Mikołaj Stojanowicz (b. 1998) is a Polish multidisciplinary artist based in Rotterdam. Born into the colourless landscape of Soviet apartment flats and raised by the Internet and video games, Miko’s work portrays the world of dreams and liminality. With a focus on fleeting attention spans, he designs his work to immediately capture the viewer’s gaze, using minimal visual data. His pieces feature high contrast and a lack of smoothness or shade, with stories told through paintings, murals, and computer graphics.
In his practice, Miko explores the unconscious through a lens of digitalism. His works reflect a mental limbo, a place of transition and self-reflection in which physical and mental space are both liminal. Our limited memory stores everything in low resolution, which is reflected in his pixelated paintings and drawings. He works with computer programs as well as classic artist materials, using acrylic paint, rollers, and brushes to better understand the digitality of our age. His works are connected by a balance between a calculated form language and the chaos of imperfection, making them detached from a specific time. Through this post-digital way of working, Miko creates relationships between online and offline, digital and non-digital, and material and immaterial. Anyone who has grown up in our digital culture will immediately recognize the pixelated abstracted imagery of his figures.
Stojanowicz / Freelance Practice Stephan Bontje / Artist Apprentice Robert Rost / Artist Apprentice Upcoming exhibitions Ongoing exhibitions Past exhibitions Work in collections European Cultural Academy / ‘Water Everywhere’ Field Lab Rotterdam Arts and Sciences Lab (RASL) / Summer Studio Zomerondernemer / Best Corporate Movie 2019 Winsor & Newton, Liquitex, The Fine Art Collective, Heart Work Heroes, Pubblik & Vos, City Dressing Rotterdam. Willem de Kooning Academie / BA Illustration Grafisch Lyceum Rotterdam / MediavormgevenWork
AUGUST 2017 – PRESENT, ROTTERDAM
FEBRUARY 2022 – JUNE 2022, ROTTERDAM
AUGUST 2018 – JULY 2019, ROTTERDAMExhibitions
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01.2022 – (Im)material Ruins – Het Nieuwe Instituut, Rotterdam
2022 – Crisiskunst 010 – Galerie Niffo, Rotterdam
2022 – Radio Ruins – Time is The New Space, Rotterdam
2022 – Unfolding Spaces – Westwerk Gallery, Hamburg
2022 – Trash in The Yard – Arboretum Trompenburg, Rotterdam
2022 – Kunstprijs Charlois – Karel de Stouteplein, Rotterdam
2022 – Heart Work Heroes – Schouwburgplein, Rotterdam
2022 – Eigen Domein – LOU Oudenoord, Utrecht
2022 – Place to Be – Galerie Pouloeuff, Naarden
2021 – House Peace – Hotel Mokum, Amsterdam
2021 – Dit is Culture – Red Floor Gallery, Rotterdam
2021 – Nextile – Ijzerblok, Rotterdam
2021 – Filling The Void – Wibar, Leiden
2019 – Hectobar 3.0 – Neck of the Woods, Rotterdam
2019 – 50 Ways – Red Floor Gallery, Rotterdam
2018 – Kunstprijs Charlois – Cultuurcentrum Tarwewijk, Rotterdam
2018 – Permanent collection. Delftse Poort, RotterdamResidencies
OCTOBER 2021, VENICE
JULY 2021, ROTTERDAMAwards
NOVEMBER 2019, UTRECHTSelected clients
Education
SEP 2019 – JUL 2023, ROTTERDAM
SEP 2016 – JUL 2019, ROTTERDAM