Michał Bałdyga
Artist's galleryBorn 24th of April 1980 in Warsaw. His experience taken on art education faculty - graphic on Silesian Univeristy in Katowice Cieszyn branch. Finished Art Education faculty (2006) and Graphic Design of Fine Art Academy in Poznań in 2010. He is concerned on sculpture, performance, painting, graphic design. In his works differences between symbolic act and real danger are blurred. First stage of his creativeness was lustfulness and her asymmetry. Was concerned on asymmetry seeking her in his life, past and present. He was forming his own self defence fight, fight with prosaic barriers, which life stand against man. Ritual fight and victory shows capability of buliding own self-esteem by creating ritual of life. Origin and inspiration is his life. He read relation to him, events arounf him, to physical, psychical and mental barriers problems of life. Working with his past, with circumstance memory, creates therapeutic area of his progress. Memory is in his works not only inspiration, but first of all material, significant content. Memory isn't static, but is treated as part of creation process. Looks for answers about relation between past and future. He use memories of specyfic experience giving testimony individual manifesting on this world. He creates kind of self-portrait of memory. He's dealing with Culture and Civilization problems. He's interests concentrate on SECRUM and PROFANUM. He looking for border between them. Focus on symbols and influence and meaning of colors and shapes and contemplation of phenomenon let him to find, recognize and create new ritual of life. Ritaul, not connected with any religion, ritual in pure form, which let to contemplate Act of Creation and rythm of own existence. This focus brought him to the Icon.
Most important exhibitions
- 2010 - Individual exhibition ”AT CONTACT” ODA Gallery - Piotrków Trybunalski
- 2009 - Performance action under ”PERFORMANCE PLATFORM”, Lublin
- 2009 - Performance action under ”BETWEEN REALITY AND UNREALITY” Łódź
- 2008 - Individual exhibition ”Between” "Naród Sobie" Gallery - Poznań
- 2007 - Individual exhibition „MEMORY AS PROCESS OF CREATION”, Cracow
- 2005 - Exhibition under „ART PICNIC”, Stronghold Modlin
- 2005 - Group exhibition ”WATER, BEGINING AND THE END”, Poznań