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Polish-German contemporary artist From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Michal Martychowiec (born 1987) is a contemporary conceptual artist living between Berlin and London.[1]
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| Born | 1987 (age 37) Lublin, Poland |
| Education | Central Saint Martins College of Art and Design |
| Known for | Photography, Film, Installation, Drawing, Neon, Sculpture |
| Website | https://michalmartychowiec.com/ |
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]
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