Marcin Zawicki

Born in Szczecin, Poland in 1985. Graduate of the Academy of Fine Arts in Gdańsk. Since 2010 working as a professor at the Faculty of Painting at his alma mater (PhD in 2015, Habilitation in 2021). His work encompasses painting, drawing and installation art. Lives and works in Gdańsk. Works in institutional collections (Nomus Museum in Gdańsk, Strabag Kunstforum in Vienna, National Museum in Gdańsk, Bielska BWA Gallery in bielsko-Białą, Hestia Artistic Journey Foundation, Gdańsk City Gallery).

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SELECTED SOLO EXHIBITIONS AND PROJECTS

2023
Kazimierz Ostrowski Award, Wielka Zbrojownia, Gdańsk
Bloop
(site-specific installation in public space), Montownia, Gdańsk

2022
Mushrooms (site-specific sculpture in public space), Poznań Visual Park, ABC Gallery, Poznań
Golem, Strabag Kunstofum, Vienna, Austria

2021
Golem, Przypokowski’s National Museum  in Jędrzejów
It’s Alive!, Galeria ABC, Poznań

2019
Decayed little planet, Silecki Castle, Sosnowiec
Neoplasms, Tajna Gallery, Gdańsk

2018
Eighthudered milions liters of paint, Artist’s Colony, Gdańsk
Dies irae, m2 Gallery, Warsaw
Great Chronicle, Bielska BWA Gallery, Bielsko-Biała

2017
Gestures, APH Art Pavilon, Warsaw
Life, (site specific installation, exhibition cycle „Places” by IKM), Royal Riffle Factory, Gdańsk

2016
Zarodki, Wozownia Gallery, Toruń
Homoiomerie, m2 Gallery, Warsaw Gallery Weekend, Warsaw
Marcin Zawicki. Painting, Stanisław Ignacy Witkiewicz Theatre, Zakopane
m2 Gallery booth (Artists: M.Zawicki, G.Sztwiertnia) @ International Art Fair ArtVilnius’16, Vilnius, Lithuania
Something strange is coming, BWA Gallery, Gorzów Wielkopolski

2015
Marcin Zawicki / Vit Ondracek. Painting, Municipal Gallery, Wrocław
Chorography, BWA, Zielona Góra

2014
Ergot, m2 Gallery, Warsaw

2012
The Fall, National Art Gallery, Sopot

2010
Masterpiece, Wozownia Gallery, Toruń


SELECTED COLLECTIVE EXHIBITIONS

2024
Local perceptions / 9th festiwal of painting, Geppart Gallery, Wrocław
Myślę i czuję, Ośrodek Propagandy Sztuki / ASP w Łodzi, Łódź
The Island of the Day Before, Nature Education Center of the Jagiellonian University, Kraków

2023
Your home’s world away, MLZ art dep, Trieste, Italy

2022
Exuberance. Atlas of infinite possibilities, National Art Gallery, Sopot
Hommage à Profesor Kazimierz Ostrowski. Memory of the images. Armoury of Art, Gdańsk
Merian, City Tower Gallery Gmünd, Gmünd, Austria
Art. Dekoracyjne, Biała Gallery, Lublin
On the boarders of the wolrds, Nature Education Center of the Jagiellonian University, Kraków

2021
Toy story, Galeria Labirynt, Lublin
Strabag international Artaward, Strabag Kunstforum, Wiedeń, Austria

2020
Transformation.From Bucharest to Gdańsk/From Gdańsk to Bucharest, The National Museum of Art of Romania, Bukareszt, Rumunia
Gdańsk 2020, Instytut Kultury Miejskiej w Gdańsku, virtual exhibition
Herbarium novum. Efflorescentiae. BWA Municipial Gallery in Bydgoszcz,

2019
This is the men’s world, Artist’s Colony Gdańsk
New look. Gallery of Polish Contemporary Art, National Museum, Gdańsk
44th Painting Biennale Bielska Jesień, Bielsko Biała
Czarna żółć, Bałtycka Galeria Sztuki Współczesnej, Ustka
Black Bile, Baltic Gallery of contemporary Art, Ustka
Palace of Art. Young Painting from Poland. National Gallery in Gdańsk

2018
Rośl-inne, ABC Gallery, Poznań
Wind from the seaside, National Gallery in Gdańsk
Brl / Gda, Ephemeral art project, Grass and Chodowiecki’s House, Gdańsk
The skeletons must rise, Gdańsk City Gallery, Gdańsk
Marzenia (wio)senne, Biała Gallery, Lublin
The skeletons must rise, Gdańsk City Gallery, Gdańsk
Marzenia (wio)senne, Biała Gallery, Lublin

2017
KHÔRA Gdanskas Vilniuje, Vilnius Gdanske, Titanikas Gallery, Wilno, Lithuania
Visegrad4art. Painting Rediscovery, National Museum od Przemyśl Land, Przemyśl
Jednoczesność Zdarzeń, CSW Znaki Czasu, Toruń

2016
Schwarzes Meer, installation at Narracje Festival, Gdańsk
Midnight Show IV, Wrocław
Friends from the seaside, Rynek 25, Wrocław
KREW – WERK, Foksal Gallery Foundation, Warsaw
Günter Grass. collection Plus, Gdańsk Municipal Gallery, Gdańsk

2015
Palindrome, National Art Gallery, Sopot
Ostrale. Handle with Care, Dresden, Germany
Graduate. After Academy – Liquid Identities, Wyspa Institute of Art, Gdańsk
North – South, Wilson Shaft Gallery, Katowice

2014
Paint Me Paint Me Everywhere, Bunkier Sztuki, Kraków
Nausea, Wozownia Gallery, Toruń | 13 Muses Gallery, Szczecin | Wielka Zbrojownia ASP, Gdańsk
Complexes and Frustrations, Labirynt Gallery, Lublin

2013
Bielska Jesień, BWA Gallery, Bielsko-Biała

2012
Gdańsk Biennale of Art, Gdańsk Municipal Gallery, Gdańsk
Around Painting, El Gallery, Elbląg

2011
What does a painter do? – 10th Geppert Competition, BWA Awangarda Gallery, Wrocław
From Gdańsk to Istanbul, Marmara University, Istanbul

2009
Here Comes the Youth, Klima Bocheńska’s gallery, Warsaw
Around the Portrait, National Art Gallery, Sopot


SELECTED AWARDS AND DISTINCTIONS

2023
Kazimierz Ostrowski Award, ZPAP, Gdańsk
Gdańsk theatre award, Gdańsk

2021
Strabag international Artaward, Recognition Award, Vienna, Austria

2020
Cultural Scholarship of City Gdańsk

2019
Audience Award at 44th Edition of Painting Biennial Bielska Jesień, Bielsko-Biała
Honorable mention at 44th Edition of Painting Biennial Bielska Jesień, Bielsko-Biała
Academy of Fine Arts in Gdańsk Rector’s Award

2015
Chorography – PhD degree with distinction

2013
Honorable mention at 41st Edition of Painting Biennial Bielska Jesień, Bielsko-Biała

2012
Academy of Fine Arts in Gdańsk Rector’s Award

2011
City of Gdańsk Award for Young Creators of Culture
Distinction at Eugeniusz Geppert competition organized by Format art magazine, Wrocław

2010
1st prize (Rector Award) in the Best Fine Arts Graduation Work in Poland competition

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