Mateusz Sikora

Mateusz Sikora (b. 25 May, 1971, in Warsaw, Poland) is one of the most notable Polish sculptors.

Career

He was born on the 25th of May, 1971, in Warsaw, Poland and educated in Victorian College of the Arts, Melbourne University. He won the Gold Medal for "Yesterday and today" at the ZAR Gallery (Warsaw). In 1995, while living in Melbourne, Australia, he also helped to set up experimental electronic music label IF? Records with friends Andrez Bergen and Brian Huber.^[1]

Solo exhibitions

• 2006 - Two Sides Festival - Kazimierz's Side, and Gallery, Lower Kazimierz, Poland Polswiss Art Gallery, Warsaw;
• 2004 - New New Yorkers and their Friends Festiwal , Ateneum Mlodych Gallery, Warsaw, Poland;
• 2003 - Polish Institute, Stockholm;
• 2002 - Kontynenty Gallery, Warsaw;
• 2002 - Pauza, Cracow;
• 2001 - Miedzy Nami, Warsaw;
• 1999 - Miedzy Nami, Warsaw;
• 1994 - Bourke Place, AMP Building, Melbourne.

Group exhibitions

• 2006 - Autumn Art Fair (Salon d'Automne), Paris, France, Sensitivity International Sculpture Triennial, Castle - Center of Culture, Poznan, In the Workshops and Gardens of Saska Kepa 2, Warsaw; Juchzen + Stille, Nering + Stern Gallery, Berlin, Germany
• 2005 - In the Workshops and Gardens of Saska Kepa 1, Warsaw, Desa Unicum Gallery, Warsaw, 116th. Independent Artists' Show (Salon des Artistes Indépendant) / Young Artists of New Europe , Melbourne, Jackman Gallery, Melbourne;
• 2004 - Nering + Stern Gallery, Berlin, 14 th. International Sculpture Biennial New Poland Festival, Bar-le-Duc, Space of Intuition, Zamek Center of Culture, XIV Sculpture Biennial, Nizio Gallery;
• 2003 - RudolfV Gallery, Amsterdam, Yesterday and today, ZAR Gallery;
• 2002 - Arsenal Gallery, Sculpture Biennale, Poznań;
• 2000 - Jackman Gallery, Melbourne;
• 1999 - Miedzy Nami, Warsaw, ArtNewMedia Gallery, Warsaw;
• 1997 - Pol Art.’97, Melbourne;
• 1996 - Botanique, Brussels, Garden of Eden, Melbourne;
• 1995 - George Paton Gallery, Melbourne, McClelland Gallery, Landwarrin;
• 1994 - Athenaeum Theatre, Melbourne, Victorian Student Sculpture Survey, Ballarat;
• 1992 - Malthouse Sculpture Exhibition, Melbourne, Malthouse Mixed Media Show, Melbourne, VCA Gallery, City Campus, Melbourne, VCA, Prahran Campus, Melbourne, Kyneton Festival, Victorian School of Music, Melbourne;
• 1991 - St.Martin Fringe Festival, Melbourne.

Awards

• 2003 - Gold Medal, Yesterday and today, ZAR Gallery;
• 1993 - The VCA Encouragement Award;
• 1992 - The Friends of the VCA Encouragement Award.

References

1. ^ "Once a little nobody". Upstart Press. 2011-07-27. http://www.upstart.net.au/2011/07/27/once-a-little-nobody/2011/07/27/. Retrieved 2011-08-28. 

External links

• [1] Mateusz Sikora's Website

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