Wojciech Ireneusz Sobczyk

Studied graphic art at the Academy of Fine Arts in Krakow, where he received his doctorate under the mentorship of Professor Dariusz Vasiny. He holds an adjunct position at the Pedagogical University in Krakow. In his artworks, he creates sculptures, installation, animation, music and graphic illustration. Wojciech Ireneusz Sobczyk is an artist who's decidedly un-contemporary. His interests are focused on a broadly understood concept of humanism, while his artistic practice draws from traditional, oftentimes even archaic, techniques, topics and iconographies. Sobczyk reaches back to the fundamental questions on the nature of Mankind, the existence of Good and Evil, the essence of Beauty and Art. His isn't, however, a strictly elementary return to the ideas and craft of a Renaissance artist. Sobczyk's affinities amid the values of the humanities take on a characteristically material dimension. Through an obsessive manual dexterity and a passion for uncanny details, he builds his own moral corpus. Sobczyk's fetish with regard to ideas and matter come together in an immutable and sophisticated tangle, which translates into a nostalgic search for one's own spiritual formula.

Lives and works in Krakow (PL). 

Exhibitions

2023
– Refugees Welcome, Museum of Modern Art in Warsaw, PL
– La Mansarde d'Emilie, LETO, Warszawa , PL
– Danse Macabre, Galeria Miejska we Wrocławiu, PL (solo)
– Return to Ceramics, MOCAK Museum of Contemporary Art, Kraków, PL
– Warsaw Spring, LETO, Warszawa, PL (solo)

2022
– Atlas of Weeds III, LETO, Warsawa, PL (solo)
– Atlas of Weeds II, BWA Galeria Sztuki w Olsztynie, PL (solo)
– Plavalaguna, LETO, Warsaw, PL

2021
– How to Be Together, 4th ArtEncounters Biennial, The French Institute, Timișoara, RU
– Sztuka karmi sztukę, MOCAK Museum of Contemporary Art, Kraków, PL

2020
– On the Emptiness of Fame and the Fleeting Taste of Wild Strawberries, LETO, Warsaw, PL (solo)
– AIR 2019, Krinzinger Projekte, Vienna, AT

2019
– Weed Atlas, Galeria Labirynt, Lublin, PL (solo)
– Pod soczystym zielonym mchem, ktoś schował białe kości, Baltic Gallery of Contemporary Art, Słupsk, PL
– Nature in Art, MOCAK Museum of Contemporary Art, Kraków, PL

2018
– Wielcy Sarmaci Tego Kraju / Wielkie Sarmatki Tego Kraju, Biuro Wystaw Artystycznych, Tarnów, PL
– Affinities II, Henryk Gallery, Kraków, PL (solo)
– Affinities I, LETO, Warsaw, PL (solo)

2017
– Jarden Brun, Willa Kadenówka, Rabka Zdrój, PL

2016
– Trial, MOCAK Museum of Contemporary Art, Kraków, PL

2015
– Eight Fairy Tales, Krużganki oo. Dominikanów, Kraków, PL (solo)

2012
– Theater of Memory, Galeria Szara Kamienica, Kraków, PL (solo)
– I Biennale Saint Vincent European Art SVEART, Valle d'Aosta, IT

2011
– III International Biennial of Graphic Art, Shenzhen, CN 
– Raw Meat, FASS Art Gallery, Istanbul, TR

Collections

– MOCAK Museum of Contemporary Art in Kraków
– Bunkier Sztuki, Kraków
– PURO Hotels Collection, Kraków

Prizes and awards

2019
– nomination Prix Bob Calle du livre d'artiste

2012
– 3rd Prize at I Biennale Saint Vincent European Art SVEART, Valle D'Aosta, IT 
– Creative Stipend from the City of Krakow, PL