resembles packets of energy in microscopic parts in endless movement. This core work, comprising over 200 pictures, came about by coincidence when his digital camera broke. It is minimalist and free from conventional manufacturing and artistic attitudes.

"These pictures were no longer just photography to me, and I decided to transfer them onto canvas or wood using digital techniques. For me, it is not enough to live in the present and create contemporary art; you need to find something that truly represents the present, something that could only have happened now."

EDUCATION

1996 – 1998 European Academy Of Arts Warsaw
Prof. Ewa Pełka, Prof. Franciszek Starowieski
2000 – 2006 Academy Of Arts Weissensee Berlin
Prof. Alex Jordan, Prof. Stefan Koppelkamm



SOLO EXHIBITIONS

2006 – Exhibition Tornado am Ostkreuz Berlin
2007 – Exhibition Studio Rother Berlin
2008 – Exhibition at Poleski Art Institute Lodz
2008 – Exhibition Studio Rother Berlin
2009 – Performance: Digital Error O2 Commercial Panel Berlin



GROUP EXHIBITIONS

1997 – Group Exhibition EAS Warsaw
1998 – Group Exhibition EAS Warsaw
2001 – Group Exhibition KHB Berlin
2002 – “Anschläge” – Group Exhibition At The “Topography Of Terror” Berlin
2002 – “Achtoung Kraphisme” – Group Exhibition Gallery Anatome Paris
2008 – Art Collector Berlin – Akademie der Künste
2009 – Group Exhibition – Gallery Profil – ”Zamek” Culture Centre Poznań
2009 – “Before The Wall Came Down” – Kulturraum Zwinglikirche Berlin
2009 – Group Exhibition – Bereich K Berlin
2010 – Group Exhibition – Bereich K Berlin
2011 – Art Brandenburg - Potsdam
2013 - Deutsche Bank Kunsthalle - Berlin - "Macht Kunst"

SOLO EXHIBITIONS
2006 – Exhibition Tornado am Ostkreuz Berlin
2007 – Exhibition Studio Rother Berlin
2008 – Exhibition at Poleski Art Institute Lodz
2008 – Exhibition Studio Rother Berlin
2009 – Performance: Digital Error O2 Commercial Panel Berlin

GROUP EXHIBITIONS
1997 – Group Exhibition EAS Warsaw
1998 – Group Exhibition EAS Warsaw
2001 – Group Exhibition KHB Berlin
2002 – “Anschläge” – Group Exhibition At The “Topography Of Terror” Berlin
2002 – “Achtoung Kraphisme” – Group Exhibition Gallery Anatome Paris
2008 – Art Collector Berlin – Akademie der Künste
2009 – Group Exhibition – Gallery Profil – ”Zamek” Culture Centre Poznań
2009 – “Before The Wall Came Down” – Kulturraum Zwinglikirche Berlin
2009 – Group Exhibition – Bereich K Berlin
2010 – Group Exhibition – Bereich K Berlin
2011 – Art Brandenburg - Potsdam
2013 - Deutsche Bank Kunsthalle - Berlin - "Macht Kunst"