Małgorzata Mycek
Małgorzata Mycek, I'm not like other girls - I am a man, 2024, wood, 95x38x95 cm
Małgorzata Mycek (they/them, he/his, she/her) was born in 1993.
Małgorzata Mycek is a laureate of the 47th Painting Biennale Bielska Jesień 2025.
Małgorzata Mycek is a painter and performance artist. He grew up in the countryside, in a small village in the Bieszczady mountains in the 1990s, which he frequently explores in his work. His projects convey an interest in vernacular culture and engagement in current political affairs. For he, art is a form of therapy, enabling the processing of trauma and the struggle with a difficult reality.
Mycek’s projects reverberate with an interest in vernacular and queer culture, and an activist engagement with current issues. In 2020, it defended its master’s degree in painting and drawing at the University of Arts in Poznan. Honoured in the Allegro Prize 2021 competition and in the 40th Edition of the Maria Dokowicz competition for the best thesis. Finalist of the 19th edition of the Hestia Artistic Journey competition. Until 2022, co-founder of the Bomba Publishing initiative awarded in the national competition Young Wolves 2019.