Michal Martychowiec

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.[http://artdaily.com/news/99915/Highlights-of-the-Central-Saint-Martins--Postgraduate-Art-Auction-announced#.WhN7-GhSxHY Central Saint Martins graduates] artdaily.org[http://www.blouinartinfo.com/news/story/2391236/michal-martychowiec-at-de-sarthe-gallery-hong-kong Michal Martychowiec at de Sarthe Gallery]

In February 2016 Martychowiec gave a lecture at the Russian Institute of Art History in St. Petersburg.[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'] Russian Institute of History of Art He is a visiting lecturer at China Academy of Art in Hangzhou.{{cite web |date=2019-08-07 |title=Michal Martychowiec |url=https://exhibits.haverford.edu/atimeforfarewells/artists/michal-martychowiec |website=A Time for Farewells}} His art is in both public and private collections,{{Cite web |last=ArtFacts |title=Michal Martychowiec {{!}} Artist |url=https://artfacts.net/artist/michal-martychowiec/357670/exhibitions |access-date=2024-05-27 |website=ArtFacts |language=en}}{{Cite web |title=Collection |url=https://signum.art.pl/en/collection/ |access-date=2024-05-27 |website=Signum Foundation |language=en-GB}}{{Cite web |title=Collection |url=http://www.fasv.it/2015-2/ |access-date=2024-05-27 |website=FASV |language=en-US}}{{Cite web |title=Artists – marvalcollection |url=https://marvalcollection.art/artists/ |access-date=2024-05-27 |language=it-IT}}{{Cite web |title=Centrum Sztuki Współczesnej Zamek Ujazdowski |url=https://archiwum.u-jazdowski.pl/index.php?action=project_room&s2=1&id=815&lang= |access-date=2024-05-27 |website=archiwum.u-jazdowski.pl}}{{Cite book |title=Videoinsight® collection |date=2017 |publisher=Editoriale Giorgio Mondadori |isbn=978-88-6052-849-0 |editor-last=Russo |editor-first=Rebecca |location=Milan}} 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,{{Cite web |last=ArtFacts |title=Michal Martychowiec {{!}} Artist |url=https://artfacts.net/artist/michal-martychowiec/357670/exhibitions |access-date=2024-05-27 |website=ArtFacts |language=en}} with solo shows at institutions such as Centro Párraga (Murcia),{{Cite web |title=Centro Párraga |url=https://www.centroparraga.es/servlet/s.Sl?sit=c,914,m,3898,i,1&r=Portal-49023-DETALLE_EVENTO |access-date=2024-05-27 |website=www.centroparraga.es}} Weserburg Museum of Modern Art{{Cite book |title=Where Does Your Heart Belong? Werke aus der Signum Foundation |date=2018 |publisher=Weserburg, Museum für moderne Kunst |isbn=978-3-946059-11-0 |location=Bremen}}{{Cite web |title=Where Does Your Heart Belong? |url=https://signum.art.pl/en/wydarzenie/where-does-your-heart-belong-2/ |access-date=2024-05-27 |website=Signum Foundation |language=en-GB}} (Bremen), and Staatliche Kunsthalle Baden-Baden.{{Cite web |title=Körper. Blicke. Macht. : Programm – Staatliche Kunsthalle Baden-Baden |url=https://kunsthalle-baden-baden.de/ |access-date=2024-05-27 |website=kunsthalle-baden-baden.de |language=de}}{{Cite web |title=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) |url=https://contemporarylynx.co.uk/event/bremen-magdalena-abakanowicz-miroslaw-balka-on-kawara-andrzej-karmasz-eustachy-kossakowski-jaroslaw-kozlowski-katarzyna-kozyra-edward-krasinski-zofia-kulik-natalia-ll-jacek-malczewski-mich |access-date=2024-05-27 |website=contemporarylynx.co.uk |language=en-US}} His work has also been featured in the Beijing