Kornel Janczy
fot. Isabelle Young, Christian Young
He graduated in painting from the Academy of Fine Arts in Krakow and the Academy of Fine Arts in Munich, and earned his doctorate from the Faculty of Art at the University of National Education in Krakow. His work combines elements of painting and drawing, creating map-like paintings that are personal interpretations of space. Janczy is a precise post-conceptualist, fascinated by areas where the boundaries between art, science, and poetic imagination blur. His work straddles the line between geographical document and artwork, transforming the objective form of a map into a vehicle for subjective experiences of place. Individual series comprise an atlas of alternative geography, where facts clash with fantasies. Janczy has received, among others, the Krakow Creative Scholarship (2019), the Young Poland scholarship (2018), and the Polish Culture in the World scholarship (2018, 2021, 2024, 2025). He was also a finalist in the 11th edition of the Eugeniusz Geppert Competition "Attention: Painting!" in 2013. He lives and works in Krakow.
Exhibitions
Solo exhibitions:
2022
Working Title (duo with Bartek Buczek), Piana Gallery, Krakow, Poland
2021
Beautiful Obstacles, Fundaziun Nairs, Scuol, Switzerland
Milky Way, BWA Gallery, Ostrowiec Świętokrzyski, Poland
Great atmosphere, BWA Gallery, Tarnów, Poland
2017
Return from the Stars, Krakauer Haus, Nuremberg, Germany
2016
Future nostalgia, Aristoi Gallery, Krakow, Poland
2015
Empty Weight, Open Workshop – Quality Control, Ostrowiec Świętokrzyski, Poland
Supertheory, Spectra Art Space, Warsaw, Poland
2014
Epicentrum, Wojciech Bednarski Park, Bunkier Sztuki collection, Krakow, Poland
World, Ujazdowski Castle Centre for Contemporary Art, Warsaw, Poland
Naturally, Geppert's Apartment Gallery, Wrocław, Poland
2013
And others, Bunkier Sztuki Gallery of Contemporary Art, Krakow, Poland
2012
Niepolska, BWA Sokół Gallery, Nowy Sącz, Poland
2011
Deep Field, Galeria Nova, Krakow, Poland
Selected group exhibitions since 2019:
2025
Future Forms of Feeling, Aspekty Gallery, Warsaw
2024
The Sun on the Pages of a Book, Aspekty Gallery, Warsaw
2023
Starting Points, turning Points, Nordic Artist's Centre Dale, Norway
Wonderful line. A sentimental flight, UFO Art Gallery, Krakow, Poland
Back to school, works by contemporary visual artists in Polish schools, 1st Secondary School in Konin (organizers: Razem Pamoja Foundation and the Society for the Encouragement of Fine Arts), Konin, Poland
2022
Fight for the Streets, 14th Warsaw Under Construction Festival, Museum of Modern Art in Warsaw
First place in the table, TRAFO Contemporary Art Center, Szczecin, Poland
2020
Found Islands Office, BWA Gallery, Wrocław, Poland
The Spirit of Nature and Other Fairy Tales / 20 ING Polish Art Foundation, Silesian Museum, Katowice, Poland
2019
Force field, Officine 800 (organizer: Starak Family Foundation), Venice, Italy
Borderline, Wroclaw Contemporary Museum, Wroclaw, Poland
2018
Where widowed object meet orphaned ideas, Kunsverein CIAP, Hasselt, Belgium
The Trouble with Value, Onomatopee, Eindchoven, Netherlands
Pets, Bunkier Sztuki Contemporary Art Gallery, Krakow, Poland
Other
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