BIO
Michał Slezkin (born 1960) Studied at the Academy of Fine Arts in Warsaw. He received a diploma in graphic design and poster design (1989) from Maciej Urbaniec’s studio. He studied in the painting studio of Professor Teresa Pągowska. He creates oil paintings on canvas, large-scale works on paper, and drawings in the form of journals. He creates installations, sculptures, and multidimensional objects in synthetic resins. He also works on conceptual projects, employing new techniques. He creates conceptual projects. Installations utilizing real and unreal reality, analog and online games.
Selected shows
2012 “The State. “Game from the archive” Working on memory. BLA Pictogram. Warsaw.
2014, “State – Kriegsspiel”, solo show. BWA Gallery Zielona Góra.
2015, “The State, Le Bord des Mondes.” Group exhibition. Palais de Tokyo, Paris. 2018, “I dreamed nothing.” Solo painting exhibition. Visiting Gallery Warsaw.
2018, “Common Area, Own Area”, Munsterhof, with the participation of Paweł Althamer and Roman Stańczak. Zurich Switzerland.
2019, “First world problems, life before death” Group exhibition. Stefan Gierowski Foundation. Warsaw.
2019, “Borderline”, Main Exhibition of the Drawing Triennial, MWW Wrocław.
2021, Slezkin / De Smet. “Life begins at fifty and ends at forty” BWA City Gallery Bydgoszcz. Poland.
2021, “Hybrids from the lives of individuals / Lele Art Space. Solo show + invited guests. Warsaw.
2022, “Les Fleur du mal. The moment that passed” Bimer House. Warsaw.
2022, Season in Hell. 11th Bielsko Autumn Curatorial Exhibition. Galeria Bielska BWA, Bielsko Biała.
2023, ‘Strange Garden’ Inne Towarzystwo / Fringe Warszawa.
2023, Final exhibition of “Bielska Jesień.Galeria Bielska BWA, Bielsko Biała.
2024 “Peace”, Michał Slezkin Jacek Świdziński. Galeria Bielska BWA, Bielsko Biała.
2024, &ECHO, group exhibition. Ewa Opałka Gallery/Pomoja Fundacion. Warsaw.
2025, “Lilja,” Marszałkowska 18 Gallery, Warsaw, Poland.
2025, “Promised Land,” Group exhibition, as part of Fringe 2025, Warsaw, Poland.
2026, “Map of Emotions,” Villa Room, Puławska 41, Warsaw.
As part of the KPO Ministerial Scholarship for Culture.
2026. “Pencil Case,” Lotna Gallery, Marszałkowska 45/49, Warsaw, Poland.