Photo by Marta Kuchcińska

BIO  &  ARTIST STATEMENT

Jerzy Muszyński (he / him), born in 1985, is a visual artist based in Poznań, Poland. He graduated from Magdalena Abakanowicz University of the Arts Poznań, receiving an MFA (2011) and a PhD (2019). He is currently working there as an assistant professor and as a co-curator at Galeria Szewska 16 (since 2020). He exhibited, among others, in Riga Porcelain Museum (LV), The Museum of Sibir in Białystok (PL), The Baltic Gallery of Contemporary Art in Słupsk (PL), Galeria Sztuki BWA in Olsztyn (PL), The Wozownia Art Gallery in Toruń (PL), MOS in Gorzów Wielkopolski (PL), The Arsenal Municipal Gallery and AT Gallery in Poznan (PL). He lives and works in Poznań, Poland.

Muszyński's artistic practice revolves around the intersection of painting and sculpture, as the coexistence of physical objects in the embodied space and their visual representations in the perceptual field. Since 2019 he has been developing the series titled . . . (NONSPECIFIED), in which, starting from its very title, Muszyński questions the cultural habits of supplementing images with text. Instead, he aims to evoke the experience prior to the division of form and content. Driven by his personal astonishment at the mere presence of reality, he draws from the tradition of minimalism and its philosophical reflection on the existential entanglement of perception. By using industrial materials and techniques he withdraws his gestural presence to emphasize the presence of matter’s sensual qualities as a carrier of non-verbal content and to evoke specific associations and emotions.

GROUP & SOLO SHOWS AND ACTIVITIES

2024 – UPCOMING
・Człowiek człowiekowi prochem [solo] – Duża Scena UAP, Poznań, PL
・Trisity###6 Trójmiejski Festiwal Sitodruku – Zbrojowni Sztuki, Gdańsk, PL
・Attempt 5 – International Contest For Experiment In Visual Arts – Jan Tarasin Art Gallery in Kalisz, PL
2024 – CURRENTLY
・A ∩ B – flagship exhibition of LAAF (Lódź Abstract Art Festival) 'Set theory' – OFF Piotrkowska Center, Łódź, PL
・SENDER: Paweł Petasz RECEIVER: the whole world – Gallery EL Art Center, Elbląg, PL
2024 – PAST
・Common Gestures – Galeria Sztuki BWA in Olsztyn, PL
・Common Gestures: wall-floor-ceiling – AT Gallery – Poznań, PL
・S M XL – Galeria na Dziedzińcu (Stary Browar) – Poznań, PL
2023
・Samo-loty – Galeria Szewska 16 – Poznań, PL
・Risoteka / Risotheque (II) – Muzeum Piśmiennictwa i Drukarstwa – Grębocin, PL
・Risoteka / Risotheque (I) – Rotunda Gallery (Magdalena Abakanowicz University of the Arts) – Poznań, PL
・Common Gestures – The Baltic Gallery of Contemporary Art: Witches' Tower, Small Gallery – Słupsk, PL
2021
・To co najbardziej proste wydaje się wygięte – BWA in Piła, PL
・Common Gestures – The Eugeniusz Geppert Academy of Art and Design – Wrocław, PL
2019
・White Cube / Black Cube [solo] – Rodriguez Gallery (PhD show) – Poznań, PL
・11. Triennial of Small-Size Painting – The Wozownia Art Gallery – Toruń, PL
・Neighbourhood 2 – Europäische Naturerlebnis-stätte Oderberge Lebus, DE
2016
・Edycja 2 – Tadeusz Kulisiewicz Center for Drawing and Graphics – Kalisz, PL
2015
・Ex Katedra – The Arsenal Municipal Gallery – Poznań, PL
・From One Another [solo] – Rotunda Gallery (Magdalena Abakanowicz University of the Arts) – Poznań, PL
・Untitled (UAP Foundation Project) [solo, temporary public art] – Magdalena Abakanowicz University of the Arts – Poznań, PL
2014
・70x70 – Faculty of Architecture at the Bialystok University of Technology – Białystok, PL
・Kolumnada. Sztuka wobec architektury – Lecture Center of the Poznan University of Technology – Poznań, PL
・The Crossroad [solo] – Municipal Bureau of Art Exhibitions in Leszno, PL
2013–2018
・The Deportees [solo, mural in public space] – The Museum of Sybir in Białystok, PL
2013
・Imaginarium – Galeria Profil at ZAMEK Culture Centre Poznań, PL
・Together 2013. International Porcelain Painting Symposium – Riga Porcelain Museum , LV
・9. Triennial of Small-Size Painting – The Wozownia Art Gallery – Toruń, PL
・Pedagodzy i studenci UAP w Palmiarni Poznanskiej – Poznań Palm House, PL
・Nowy Obraz / Nowe Spojrzenie – MOS in Gorzów Wielkopolski, PL
・Paintball – The Arsenal Municipal Gallery – Poznań, PL
2012
・The Constellations [solo] – Galeria Sztuki in Mosinie, PL
2011
・Obszary rysunku – Rondo Sztuki – Katowice, PL
・W samo poludnie – Galeria Rzeźnia – Poznań, PL
2010
・XI Pracownia Malarstwa – Muzeum im. Stanisława Staszica in Piła, PL
2009
・XII Pracownia Malarstwa – Galeria Sztuki Współczesnej in Włocławek, PL

