I’m Mikołaj Stojanowicz (b.1998), a Polish-born multidisciplinary artist based in Rotterdam. Growing up in the Soviet apartment blocks, I was heavily influenced by the internet and video games. This has had a big impact on my work, which is focused on exploring the unconscious through a lens of digitalism, with stories told through paintings, murals, and computer graphics. My 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. I strive to create a balance between a calculated form language and the chaos of imperfection, making my works detached from a specific time. Through my way of working, I aim to create relationships between online and offline, digital and non-digital, and material and immaterial. Anyone who has grown up in the digital culture can recognise the pixelated abstracted imagery of my figures.

mikolaj@stojanowicz.com

Curriculum Vitae

Work

Stojanowicz / Freelance Practice
AUGUST 2017 – PRESENT, ROTTERDAM

Stephan Bontje / Artist Apprentice
FEBRUARY 2022 – JUNE 2022, ROTTERDAM

Robert Rost / Artist Apprentice
AUGUST 2018 – JULY 2019,  ROTTERDAM

Exhibitions

Upcoming exhibitions
04/2023 – MOMO Festival – Arminius church, Rotterdam

Ongoing exhibitions
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Past exhibitions
2023 – (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

Work in collections
2018 – Permanent collection. Delftse Poort, Rotterdam

Residencies

European Cultural Academy / ‘Water Everywhere’ Field Lab
OCTOBER 2021, VENICE

Rotterdam Arts and Sciences Lab (RASL) / Summer Studio
JULY 2021, ROTTERDAM

Awards

Zomerondernemer / Best Corporate Movie 2019
NOVEMBER 2019, UTRECHT

Selected clients

Winsor & Newton, Liquitex, The Fine Art Collective, Heart Work Heroes, Pubblik & Vos, Motel Mozaique, Gemeente Rotterdam.

Education

Willem de Kooning Academie / BA Illustration
SEP 2019 – JUL 2023, ROTTERDAM

Grafisch Lyceum Rotterdam / Mediavormgeving
SEP 2016 – JUL 2019, ROTTERDAM