Warsaw, Poland
Artist’s statement. New things do not inspire me. They are just some novelty, with no personality, ...
About the artist
Joined In 2010
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About the artist
Joined In 2010
(9 Followers)
Artist’s statement.
New things do not inspire me. They are just some novelty, with no personality, which can often be attributed to things which have longer been existent on a timeline. My favorite working material is old wooden boards. Each ages differently, each has a unique pattern carved by the time. They provide material, which already at moment of being picked up has its specific history and its own particular energy.
At the other extreme, there is paper, which I like to use as the base. As opposed to boards and other “found items”, there is lightness and temporality to it. I execute multiple sketches on it, also in large formats. They take on the form of a note, a gesture I wish to preserve. Regardless of the material I chose, it serves mainly to convey my idea.
I seek sources of inspiration in mythologies and beliefs; I feel a bond with Carl Gustav Jung’s works. I try to transfer their symbolic layer, attempting to adapt it to modern times. My assumption is that the modern man is emotionally not much different from his ancestor from e.g. two thousand years ago. Therefore I believe that many modern human actions can be described with archetypical symbols. Stripping the message from modernity allows for a better presentati...
Graduated from Warsaw Academy of Fine Arts (Warsaw, Poland). Received the diploma in 1993.
1991 – "Courtyard", group exhibition under the patronage of the Association of Historians of Art and Gallery of Actions, Warsaw
1991 – "Studio" – Contemporary Art Gallery - Bialystok
1992 – "Courtyard II", group exhibition under the patronage of the Association of Historians of Art and Gallery of Actions, Warsaw
1992 – International Student's Design Competition, Holland
1997 – „Contemporary Polish Art of the Book”
2000 – Warsaw Presentations of Art under the International Art Fair "Media-Art 2000"
2006 – International Photography Awards™ Honorable Mention
2007 – International Photography Awards™ Honorable Mention
2007 – Primo Premio Internazionale di Arte Fotografica "ARTE LAGUNA" (Galleria Avogadro 13/1, 31021 - Mogliano Veneto (Treviso) – Italy)
2008 – Hasselblad Masters – semi-finalist
2008 – International Photography Awards™ Honorable Mention
2008 – INGRÁFICA. International Contemporary Art Print Festival of the City of Cuenca, Spain
2009 – International Photography Awards™ Honorable Mention
2017 – "Go shopping" solo exhibition Gallery of Actions, Warsaw
2017 – "in white" Graże Gallery, Warsaw
2019 – "Boat" solo exhibition Wspólna Gallery, Bydgoszcz
2020 – "Boat" online exhibition (COVID), XX1 Gallery, Warszawa...