Michal Chudzicki (b. 1983, Kraśnik), Untitled, 2013

collage, framed dimensions: 42 x 32 cm, clear passe-partout: 29 x 20 cm, signed rear.

Work framed in a wooden frame behind glass.

Born in Kraśnik, graduate of the Bernardo Morando State High School of Fine Arts in Zamość. From 2006 to 2011 he studied at the Faculty of Painting at the Academy of Fine Arts in Cracow. He obtained his diploma in the studio of Prof. Leszek Misiak. He works primarily in painting and collage, as well as installation, film and photography. In his work one can find many references and clear inspirations from the art of the great masters of the Renaissance, Dadaism and Surrealism of the 20th century avant-garde. He is a co-founder of the Roboczogodzina collective, with which he created a project in 2011 as part of the Grolsh Art Boom Festival. Since 2011, he has created the figure of Bruno Lark (1901-1936), a fictional artist, creating fictional works in support of this creation. He used fiction as a tool to question the history of art, as well as to conduct a kind of experiment exploring whether we, as viewers, need artworks or only art creators with their well-known names.
Chudzicki's first solo exhibition took place in 2010, and was titled Window (Art Agenda Nova, Krakow 2010). His subsequent solo exhibitions were held regularly every year in cities such as Krakow (Bunkier sztuki - Opowieść o tych i o tamtych 2013), Warsaw (Galeria (-1) Centrum Olimpijskie PKOI - Trudno to wyjaśnić, 2011. CCA Ujazdowski Castle - Katalog dzieł nieistniejących, 2013), Lublin (Galeria Biała - Bruno Larek Podróż, eksperyment i zabawa, 2012) and Dusseldorf (Polish Institute - Bruno Larek Den es nicht gab, 2012). On a number of occasions the artist has also participated in group exhibitions. Twice with the Roboczogodzina collective ( Knowing nature is not nature, Jordan Park, Krakow 2012, Grolsch Art Boom Festival, Krakow 2012). He has exhibited his works in group exhibitions: Tribute to Fangor ( ArtBazaar project, BWA Warsaw, 2011), In Dunkeln Waldern in 2011 in Salzburg, in No Budget Show 4 at MOCAK in Krakow and in the exhibition Memory. Registers and Territories at the ICC in Krakow.