I’m Mikołaj Stojanowicz (b.1998), a Polish-born multidisciplinary artist based in Rotterdam. My works are profoundly shaped by growing up in Soviet-era apartment blocks. This grey, repetitive and angular environment provoked a creative practice that bridges the physical and digital world. Influenced by personal obsessions with the internet, video games, my own memories, and limitations, I use a digitized form language to express a limbo of transition and self-reflection.
My pieces explore the unconscious and aim to capture a raw equilibrium between a calculated form language and chaotic imperfection. Pixelated imagery – featuring places, people, icons, nostalgia, and the unknown – dominates my works. These evocative visuals offer a sense of familiarity, as if they are products of collective memory.
Through my art, I strive to create relationships between the online and offline, the digital and non-digital, the material and immaterial. In doing so, I reflect on personal and social identity in an age of increasing digitalization. My works also explore the tension between physical and mental space, aiming to tap into latent memories and dormant thoughts. With my works, I encourage viewers to engage with their own unconscious and reflect on contemporary identity in the 21st century.
Stojanowicz / Freelance Practice Natuurhistorisch Museum Rotterdam / Nestbouwer 2024 – The Dungeon (solo exhibition) – De Nijverheid, Utrecht — Upcoming 06/01 – 29/01 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, Motel Mozaique, Gemeente Rotterdam, Natuurhistorisch Museum Rotterdam. Master Institute of Visual Cultures / Master Fine Arts Willem de Kooning Academie / BA Illustration Stephan Bontje / Artist Apprentice Robert Rost / Artist Apprentice Grafisch Lyceum Rotterdam / MediavormgevingWork
AUGUST 2017 – PRESENT, ROTTERDAM
FEBRUARY 2023 – PRESENT, ROTTERDAMExhibitions
2023 – IMPAKT Festival – Stadsklooster, Utrecht — Upcoming 01/11 – 05/11
2023 – De Nestbouwers – Natuurhistorisch Museum, Rotterdam — Ongoing 08/07 – 26/11
2023 – Graduation Show – Willem de Kooning Academy, Rotterdam
2023 – IN PROGRESS; IN SITU – Baanhof, Rotterdam
2023 – Gouwe Kinderen – Galerie Nieuw Charlois, Rotterdam
2023 – Re-build – De Hillevliet, Rotterdam
2023 – MOMO Festival – Arminius church, Rotterdam
2023 – (Im)material Ruins – Het Nieuwe Instituut, Rotterdam
2022 – Crisiskunst 010 – Galerie Niffo, Rotterdam
2022 – Radio Ruins – Time is The New Space / Operator Radio, Rotterdam
2022 – Unfolding Spaces – Westwerk Gallery / Fluctoplasma Festival, 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 – Cultuurwerkplaats Tarwewijk, Rotterdam
2018 – Permanent collection. Delftse Poort, RotterdamResidencies
OCTOBER 2021, VENICE
JULY 2021, ROTTERDAMAwards
NOVEMBER 2019, UTRECHTSelected clients
Education
SEP 2023 – PRESENT, ‘S HERTOGENBOSCH
SEP 2019 – JUL 2023, ROTTERDAM
FEBRUARY 2022 – JUNE 2022, ROTTERDAM
AUGUST 2018 – JULY 2019, ROTTERDAM
SEP 2016 – JUL 2019, ROTTERDAM