Stach Szumski (PL)
Stach Szumski – born in 1992 in Gdansk Multidisciplinary artist.
Works in painting, creates installations, sculptures, prints, drawings and interventions in public space. He graduated from the Faculty of Media Art at the Academy of Fine Arts in Warsaw, but owes his creative education primarily to grassroots practices related to the exploration of Lower Silesian vacant buildings where he has created numerous interventions over the years. His visual identity and direction of exploration were influenced by his love of geology and the history of human cultural evolution. From 2013-2016 he co-founded Warsaw’s V9 gallery. From 2015-2020, together with Karolina Mełnicka, he led the Nomadic State project – an art collective and fictional nomadic micro-state. In his works he quotes and deconstructs iconographic motifs used in human communication from its origins: from prehistoric wall paintings, Neolithic petroglyphs or medieval symbols to contemporary graffiti and deconstructed logos, in his work he blurs the boundaries between the very contemporary and the archaic.
Works in painting, creates installations, sculptures, prints, drawings and interventions in public space. He graduated from the Faculty of Media Art at the Academy of Fine Arts in Warsaw, but owes his creative education primarily to grassroots practices related to the exploration of Lower Silesian vacant buildings where he has created numerous interventions over the years. His visual identity and direction of exploration were influenced by his love of geology and the history of human cultural evolution. From 2013-2016 he co-founded Warsaw’s V9 gallery. From 2015-2020, together with Karolina Mełnicka, he led the Nomadic State project – an art collective and fictional nomadic micro-state. In his works he quotes and deconstructs iconographic motifs used in human communication from its origins: from prehistoric wall paintings, Neolithic petroglyphs or medieval symbols to contemporary graffiti and deconstructed logos, in his work he blurs the boundaries between the very contemporary and the archaic.
His works have been presented in numerous galleries in Poland and abroad, including Zachęta Gallery, CCA – Ujazdowski Castle, MSN in Warsaw, National Museum in Wroclaw, Kyoto Art Center (as part of the Polish-Japanese project Celebration), during the 34th Graphics Biennale in Ljubljana and at the Foksal Gallery. Both his large-format wall paintings and interdisciplinary projects, which are often based on historical research, are realized during numerous trips around the world. He lives and works in Michalowice (Karkonosze).
He has received scholarships from the Mayor of the City of Warsaw, the Ministry of Culture and National Heritage and the Goethe Institute.
He took part in artistic residencies, among others at Meet Factory in Czech Prague or Sesama in Yogakarta, Indonesia.
His works are in numerous collections, among others in Szczecin Zachęta Gallery – ING Foundation – Bielska Gallery – BWA – Bwa Gallery in Zielona Gora – Takahashi Rutaro Collection.
He has received scholarships from the Mayor of the City of Warsaw, the Ministry of Culture and National Heritage and the Goethe Institute.
He took part in artistic residencies, among others at Meet Factory in Czech Prague or Sesama in Yogakarta, Indonesia.
His works are in numerous collections, among others in Szczecin Zachęta Gallery – ING Foundation – Bielska Gallery – BWA – Bwa Gallery in Zielona Gora – Takahashi Rutaro Collection.