Michał Gdak (1980) – architect and sculptor. He studied architecture at TU Delft (Netherlands), Vitus Bering University College (Denmark), and Wroclaw University of Science and Technology (Poland), and sculpture at the Eugeniusz Geppert Academy of Art and Design in Wroclaw...
Read MoreMichał Gdak (1980)
– architect and sculptor. He studied architecture at TU Delft (Netherlands),
Vitus Bering University College (Denmark), and Wroclaw University of Science
and Technology (Poland), and sculpture at the Eugeniusz Geppert Academy of Art
and Design in Wroclaw and in Valencia (Spain). He worked at the renowned
architectural office OMA in Rotterdam. He has participated in numerous
plein-air symposia, exhibitions, and workshops, and has led student design
workshops and academic courses. He co-coordinated the Italian Design School at
the Institute of Design in Kielce and co-created the Public Space Studio there
(2013–2020). Member of the curatorial team representing Poland at the 16th
Architecture Biennale in Venice. Winner of multiple awards in art and
architecture, including the Good Design (Dobry Wzór) prize from the
Institute of Industrial Design in Warsaw for the Urban Lounge project.
In his work, he explores the intersection between
design, art, and architecture. For him, design is a tool for improving quality
of life and shaping cultural taste, while art is a field for raising important
aesthetic questions. The context of place is essential to his practice – he
seeks out its hidden layers and reinterprets them in his artistic projects.
