Michal Martychowiec Explained

Michal Martychowiec
Birth Place:Lublin, Poland
Field:Photography, Film, Installation, Drawing, Neon, Sculpture
Training:Central Saint Martins College of Art and Design
Website:https://michalmartychowiec.com/

Michal Martychowiec (born 1987) is a contemporary conceptual artist living between Berlin and London.[1]

Career

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,[6] [7] [8] [9] [10] [11] 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.

Martychowiec has exhibited widely in Europe and Asia,[12] with solo shows at institutions such as Centro Párraga (Murcia),[13] Weserburg Museum of Modern Art[14] [15] (Bremen), and Staatliche Kunsthalle Baden-Baden. [16] [17] His work has also been featured in the Beijing Biennial,[18] Trio Biennial (Rio de Janeiro),[19] Lianzhou Foto Festival,[20] and numerous group exhibitions. He was a finalist of the 2021 Berlin Masters Award[21] and a recipient of the 2022 Blue Project Foundation Prize.[22]

Martychowiec works across various media, including photography,[23] [24] film, drawing,[25] neon,[26] [27] painting, sculpture,[28] and installation.[29] [30] His work often incorporates socio-political commentary.[31] [32] Martychowiec work often explores the contemporary human condition through the lens of history, often making symbolic references to locations, events, figures, and artworks.[33] [34] [35] [36] [37] Themes of freedom, power structures, and the human condition are often prevalent in his work[38] [39] [40] [41] [42] [43] [44] [45]

