Jan Możdżyński
''What a wonderful feeling just to know that you are near'', oil on canvas
Jan Możdżyński (1986), creates paintings, drawings, objects and video works. Graduate of the Academy of the Fine Arts in Warsaw and the Hochschule fur Gestaltung und Kunst in Basel. His work revolves around the topics of sexual identity, gender and the stigma attached to sexual preferences. Możdżyński often refers to fetishes in the BDSM community. He draws a link between feminism and the rights of sexual minorities. His works capture situations related to role-playing and the disintegration of what is traditionally understood as male and female. He created a series of paintings-monuments regarding issues related to gender identity and sexual minorities, wanting to make them visible by including them in public space as an alternative vision of creating monuments praising the pleasure and joy associated with sexuality, striving for tolerance of otherness. Major group exhibitions: 2020 – TRAFO, Szczecin; Rondo Sztuki, Katowice; 2019 – Warsaw under Construction Festival, Museum of Modern Art in Warsaw; Painting Biennale Bielsko Autumn, BWA Bielsko Biała (distinction); 2018 – Hestia Artistic Journey, Museum of Modern Art in Warsaw; Pomada Festival, Palace of Culture and Science, Warsaw. Selected individual exhibitions: 2020 – lokal_30, Warsaw; Widna Gallery, Cracow; 2019 – Stroboskop Art Space, Warsaw; Szara Gallery, Katowice. Works in private collections and in the collection of the Museum of Modern Art in Warsaw.
Exhibitions
2025 ''I Just Dropped in to See What Condition My Condition Was In'' solo exhibition at Galeria Milosc, London, UK
2025 ''I'm so gay for you'' group exhibition at Galeria Milosc, London, UK
2024 ''Let's make milosc'' group exhibition at Galeria Milosc, London, UK
selected exhibitions
2020 ''I Speak As No One In Particular'' duo show with Jakub Gliński, lokal_30, Warsaw, PL
2020 ''Hot Stuff'' duo show with Kinga Nowak, Widna Gallery, Cracow, PL
2019 ''Shinig Wizard'' solo exhibition at Serce Człowieka Gallery, Warsaw, PL
2019 ''Strapon Stories'', solo exhibition at Szara Gallery, Katowice, PL
2019 ''Objects of Worship'', solo presentation at Stroboskop Art Space, Warsaw, PL
2018 ''Sorry for everything'', solo exhibition at Czynny Żal Gallery, Warsaw, PL
group exhibitions
2020 Ken’s Aunt, lokal_30, Warsaw
2020 Out of the Comfort zone, Rondo Sztuki, Katowice
2019 Painting Biennale Bielsko Autumn, BWA Bielsko Biała
2019 Warsaw under Construction Festival, Museum of Modern Art, Warsaw
2019 I invite you to the vernissage #3, Śmierć Frajerom Gallery, Warsaw
2018 Living Room – Academy Salon Gallery, Warsaw
2018 10.2018 Pomada Festival, Palace of Culture and Science, Warsaw
2018 Business, Potencja Gallery, Warsaw Gallery Weekend
2018 Hestia Artistic Journey, Museum of Modern Art, Warsaw