Igor Mikoda, Proximity, 2018, resin, acrylic, steel, own technique - mixed, dimensions: 60 x 51 x 46 cm, signed: bound monogram MIKODA.
BIO:
Born in 1982 in Lubartow, Poland. In 1997 he began his education at the National High School of Fine Arts in Lublin, where he received a diploma in woodcarving in 2002. From 2002 to 2008, he studied at the Academy of Fine Arts in Poznan at the Department of Sculpture and Spatial Activities, in the studios of Prof. J. Petruk, then Prof. W. Koronowski.
In 2008, he received a diploma with distinction in sculpture and drawing in the 1st Sculpture Studio of Prof. Józef Petruk and the 1st Drawing Studio of Prof. J. Strzelecki. In 2013, he received a Doctor of Fine Arts degree in the field of fine arts in the artistic discipline - fine arts; in 2020, he received a postdoctoral degree.
He works as a University Professor at the University of the Arts in the Department of Sculpture at UAP. From 2008 to 2020, head of the Student Biennial of Small Sculptural Forms and since 2007 co-organizer of Professor W. Koronowski's original project Pygmalion Brigade. Since 2016, he has been the organizer of the National Sculpture and Drawing Workshop - Young Jumps, directed to high school students. From 2016 to 2020, he served as Head of the Department of Sculpture; from 2018 to 2020, Head of the Department of Execution Techniques. Since 2020, he has served as Vice Dean of the Department of Sculpture. He works in sculpture, printmaking, drawing and graphic design.
Author of more than 30 solo exhibitions and participant in numerous group exhibitions in Poland and abroad.