External links

Notes and References

  1. Web site: de Sarthe Project Space announces Michal Martychowiec's first solo show in Beijing . CAFA Art Info.
  2. http://artdaily.com/news/99915/Highlights-of-the-Central-Saint-Martins--Postgraduate-Art-Auction-announced#.WhN7-GhSxHY Central Saint Martins graduates
  3. http://www.blouinartinfo.com/news/story/2391236/michal-martychowiec-at-de-sarthe-gallery-hong-kong Michal Martychowiec at de Sarthe Gallery
  4. http://artcenter.ru/en/michal-martychowiec-lecture-what-is-for-today-means-to-be-classic/ Michal Martychowiec 'What does it mean to be a classic'
  5. Web site: 2019-08-07 . Michal Martychowiec . A Time for Farewells.
  6. Web site: ArtFacts . Michal Martychowiec Artist . 2024-05-27 . ArtFacts . en.
  7. Web site: Collection . 2024-05-27 . Signum Foundation . en-GB.
  8. Web site: Collection . 2024-05-27 . FASV . en-US.
  9. Web site: Artists – marvalcollection . 2024-05-27 . it-IT.
  10. Web site: Centrum Sztuki Współczesnej Zamek Ujazdowski . 2024-05-27 . archiwum.u-jazdowski.pl.
  11. Book: Videoinsight® collection . 2017 . Editoriale Giorgio Mondadori . 978-88-6052-849-0 . Russo . Rebecca . Milan.
  12. Web site: ArtFacts . Michal Martychowiec Artist . 2024-05-27 . ArtFacts . en.
  13. Web site: Centro Párraga . 2024-05-27 . www.centroparraga.es.
  14. Book: Where Does Your Heart Belong? Werke aus der Signum Foundation . 2018 . Weserburg, Museum für moderne Kunst . 978-3-946059-11-0 . Bremen.
  15. Web site: Where Does Your Heart Belong? . 2024-05-27 . Signum Foundation . en-GB.
  16. Web site: Körper. Blicke. Macht. : Programm – Staatliche Kunsthalle Baden-Baden . 2024-05-27 . kunsthalle-baden-baden.de . de.
  17. Web site: Bremen: Magdalena Abakanowicz, Mirosław Bałka, On Kawara, Andrzej Karmasz, Eustachy Kossakowski, Jarosław Kozłowski, Katarzyna Kozyra, Edward Krasiński, Zofia Kulik, Natalia LL, Jacek Malczewski, Michał Martychowiec, Agata Michowska, Roman Opałka, Ewa Partum, Małgorzata Potocka, Grupa Sędzia Główny, Krzysztof Wodiczko, Stanisław Ignacy Witkiewicz (Witkacy) . 2024-05-27 . contemporarylynx.co.uk . en-US.
  18. Web site: 北京艺术双年展 . 2024-05-27 . www.beijingbiennial.com.
  19. Web site: 2015-08-26 . Utopias – Pretéritos da Contemporaneidade, Exposición, Escultura, sep 2015 . 2024-05-27 . Arteinformado . es.
  20. Book: Coqueiro, Paulo . Catálogo LianzhouFoto Paulo Coqueiro 2018 . en.
  21. Web site: Michal Martychowiec . 2024-05-21 . berlinmastersfoundation.com.
  22. Web site: Blueproject Foundation - Winners . 2024-05-21 . blueprojectfoundation.org.
  23. https://wsimag.com/art/4034-michal-martychowiec-la-chambre-de-labastrie La Chambre de Labastrie at gallerie upp in Venice
  24. Book: 9. Biennale Fotografii Eksploracje: Poznań 2015 . 2015 . Galeria Miejska Arsenał . 978-83-61886-61-7 . Poznań.
  25. Book: Turowski, Andrzej . Powtórka z teorii widzenia: przewodnik po wystawie . 2010 . Centrum Sztuki Współczesnej Zamek Ujazdowski : Fundacja Polskiej Sztuki Nowoczesnej . 978-83-61156-27-7 . Warszawa.
  26. http://radom.wyborcza.pl/radom/7,35216,21866073,noc-muzeow-2017-w-oronsku-w-bialy-dzien.html The urge to create visions 1929-2017
  27. Web site: Polska . Vogue . 2018-09-17 . Warsaw Gallery Weekend – dla konserwatystów i antykonserwatystów . 2024-05-27 . Vogue Polska . pl.
  28. http://u-jazdowski.pl/en/programme/bank-pekao-project-room/michal-martychowiec Michal Martychowiec In memory
  29. Michal Martychowiec Nel mezzo del cammin galleria upp, Venice 2011. .
  30. Lluís i Rabassó . Joan . 2024-06-04 . 'Go, history and modern art' . European Go Journal . March–April 2024 . 34–37.
  31. Web site: de Sarthe Project Space announces Michal Martychowiec's first solo show in Beijing . 2024-05-27 . www.cafa.com.cn.
  32. Klaus . Ingo . 27 May 2024 . Jedność w różnorodności. Rozważania o wyjątkowej wystawie . Kwartalnik Rzeźby (Orońsko) . 2-3/2018 . 36–37 . Biblioteka Narodowa (National Library of Poland).
  33. Web site: Jitter .Magazin: Betrachtungen zu Michal Martychowiecs fotografischen Serien Vanito Vanitas I & II . 2024-05-27 . www.jitter-magazin.de.
  34. Web site: La 7 . 2022-11-11 . Michal Martychowiec expone en el Centro Párraga 'Por encima del mar de niebla', como un paisaje conceptual en continuo cambio . 2024-05-27 . La 7 . es.
  35. Book: "O potrzebie tworzenia widzeń... 1929–2017": wystawa: Centrum Rzeźby w Orońsku, Galeria "Kaplica": 27 maja - 17 września 2017 roku] = "The Urge to create visions" 1929–2017": [the exhibition: Centre of Polish Sculpture in Orońsko, "Chapel" Gallery: 27 May - 17 September 2017 |date=2017 |publisher=Centrum Rzeźby Polskiej ; Fundacja Signum |isbn=978-83-64653-13-1 |editor-last=Musiał |editor-first=Grzegorz |location=Orońsko : [Poznań] |editor-last2=Kobza |editor-first2=Alicja.
  36. Book: Escrituras ácratas . 2021 . Cendeac . 978-84-15556-87-9 . Lorca . Juan Antonio . Murcia . Calbo . Teresa . Centro Párraga.
  37. Book: Poprzecka, Maria . Magic of the Square . State Gallery of Art in Sopot . 2016 . 987-83-840-027-6 . 1st . Sopot . 120–124 . pl.
  38. Web site: RTSM Michal Martychowiec: "Where does your heart belong?" . 2024-05-21 . www.cafa.com.cn.
  39. Web site: Michał Martychowiec i Sreshta Rit Premnath: Nothing but Blue Sky - wystawa . 2024-05-27 . www.poznan.pl . pl.
  40. Web site: Waldman . Shannon . 2018-11-19 . Critic's Picks: Danny Bredar and Michal Martychowiec . 2024-05-27 . F Newsmagazine . en.
  41. Monkiewicz . Dorota . 27 May 2024 . Michal Martychowiec: Gry w Galerii Signum . Kwartalnik Rzeźby (Orońsko) . 1/2019 . 1, 38–45 . Biblioteka Narodowa (National Library of Poland).
  42. Web site: Lavarini . Federica . 2019-04-14 . Empty room: Michal Martychowiec racconta libero arbitrio, violenza e bellezza . 2024-05-27 . Daily Verona Network . it-IT.
  43. Book: Where Does Your Heart Belong? Werke aus der Signum Foundation . 2018 . Weserburg, Museum für moderne Kunst . 978-3-946059-11-0 . Bremen.
  44. Book: Achari, Premjish . A Time for Farewells . Cantor Fitzgerald Gallery . 2019 . 978-0-9998518-3-8 . 1st . Haverford . 8–11 . en.
  45. Wicherkiewicz . Lena . Wrażliwym Okiem: wystawa "O potrzebie tworzenia widzeń 1929-2017" . Kwartalnik Rzeźby (Orońsko) . 1-2018 . 24 . Biblioteka Narodowa (National Gallery of Poland).