Gizela Mickiewicz
Gizela Mickiewicz (b. 1984) lives and works in Warsaw, Poland; Graduate of the Academy of Fine Arts in Poznań. In her artistic practice she uses a variety of media and forms, including sculpture, installation, drawing. She often deals with everyday objects and wonders about their mutual relations, as well as the relations that arise between things and people. The artist analyses items of everyday use and the materials they are made of, as well as their interrelations, and then combines their fragmented elements into new forms. Through the shapes, textures and physical properties of the materials used to produce each object, Mickiewicz generates associations evoking the hidden emotions.
Solo shows include: Art Basel Statements, w/ Stereo, Basel (2022), Interior Blackout, Stereo, Warsaw (2022),Stereo, Warsaw (2020, 2017, 2015, 2011); Lucas Hirsch, Dusseldorf (2017); Arsenal, Białystok (2016); Frutta, Rome (2013), BWA Zielona Góra (2013). Group exhibitions include: Tender Revolution, Metropolitan, Warsaw (2023), Gypsum Flesh Story, ASP Gallery, Krakow (2023), BROKEN PIÑATA, L21 Gallery, Palma (2022); Art Encounters Biennial, Timișoara; BOZAR, Brussels, Bureau, New York; CAC Kim?, Riga; CAC, Vilnius; BOZAR, Brussels; Museum of Modern Art in Warsaw; Zachęta National Gallery of Art; Bunkier Sztuki, Cracow; Kunsthalle Bratislava; at-fifteen, TelAviv. Mickiewicz completed a residency at Gasworks, London (2014), Triangle, New York (2016) and Futura, Prague (2017). She was shortlisted to VIEWS – Deutsche Bank Award (2019). Collaborates with Stereo Gallery.
Aluminum handles, acrylic paint, resin,fiberglass, cellulose, adhesive, steel.
87 x 71 x 14 cm
Celullose, acrylic paint, glue, shoe, wood, steel.
266 x 30 x 10 cm
Steel, cellulose, glue, plaster, acrylic paint, anticorosive coating, metal mesh.
95 x 85 x 30 cm
Granite, wood, steel, cellulose, adhesive mortar, acrylic, wood adhesive and pigment.
130 x 25 x 25 cm
Steel, acrylic, anti-corrosion primer paint, jute tape, nylon thread, polystyrene and adhesive mortar.
92 x 86 x 80 cm
Thermoplastic biodegradable plastic, perlite, pigment.
70 × 165 × 62 cm
Thermoplastic biodegradable plastic, perlite, steel, boucle textured fabric, wadding, threads.
185 x 60 x 60 cm
Chrome steel, galvanized steel mesh, cellulose, adhesive mortar, acrylic paint, perlite.
78 x 62 x 55 cm
Wood, mesh, textile, concrete, wadding.
45 x 50 x 30 cm
Metal mesh, plaster bandage, concrete, fabric, feathers.
80 x 140 x 30 cm