Ziemowit Fincek “UTOPIACIDE”

The title of the exhibition may seem ambiguous, incomprehensible, and even somewhat mysterious.
What or who is the “Utopiacide”? An amateur futurologist, a utopia, a drowned man, an alcoholic, a naive optimist, a suicide, or maybe something/someone completely different?

If you gazed at your own life from a distance through a telescope, would the view be satisfying? Or is there a piece missing from the puzzle titled “Me”?

Does man still have time and willingness to ask himself who he really is?

Is the next bus stop called humanity more like a land of happiness without disease, poverty, ugly vegetables, imperfect bodies, and unfavorable BMI?
Or will it be a cabinet of distorting mirrors in an amusement park, located in a labyrinth with no entrance or exit, and the show has no beginning or end?

The subject matter of some of the works is a kind of abstract form of a visual diary, the remaining works still remain open questions, but within them you can find observations on topics such as: human nature, spirituality, technological development, the negative impact of human activity on the natural environment, power and other topics surrounding us every day from all sides.

ZIEMOWIT FINCEK
Education
2015 – 2nd degree studies at the Eugeniusz Geppert Academy of Art and Design in Wroclaw at the Faculty of Glass. Prof. Małgorzata Dajewska, prof. Beata Mak-Sobota
2014 – Master’s degree at Eugeniusz Geppert Academy of Art and Design in Wroclaw, Faculty of Painting. prof. Piotr Błażejewski, prof. Przemysław Pintal, assist. prof. Anna Kołodziejczyk
2011-2012 – Scholarship at the Accademia di Belle Arti di Venezia, Italy, at the Faculty of Painting.
2009 – High School of Fine Arts in Kalisz, specializing in Renovation of Architectural Elements
Exhibitions
2022 – “NEO RAUCH FOUNDATION – SommerAtelier,” art residency, Aschersleben, Germany
2022 – “Sharing future,” art residency – solo exhibition, Ruse, Bulgaria
2022 – “Cozy Concrete Cable Store,” group exhibition, Pilotenkueche, Leipzig, Germany
2022 – “Warm White Cow.” group exhibition, Alte Handelsschule, Leipzig, Germany
2022 – “Pilotenkueche,” artist residency, Leipzig, Germany
2021 – “COMMUNITAS III,” collective exhibition, Kunsthaus Steffisburg, Switzerland
2021 – “Diaries,” collective exhibition, Studio 7, Kalisz, Poland
2021 – ”Szczepionka Sztuki,” individual exhibition, CKiS, Kalisz, Poland
2020 – Group exhibition, Sonia Monti Gallery, Paris, France
2020 – “Gaude Mater,” solo exhibition, Next Gallery, Bydgoszcz, Poland
2019 – D’Arts et de rêves, artist residency, Sutton, Quebec, Canada
2019 – Multi Art Festival, Kalisz, Poland
2019 – “A-CUMULATIONS 2019,” Kalisz Biennale of Art, Jan Tarasin Art Gallery, Kalisz, Poland
2016 – “Holy Remembrance in Space,” individual exhibition, Mia Art Gallery, Wrocław, Poland2016 – “Corpse,” solo exhibition, BWA Sandomierz, Poland
2016 – “Krew-Werk,” group exhibition, Foksal Foundation Gallery, Warsaw, Poland|
2016 – “Veto,” solo exhibition, Centralne Oko Gallery, Poznań, Poland
2015 – “Unknown Worlds,” solo exhibition, Pragaleria, Warsaw, Poland
2015 – “Botanica,” solo exhibition, L’Entrepot Gallery, Monaco
2015 – “Polonia,” solo exhibition, Mia Art Gallery, Wrocław, Poland
2015 – “Between the occiput and the eye sockets,” individual exhibition, CKiS, Kalisz, Poland
2014 – “Best Polish Diplomas of the Academy of Fine Arts,” The Great Armory, Gdańsk, Poland
2013 – “5,” collective exhibition, Mia Art Gallery, Wrocław, Poland
2012 – “Atomic Shelter,” collective exhibition, Bezdomna Gallery, Kalisz, Poland
2012 – “Young Art Minds,” group exhibition, Art Hotel, Wrocław, Poland
2011 – “New,” group exhibition, Camden Art Gallery, London, England
2011 – “The House of Change,” collective exhibition, European Cultural Congress, Wrocław, Poland

Exhibition duration: Mar 2, – Apr 8, 2023

Exhibition opening: Thursday, Mar 2, 2023, at 7 pm

Organizer:
The Jan Tarasin Art. Gallery in Kalisz, Culture Institution of Kalisz

Gallery Partners:
Ergo Hestia, Polifarb Kalisz S.A., M&P Alkohole i wina świata

Media Patronage:
Magazyn SZUM,  NN6T, Radio POZNAŃ, Ziemia Kaliska, Calisia.pl, radio Centrum