Biennial,{{Cite web |title=北京艺术双年展 |url=http://www.beijingbiennial.com/zh-cn/exhibitionDetail/28.html |access-date=2024-05-27 |website=www.beijingbiennial.com}} Trio Biennial (Rio de Janeiro),{{Cite web |date=2015-08-26 |title=Utopias – Pretéritos da Contemporaneidade, Exposición, Escultura, sep 2015 |url=https://www.arteinformado.com/agenda/f/utopias-preteritos-da-contemporaneidade-111203 |access-date=2024-05-27 |website=Arteinformado |language=es}} Lianzhou Foto Festival,{{Cite book |last=Coqueiro |first=Paulo |url=https://fliphtml5.com/rybpo/qmiw/Cat%C3%A1logo_LianzhouFoto_Paulo_Coqueiro_2018/ |title=Catálogo LianzhouFoto Paulo Coqueiro 2018 |language=en}} and numerous group exhibitions. He was a finalist of the 2021 Berlin Masters Award{{Cite web |title=Michal Martychowiec |url=https://berlinmastersfoundation.com/en/artist/michal-martychowiec |access-date=2024-05-21 |website=berlinmastersfoundation.com}} and a recipient of the 2022 Blue Project Foundation Prize.{{Cite web |title=Blueproject Foundation - Winners |url=https://blueprojectfoundation.org/en/residences/winners |access-date=2024-05-21 |website=blueprojectfoundation.org}}

Martychowiec works across various media, including photography,[https://wsimag.com/art/4034-michal-martychowiec-la-chambre-de-labastrie La Chambre de Labastrie at gallerie upp in Venice] Wall Street International{{Cite book |title=9. Biennale Fotografii Eksploracje: Poznań 2015 |date=2015 |publisher=Galeria Miejska Arsenał |isbn=978-83-61886-61-7 |location=Poznań}} film, drawing,{{Cite book |last=Turowski |first=Andrzej |title=Powtórka z teorii widzenia: przewodnik po wystawie |date=2010 |publisher=Centrum Sztuki Współczesnej Zamek Ujazdowski : Fundacja Polskiej Sztuki Nowoczesnej |isbn=978-83-61156-27-7 |location=Warszawa}} neon,[http://radom.wyborcza.pl/radom/7,35216,21866073,noc-muzeow-2017-w-oronsku-w-bialy-dzien.html The urge to create visions 1929-2017] at Polish Sculpture Center Gazeta Wyborcza{{Cite web |last=Polska |first=Vogue |date=2018-09-17 |title=Warsaw Gallery Weekend – dla konserwatystów i antykonserwatystów |url=https://www.vogue.pl/a/warsaw-gallery-weekend-dla-konserwatystow-i-antykonserwatystow |access-date=2024-05-27 |website=Vogue Polska |language=pl}} painting, sculpture,[http://u-jazdowski.pl/en/programme/bank-pekao-project-room/michal-martychowiec Michal Martychowiec In memory] Centre for Contemporary Art Ujazdowski Castle and installation.Michal Martychowiec Nel mezzo del cammin galleria upp, Venice 2011. {{ISBN|9788890610660}}.{{Cite journal |last=Lluís i Rabassó |first=Joan |access-date=2024-06-04 |title='Go, history and modern art' |url=https://michalmartychowiec.com/go-history-and-modern-art-at-european-go-journal/ |journal=European Go Journal |date=March–April 2024 |pages=34–37}} His work often incorporates socio-political commentary.{{Cite web |title=de Sarthe Project Space announces Michal Martychowiec's first solo show in Beijing |url=https://www.cafa.com.cn/en/news/details/8325129 |access-date=2024-05-27 |website=www.cafa.com.cn}}{{Cite journal |last=Klaus |first=Ingo |date=27 May 2024 |title=Jedność w różnorodności. Rozważania o wyjątkowej wystawie |url=https://ksiegarnia.rzezba-oronsko.pl/product_info.php?products_id=196 |journal=Kwartalnik Rzeźby (Orońsko) |volume=2-3/2018 |pages=36–37 |via=Biblioteka Narodowa (National Library of Poland)}} Martychowiec work often explores the contemporary human condition through the lens of history, often making symbolic references to locations, events, figures, and artworks.