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

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- Name
- Michal Martychowiec
- Born
- 1987
- Birthplace
- Lublin, Poland
- Field
- Photography, Film, Installation, Drawing, Neon, Sculpture
- Training
- Central Saint Martins College of Art and Design
- Nationality
- Poland · United Kingdom
- Occupation
- photographer
- Fields
- photography
- Education
- Central Saint Martins
- Languages
- English
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Michal Martychowiec (born 1987) is a contemporary conceptual artist living between Berlin and London.
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• Name — Michal Martychowiec • Born — 1987 • Birthplace — Lublin, Poland • Field — Photography, Film, Installation, Drawing, Neon, Sculpture • Training — Central Saint Martins College of Art and Design • Website — https: michalmartychowiec.com/
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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. In February 2016 Martychowiec gave a lecture at the Russian Institute of Art History in St. Petersburg. He is a visiting lecturer at China Academy of Art in Hangzhou. His art is in both public and private collections, 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, with solo shows at institutions such as Centro Párraga (Murcia), Weserburg Museum of Modern Art (Bremen), and Staatliche Kunsthalle Baden-Baden. His work has also been featured in the Beijing Biennial, Trio Biennial (Rio de Janeiro), Lianzhou Foto Festival, and numerous group exhibitions. He was a finalist of the 2021 Berlin Masters Award and a recipient of the 2022 Blue Project Foundation Prize. Martychowiec works across various media, including photography, film, drawing, neon, painting, sculpture, and installation. His work often incorporates socio-political commentary. 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
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Michal Martychowiec born at Lublin.
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- 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. 2019-08-07.
- 6.ArtFacts. Michal Martychowiec Artist.
- 7.Collection. Signum Foundation.
- 8.Collection. FASV.
- 9.Artists – marvalcollection.
- 10.Centrum Sztuki Współczesnej Zamek Ujazdowski. archiwum.u-jazdowski.pl.
- 11.Editoriale Giorgio Mondadori. Videoinsight® collection. 2017. 978-88-6052-849-0.
- 12.ArtFacts. Michal Martychowiec Artist.
- 13.Centro Párraga. www.centroparraga.es.
- 14.Weserburg, Museum für moderne Kunst. Where Does Your Heart Belong? Werke aus der Signum Foundation. 2018. 978-3-946059-11-0.
- 15.Where Does Your Heart Belong?. Signum Foundation.
- 16.Körper. Blicke. Macht. : Programm – Staatliche Kunsthalle Baden-Baden. kunsthalle-baden-baden.de.
- 17.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). contemporarylynx.co.uk.
- 18.北京艺术双年展. www.beijingbiennial.com.
- 19.Utopias – Pretéritos da Contemporaneidade, Exposición, Escultura, sep 2015. Arteinformado. 2015-08-26.
- 20.Coqueiro, Paulo. Catálogo LianzhouFoto Paulo Coqueiro 2018.
- 21.Michal Martychowiec. berlinmastersfoundation.com.
- 22.Blueproject Foundation - Winners. blueprojectfoundation.org.
- 23.La Chambre de Labastrie at gallerie upp in Venice Wall Street International
- 24.Galeria Miejska Arsenał. 9. Biennale Fotografii Eksploracje: Poznań 2015. 2015. 978-83-61886-61-7.
- 25.Turowski, Andrzej. Powtórka z teorii widzenia: przewodnik po wystawie. Centrum Sztuki Współczesnej Zamek Ujazdowski : Fundacja Polskiej Sztuki Nowoczesnej. 2010. 978-83-61156-27-7.
- 26.The urge to create visions 1929-2017 at Polish Sculpture Center Gazeta Wyborcza
- 27.Polska, Vogue. Warsaw Gallery Weekend – dla konserwatystów i antykonserwatystów. Vogue Polska. 2018-09-17.
- 28.Michal Martychowiec In memory Centre for Contemporary Art Ujazdowski Castle
- 29.Michal Martychowiec Nel mezzo del cammin galleria upp, Venice 2011. .
- 30.Lluís i Rabassó, Joan. 'Go, history and modern art'. European Go Journal. 34–37. March–April 2024.
- 31.de Sarthe Project Space announces Michal Martychowiec's first solo show in Beijing. www.cafa.com.cn.
- 32.Klaus, Ingo. Jedność w różnorodności. Rozważania o wyjątkowej wystawie. Kwartalnik Rzeźby (Orońsko). 2-3/2018. 36–37. 27 May 2024.
- 33.Jitter .Magazin: Betrachtungen zu Michal Martychowiecs fotografischen Serien Vanito Vanitas I & II. www.jitter-magazin.de.
- 34.La 7. Michal Martychowiec expone en el Centro Párraga 'Por encima del mar de niebla', como un paisaje conceptual en continuo cambio. 2022-11-11.
- 35.Centrum Rzeźby Polskiej ; Fundacja Signum. "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. 2017. 978-83-64653-13-1.
- 36.Cendeac. Escrituras ácratas. 2021. 978-84-15556-87-9.
- 37.Poprzecka, Maria. Magic of the Square. State Gallery of Art in Sopot. 120–124. 2016. 987-83-840-027-6.
- 38.RTSM Michal Martychowiec: "Where does your heart belong?". www.cafa.com.cn.
- 39.Michał Martychowiec i Sreshta Rit Premnath: Nothing but Blue Sky - wystawa. www.poznan.pl.
- 40.Waldman, Shannon. Critic's Picks: Danny Bredar and Michal Martychowiec. F Newsmagazine. 2018-11-19.
- 41.Monkiewicz, Dorota. Michal Martychowiec: Gry w Galerii Signum. Kwartalnik Rzeźby (Orońsko). 1/2019. 1, 38–45. 27 May 2024.
- 42.Lavarini, Federica. Empty room: Michal Martychowiec racconta libero arbitrio, violenza e bellezza. Daily Verona Network. 2019-04-14.
- 43.Weserburg, Museum für moderne Kunst. Where Does Your Heart Belong? Werke aus der Signum Foundation. 2018. 978-3-946059-11-0.
- 44.Achari, Premjish. A Time for Farewells. Cantor Fitzgerald Gallery. 8–11. 2019. 978-0-9998518-3-8.
- 45.Wicherkiewicz, Lena. Wrażliwym Okiem: wystawa "O potrzebie tworzenia widzeń 1929-2017". Kwartalnik Rzeźby (Orońsko). 1-2018. 24.
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