BIO & ARTIST STATEMENT

Jerzy Muszynski, born in 1985, is a visual artist based in Poznan, Poland. He graduated from Magdalena Abakanowicz University of the Arts Poznan, 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.

Muszynski'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. Motivated by his personal astonishment at the mere presence of reality, he abstains from imposing his presence as the author by using industrial materials and techniques in order to amplify the abstract and nontangible qualities of matter. Since 2019 he has been developing the series titled ...(nonspecified), in which starting from its title, Muszynski challenges the cultural compulsion for textual explanations of the visuals. Instead, he aims to capture the experience prior to the division of form and content.

SOLO SHOWS

2023
(forthcoming) – Duza Scena UAP – Poznan, PL
2019
White Cube / Black Cube – Rodriguez Gallery (PhD show) – Poznan, PL
2015
Untitled (UAP Foundation Project) – Magdalena Abakanowicz University of the Arts – Poznan, PL
2015
From One Another – Rotunda Gallery (Magdalena Abakanowicz University of the Arts) – Poznan, PL
2014
The Crossroad – Municipal Bureau of Art Exhibitions in Leszno, PL
2013–2018
The Deportees (mural in public space) – The Museum of Sybir – Bialystok, PL
2012
The Constellations – Art Gallery in Mosina, PL

GROUP SHOWS

2024
(forthcoming) – BWA Galeria Sztuki w Olsztynie, PL
(forthcoming) – Nowa Scena UAP – Poznan, PL
2023
Risotheque (II) – Muzeum Piśmiennictwa i Drukarstwa – Grebocin, PL
Risotheque (I) – Rotunda Gallery (Magdalena Abakanowicz University of the Arts) – Poznan, PL
2023
Common Gestures (II) – Baltic Gallery of Contemporary Art: Witches' Tower, Small Gallery – Slupsk, PL
2021
To co najbardziej proste wydaje się wygięte – Municipal Bureau of Art Exhibitions – Pila, PL
Common Gestures (I) – The Eugeniusz Geppert Academy of Art and Design – Wroclaw, PL
2019
11. Triennial of Small-Size Painting – The Wozownia Art Gallery – Torun, PL
Neighbourhood 2 – Europäische Naturerlebnis-stätte Oderberge Lebus, DE
2016
Edycja 2 – Tadeusz Kulisiewicz Center for Drawing and Graphics – Kalisz, PL
2015
Ex katedra – Municipal Gallery Arsenal – Poznal, PL
2014
70x70 – Faculty of Architecture at the Bialystok University of Technology – Bialystok, PL
Kolumnada. Sztuka wobec architektury – Lecture Center of the Poznan University of Technology – Poznan, PL
2013
Imaginarium – Galeria Profil at ZAMEK Culture Centre Poznan, PL
Together 2013. International Porcelain Painting Symposium – Riga Porcelain Museum – Riga, LV
9. Triennial of Small-Size Painting – The Wozownia Art Gallery – Torun, PL
Pedagodzy i studenci UAP w Palmiarni Poznanskiej – Poznan Palm House, PL
Nowy Obraz / Nowe Spojrzenie – Miejski Osrodek Sztuki in Gorzow Wielkopolski, PL
Paintball – Municipal Gallery Arsenal – Poznan, PL
2011
Obszary rysunku – Rondo Sztuki – Katowice, PL
W samo poludnie – Galeria Rzeznia – Poznan, PL
2010
XI Pracownia Malarstwa – Muzeum im. Stanislawa Staszica – Pila, PL
2009
XII Pracownia Malarstwa – Contemporary Art Gallery in Wloclawek, PL

WORKSHOPS (SELECTION)

2022
Mozaiki naramowickie＿Lotarynska 6: Mikro Dom Kultury, Poznan, PL
2018
Mozaika z pamieci＿Poznan, 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 Poznan, PL

DIDACTICS

Studio of Painting in Architecture＿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

AWARDS & DISTINCTIONS

2013
1st Prize in the competition for a mural on The Deportations to the East, organized by The Museum of Sibir in Bialystok, PL
2013
Nomination for the Artistic Award of the University of Arts Poznan in the 2nd edition of the competition Nowy Obraz / Nowe Spojrzenie [New Image / New View], 2013