Michal Martychowiec

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Michal Martychowiec
Born1987 (1987) (age 37)
Lublin, Poland
EducationCentral Saint Martins College of Art and Design
Known forPhotography, Film, Installation, Drawing, Neon, Sculpture
Websitehttps://michalmartychowiec.com/

Michal Martychowiec (born 1987) is a Polish-born contemporary conceptual artist living in Berlin.[1]

Career[edit]

Michal Martychowiec was born in Lublin, Poland in 1987. Martychowiec received a master’s degree with distinction in 2011 from Central Saint Martins College of Art and Design in London.[2][3]

In February 2016 Martychowiec gave a lecture at the Russian Institute of Art History in St. Petersburg.[4] He is a visiting lecturer at China Academy of Art in Hangzhou.[5] His art is in both public and private collections,[citation needed] including institutions such as OCAT in Nanjing, the British Artists’ Film & Video Study Collection in London, the Centre of Contemporary Art Ujazdowski Castle, C/O in Milan, and the Signum Foundation in Venice.[citation needed]

Martychowiec has exhibited widely in Europe and Asia,[citation needed] with solo shows at institutions such as Centro Párraga (Murcia), Weserburg Museum of Modern Art[6][better source needed] (Bremen), and Staatliche Kunsthalle Baden-Baden. [citation needed] His work has also been featured in the Beijing Biennial, Trio Biennial (Rio de Janeiro), Lianzhou Foto Festival, and numerous group exhibitions.[citation needed] He was a finalist of the 2021 Berlin Masters Award[7] and a recipient of the 2022 Blue Project Foundation Prize[8].

Martychowiec works across various media, including photography[9], film, drawing, neon[10], painting, sculpture[11], and installation.[12] His work often incorporates socio-political commentary.[citation needed] Martychowiec work often explores the contemporary human condition through the lens of history, often making symbolic references to locations, events, figures, and artworks. Themes of freedom, power structures, and the human condition are often prevalent in his work[13][according to whom?]

References[edit]

  1. ^ "de Sarthe Project Space announces Michal Martychowiec's first solo show in Beijing". CAFA ART INFO.
  2. ^ Central Saint Martins graduates artdaily.org
  3. ^ Michal Martychowiec at de Sarthe Gallery
  4. ^ Michal Martychowiec 'What does it mean to be a classic' Russian Institute of History of Art
  5. ^ "Michal Martychowiec". A Time for Farewells. 7 August 2019.
  6. ^ Where Does Your Heart Belong? Werke aus der Signum Foundation. Bremen: Weserburg, Museum für moderne Kunst. 2018. ISBN 978-3-946059-11-0.
  7. ^ "MICHAL MARTYCHOWIEC | BERLIN MASTERS". berlinmastersfoundation.com. Retrieved 21 May 2024.
  8. ^ "Blueproject Foundation - Winners". blueprojectfoundation.org. Retrieved 21 May 2024.
  9. ^ La Chambre de Labastrie at gallerie upp in Venice Wall Street International
  10. ^ The urge to create visions 1929-2017 at Polish Sculpture Center Gazeta Wyborcza
  11. ^ Michal Martychowiec In memory Centre for Contemporary Art Ujazdowski Castle
  12. ^ Michal Martychowiec Nel mezzo del cammin galleria upp, Venice 2011. ISBN 9788890610660.
  13. ^ "RTSM | Michal Martychowiec: "Where does your heart belong?" - Exhibitions - Art News - CAFA ART INFO | Find Chinese Contemporary Art and News". www.cafa.com.cn. Retrieved 21 May 2024.

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