{{Cite web |title=Jitter .Magazin: Betrachtungen zu Michal Martychowiecs fotografischen Serien Vanito Vanitas I & II |url=https://www.jitter-magazin.de/vanito-vanitas.php |access-date=2024-05-27 |website=www.jitter-magazin.de}}{{Cite web |last=La 7 |date=2022-11-11 |title=Michal Martychowiec expone en el Centro Párraga 'Por encima del mar de niebla', como un paisaje conceptual en continuo cambio |url=https://www.la7tv.es/articulo/cultura/michal-martychowiec-expone-centro-parraga-encima-mar-niebla-como-paisaje-conceptual-continuo-cambio/20221111083350005426.html |access-date=2024-05-27 |website=La 7 |language=es}}{{Cite book |title="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}}{{Cite book |title=Escrituras ácratas |date=2021 |publisher=Cendeac |isbn=978-84-15556-87-9 |editor-last=Lorca |editor-first=Juan Antonio |location=Murcia |editor-last2=Calbo |editor-first2=Teresa |editor-last3=Centro Párraga}}{{Cite book |last=Poprzecka |first=Maria |title=Magic of the Square |publisher=State Gallery of Art in Sopot |year=2016 |isbn=987-83-840-027-6 |edition=1st |location=Sopot |pages=120–124 |language=pl}} Themes of freedom, power structures, and the human condition are often prevalent in his work{{Cite web |title=RTSM {{!}} Michal Martychowiec: "Where does your heart belong?" |url=https://www.cafa.com.cn/en/news/details/8329427 |access-date=2024-05-21 |website=www.cafa.com.cn}}{{Cite web |title=Michał Martychowiec i Sreshta Rit Premnath: Nothing but Blue Sky - wystawa |url=https://www.poznan.pl/mim/wortals/cik/events/pozostale,c,84/2023-12-15/-,153300.html |access-date=2024-05-27 |website=www.poznan.pl |language=pl}}{{Cite web |last=Waldman |first=Shannon |date=2018-11-19 |title=Critic's Picks: Danny Bredar and Michal Martychowiec |url=https://fnewsmagazine.com/2018/11/critics-picks-danny-bredar-and-michal-martychowiec/ |access-date=2024-05-27 |website=F Newsmagazine |language=en}}{{Cite journal |last=Monkiewicz |first=Dorota |date=27 May 2024 |title=Michal Martychowiec: Gry w Galerii Signum |url=https://michalmartychowiec.com/games-at-the-signum-gallery-by-dorota-monkiewicz/ |journal=Kwartalnik Rzeźby (Orońsko) |volume=1/2019 |pages=1, 38–45 |via=Biblioteka Narodowa (National Library of Poland)}}{{Cite web |last=Lavarini |first=Federica |date=2019-04-14 |title=Empty room: Michal Martychowiec racconta libero arbitrio, violenza e bellezza |url=https://daily.veronanetwork.it/cultura/empty-room-michal-martychowiec-racconta-libero-arbitrio-violenza-e-bellezza/ |access-date=2024-05-27 |website=Daily Verona Network |language=it-IT}}{{Cite book |title=Where Does Your Heart Belong? Werke aus der Signum Foundation |date=2018 |publisher=Weserburg, Museum für moderne Kunst |isbn=978-3-946059-11-0 |location=Bremen}}{{Cite book |last=Achari |first=Premjish |title=A Time for Farewells |publisher=Cantor Fitzgerald Gallery |year=2019 |isbn=978-0-9998518-3-8 |edition=1st |location=Haverford |pages=8–11 |language=en}}{{Cite journal |last=Wicherkiewicz |first=Lena |title=Wrażliwym Okiem: wystawa "O potrzebie tworzenia widzeń 1929-2017" |journal=Kwartalnik Rzeźby (Orońsko) |volume=1-2018 |pages=24 |via=Biblioteka Narodowa (National Gallery of Poland)}}

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