Illumination, 2020

Marcin Biesek  

Artist Statement:

(b. 1982 Czarna Woda, Poland),lived in Kingston upon Hull(UK), lives and work in Singapore.
I completed MFA with distinction at the Academy of Fine Arts in Gdansk, Poland in 2007. I create artworks predominantly in the medium of painting and sculpting.

I am interested in creating artworks about life and everything that surrounds us with its pathos. Recently I investigate contemporary problems like Refugee, fatherhood and motherhood, obesity, riots, conflicts, politics, environmental and social issues(identity, racism)

In 2018 I started work on series of artworks (painting/sculptures) called Bystanders, where I am revolving around the questions of crisis, struggles of everyday alienation and how we stand as a bystander, watch and read about adversities that take place in various spaces. (Bystanders at Changi Beach '2018)

Where art meets nature, and nature meets technology and politics, this is where I appear. In my work, I take up issues related to politics and show how it affects our society and our lives. I create artworks in which I show the impact of technology and human activity on the natural environment as well as contemporary problems and politics. I like difficult topics and I am not afraid of creating artworks with deep political or social content. I believe that through art I have a real influence on society and social life: urban and rural spaces, large human communities and small local communities. I show a new type of man who lives in a technologized society.

Education:

M.F.A. Master's in Fine Arts in Fine Arts / Fine Art Education
Academy of Fine Arts in Gdansk
October 2005 to July 2007

B.A. Bachelor's in FineArts / Fine Art Education
Academy of Fine Arts in Gdansk
October 2002 to June 2005

Awards & Distinctions:

Publications

Tristesse engraved-issue five, Marcin Biesek “Humber" Page 80-96

Lumen, The Saint Joseph Institution Magazine -issue 18, Page 6-7,
SJI granite crest by artist Marcin Biesek
 

Exhibitions:

2018 - Affordable Art Fair, "The Obese Thinker and collection of marble sculpture", Singapore

2018 - Ferens Art Gallery, “The Obese Thinker", Hull, United Kingdom

2017 - Ferens Art Gallery, “The Boy Who Loves Music" Hull, United Kingdom

2016 - Raleigh-Hull Sister Cities, “Kalina and Olga" exhibition, Raleigh, US

2016 - Princes Queue, "Kalina", Hull, United Kingdom

2015 - Victoria Cross Trust Museum, Ashworth Barracks, "The Flanders Field", Doncaster, United Kingdom
2013 - Kingston Art Group Gallery, "Sacred Forms", Hull, United Kingdom

2011 - Ferens Art Gallery, budding art and design students from across the region have created exciting new work from their research into the collections at Hull and East Riding Museum, and the 20th-century portraits at the Ferens Art Gallery. From fashion to games design,Hull, United Kingdom 2011 - Ferens Art Gallery, Connect-Create, CSI (Culture Scene Investigation) and ID (Identification) "Head of life", Hull, United Kingdom
2011 - Middleton Hall, University of Hull. “Interactive Faces", Hull, United Kingdom

2010 - Reveal Open Studios East Riding, Kingston Art Group Studios, “ String Attached", Hull, United Kingdom
2010 - Studio Eleven, “Adam & Eve", Hull, United Kingdom

2010 - Hull School of Art and Design Gallery, Ceramic exhibition, Hull, United Kingdom

2009 - St. Charles Borromeo Catholic Church, “Passion", Hull, United Kingdom

2007 - Academy of Fine Arts in Gdansk, Underground Spaces, “Mapping the City", Sculptural Shadow Installation coordinated by prof. W?adys?aw Radwa?ski, Gdansk, Poland
2001 - Gallery A Starogard Cultural Center, “First Sin", Starogard Gdanski, Poland

2001 - 8th International Fair of Amber, Jewellery and Watches, “Angels and Devils, Birds and Musicians or Small
Sculptural Forms in Folk Art" Gdynia, Poland

Public collection:

2015 - Victoria Cross Trust Museum“The Flanders Field",, Ashworth Barracks, Doncaster, United Kingdom
 

Professional/Teaching Experience:

Coordinated a stone-carving workshop at NIE National Institute of Education in Singapore.

I was teaching students basic art stone-carving techniques. From basic 2D sketch to 3D sculpture. Developed lesson plan. (2018)

Created granite crest for SJI St. Joseph Institution Singapore heritage gallery.

Worked with the team. Engaged school and institutions with the art project. Solved logistics problems, bought materials for the project, ordered tools from suppliers. Looked for equipment to finalise the project . (2019)

Painted decorative ornament on the St Nicholas Primary/Secondary School Wall.
Making a stencil of the ornament. Working with the schedule. Solving technical problems. Working with the Project Manager.

Research of the Fairfield Methodist Primary School history for heritage gallery wall.
Researching, writing and collecting information about the school's history. Contacting institutions and archives.
Working with the project deadlines.

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Artistic Influences:

Barbara Hepworth, Auguste Rodin, Henry Moore, Michelangelo, Edgar Degas, Egon Shiele, Henri Gaudier-Brzeska.

Tags:

Sculpture, stone, marble, limestone, bystanders, figure.