Piotr
Michnikowski

Piotr Michnikowski
Artist-sculptor, born in Warsaw in 1960.
He graduated from the Warsaw Academy of Fine Arts in Warsaw (diploma in 1985 at the sculpture department in the studio of prof. Jerzy Jarnuszkiewicz).

The main directions of creative work: Intimate bronze sculpture, ceramics - ceramic sculpture in the RAKU technique, glazed paintings/ceramic reliefs based on own recipes and glazing techniques, and interactive mobile installations on the border of sculpture and music - instruments and playing mechanisms.

He deals with the creation of sculptures and structures, including the construction of unusual musical instruments, as well as a small form in bronze, ceramics, steel and wood, experiments with sounds and music, introducing them as an element of spatial works. Characteristic is the use of ceramic glazes of his own authorship, which he treats as a painting matter for polychrome sculptures and reliefs.

The subject matter of the works is seemingly very diverse, ranging from figurative, animalistic, through abstraction, moving mechanical objects and instruments. However, reflection on existence and asking questions about the essence of human inner life is always dominant.



Selected galleries in which the artist had individual and collective exhibitions: Haus am See, Hannover(1992); BRAMA gallery(1995,1996,2000), Warsaw; DCPK Praga-Południe gallery, Warsaw(1996); Zapiecek Gallery, Warsaw(2001,2005); CRP Oronsko gallery(1994); DAP gallery, Warsaw(2005); Imaginarium gallery, Łódź(2019); Za Regalami gallery, (2017); Wrocław (2020); Toscana gallery, Warsaw (2021); "Pieces of Color", PROM gallery Warsaw (2023)