Pawel Mendrek

Pawel Mendrek is a visual artist who works and lives in Vienna. Besides his work as a freelance artist he is an Academic Professor and Head of the Faculty of Intermedia and Scenography at the Academy of Fine Arts in Katowice, guest lecturer at Chelsea College of Arts in London and FH Joanneum Graz.

Enabling artistic experimentation

Currently he is investigating and working on the subject of identity and reflects his own identity being torn between his professional practice in Austria and his Polish origins.Through development of the Parallax project between Academy of Fine Arts in Katowice Chelsea College of Arts London, Valand Academy Gothenburg and Plymouth University, he is able to discuss issues concerning the role of the art academy and the educational processes it involves itself in.

Multiple techniques

Mendrek’s work is broad and includes diverse techniques such as practice research and mixing technique experiments. Mendrek’s material of choice is paper so his range of works combines painting, photography, drawing, objects and collages. By overcoming those borders of those genres, he is redefining his artistic vision. Multiple study programs and academic mentors in Vienna and San Francisco influenced his techniqu...

Pawel Mendrek received his PhD degree in 2008 and from 2016 he is Academic Professor and Head of Intermedia and Stage Design Department at the Academy of Fine Arts in Katowice.

Pawel Mendrek has exhibited internationally including solo and group shows at Ariadne Gallery and Loft 8 Gallery, Museum of Applied Arts and Kunstlerhaus in Vienna; Triangle & Cookhouse Gallery in London; Museum of Art, Taiwan; Sienna Art Institute; Flaying Gallery Foundation, Warsaw; Kunstraum B in Kiel; Kronika Gallery Bytom, Poland; BWA Gallery in Cracow and Bielsko–Biala and as well in the Mill & Short Gallery in San Francisco.

more information on the website www.mendrek.eu