CURATORIAL PRACTICE

2020–NOW
・Galeria Szewska 16 – together with Natalia Czarcińska and Dorota Tarnowska-Urbanik – https://linktr.ee/galeriaszewska16
2023
・Co-publisher (together with Natalia Czarcińska, Marcin Lorenc and Dorota Tarnowska-Urbanik) of Risoteka / Risotheque – a set of 54 risographs in an edition of 98 copies, deposited in: Collection of the Magdalena Abakanowicz University of the Arts Poznan, Poznań, PL; Muzeum Piśmiennictwa i Drukarstwa in Grębocin, PL; The Polish Museum of America, Chicago, USA; Contemporary Art Museum ISE, JP; Book Art Museum in Łódź, PL; City Art Gallery in Kalisz, PL; Herbarium Riso, Berlin, DE; Zinteka, Wrocław, PL

WORKSHOPS

2022
・Mozaiki naramowickie – Lotaryńska 6: Mikro Dom Kultury, Poznań, PL
2018
・Mozaika z pamieci – Poznań, PL – as part of the Academy of the City, organized by the Malta Foundation – co-author of the mosaic workshop for the residents of the Piastowskie Housing Estate, aimed at using the historical mosaic recovered from the swimming pool intended to be demolished
2017–2018
・What if Frida has been painting a mural... – the concept and the execution of the workshop on wall painting within an educational program of the exhibition Frida Kahlo and Diego Rivera. The polish context at ZAMEK Culture Centre in Poznań, PL

AWARDS & DISTINCTIONS

2024
・Nomination at Attempt 5 – International Contest For Experiment In Visual Arts – Jan Tarasin Art Gallery in Kalisz, PL
2013
・1st Prize in the competition for a mural on The Deportations to the East, organized by The Museum of Sibir in Białystok, PL
2013
・Nomination for the Artistic Award of the University of the Arts Poznań, PL in the 2nd edition of the painting competition Nowy Obraz / Nowe Spojrzenie

ACADEMIC PRACTICE

2012–NOW
・Studio of Painting in Architecture and Urbanism – together with prof. Marek Jakuszewski – https://linktr.ee/malarstwo.w.architekturze

SYMPOSIUMS

2020
・Painting in architectural and urban space at art academies and universities in Poland – Plenerowy Dom Studencki – Skoki, PL
2013
・Together 2013. International Porcelain Painting Symposium – The International Art and Education Centre of the Latvian Artists’ Union, Zvartava, LV