Daniel Rycharski
Born in 1986 in Sierpc, Poland. He describes himself as a conceptual and avant-garde artist, and works in various media, with installations at the forefront of his artistic practice. In 2005–2009, Rycharskistudied graphic design at the Faculty of Art of the Pedagogical University of Kraków. He then pursued a PhD at the Kraków Academy of Fine Arts. He works with the themes of provinciality, religiosity, Christianity, and LGBTQ+ identity, seeking tensions andnew relations between them. In that, Rycharski’s art also manifests his personal quest of a realm in which non-heteronormativity and the Catholic faith can coexist. He works closely both with LGBTQ+ activists and religious and agricultural societies to represent their issues and sensibilities, mediating between the consciousness of Polish cities and that of villages. Rycharski often directly engages his local community both in the reception and production of his art, as one of his main concerns is propagating art among rural communities. Besides, the artist lectures at the Academy of Fine Arts in Szczecin. He lives and works in Kurówko and in Szczecin.In 2021, the film Fears, based on Rycharski’s life, directed by Łukasz Ronduda and Łukasz Gutt, premiered.
Exhibitions
2024
I can tell you about me about you (with Władysław Hasior), State Gallery of Art, Sopot, Poland
2023
It’s our Christ too, Galeria Zielona 13, Dominican Monastery, Łódź, Poland
We Are a Fairy Tale Inside, Kurówko, Sierpc County, Masovia, Poland
2022
Dead Class, Gunia Nowik Gallery, Warsaw
Dorothea von Stetten Art Award (with Zuza Golińska and Diana Lelonek), Kunstmuseum Bonn, Germany
2021
Valentines / Ash Wednesday, PLATO, Ostrava, Czech Republic
Cages, Kahan Art Space, Vienna, Austria
2020
la goutte creuse la pierre, Villa Arson, Nice, France
2019
Fears, Museum at Open’er Festival, Gdynia, Poland
Fears, Museum of Modern Art, Warsaw, Poland
2013
Rural Street Art, Wozownia Art Gallery, Toruń, Poland