Mikolaj Polinski

Born 1977 in Poznań (Poland). Between 1996 and 2001 he studied at the Academy of Fine Arts in Poznan, where in 2001 he was awarded diploma cum laude in painting and drawing.

In 2001-2002 he studied at Universität der Künste in Berlin. Since 2002 teacher at the Academy of Fine Arts in Poznań. He lives and works in Konstantynowo and Poznań (Poland). Since 2003 he has organized exhibitions at “Gallery Naprzeciw” Academy of Fine Arts in Poznań. Since 2006 with Diana Fiedler he has been running ”Aneks Gallery” project at the ”Arsenal” in Poznań.

Individual exhibitions:

1999 INTROITUS, Auditorium of Academy of Fine Arts, Poznań.

2000 EXPERIMENTS, Auditorium of Academy of Fine Arts, Poznań.

2001 POLYPHONIC ORDER, diploma exhibition (Arsenał Municipal Gallery (, Poznań).

2002 DEEP RED CROSS, DEEP BLACK CROSS, Akumulatory 2 Gallery (exhibition held at Inner-Spaces Gallery), Poznań, and Melanchthon Str. 13, Berlin, (PL, D).

2002 FUGUE, Melanchthon Str. 13, Berlin, (D).

2003 THE MECHANIC OF HEAVEN, Muzalewska Gallery, Poznań, (PL).

2004 UTOPIA PAVILION, Konstantynowo near Poznań, (PL).

2005 UTOPIA PAVILION, Konstantynowo near Poznań, (PL).

2006 SIX DAYS IN PARADISE, Aneks Gallery (Arsenał Municipal Gallery), Poznań, (PL).

2006 JOURNEY TO THE PARADISE, Raum45 Gallery, Schwäbisch Hall, (D).

2006 COUNTERPOINT, Oko Ucho Gallery, Poznań, (PL).

2006 ONE DAY IN PARADISE, Zenshi Gallery, Tokyo, (JP).

2006 BLACK LIGHTING, Privat space, Grottgera Street 15. Poznań, (PL).

Chosen group exhibitions:

2003 READING SPACE, Plastyfikatory Gallery, Luboń, (PL).

2003 ODER||ODRA Vierraden, Szczecin, Berlin, (PL, D).

2003 PRECEDENS V Art Festival In Radom (PL).

2003 BIELSKA JESIEN Painting Biennale, Bielsko Biala (PL).

2003 PARALLEL JOURNEYS, Naprzeciw Gallery, Poznań. Joint project with Jarosław Szelest, (PL).

2004 ROZBIEG Galery R Poznań, (PL).

2004 EURO ART. Festival in Świnoujście, (PL).

2004 FIVE PAINTERS FROM POZNAN Jerusalem Artists House, (Israel).

2004 CURRENT EXHIBITION, Daiwa Radiator Factory Viewing Room, Hiroshima, (JP).

2006 CURRENT EXHIBITION, Daiwa Radiator Factory Viewing Room, Hiroshima, (JP).

2006 PARALLEL JOURNEYS, Restitution Project, Berlin. Joint project with Jarosław Szelest, (D).

2006 FROM ON KAWARA TO RYAN GANDER, Daiwa Radiator Factory Viewing Room, Hiroshima, (JP)

2007 PORTRAIT SESSION, Hiroshima City Museum of Contemporary Art, (JP).

Chosen scholarships and awards:

1998 Tadeusz Kulisiewicz Prize in Warsaw (PL).

1999 Scholarship of Rector of Academy of Fine Arts in Poznan (PL).

2001 Prize - Scholarship of City Poznan (PL).

2001 / 2002 DAAD Scholarship in Berlin (D).

2005 Prize of Rector of Academy of Fine Arts in Poznan (PL).

2006 DAAD Scholarship in Berlin (D).



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