Maciej Rauch
Currently lives and works art in Warsaw (Poland). He creates in the style of magical realism and surrealism, painter, graphic artist, creator of installations, video clips and experimental music. A graduate of the Academy of Fine Arts in Gdańsk. He obtained his diploma in 2012. He represented the Academy of Fine Arts in Gdańsk at the Marmara University Faculty of Fine Arts, in Istanbul, Turkey, (5th International Student Triennial, 2010). Scholarship holder of the Marshal of the Pomeranian Voivodeship for the Creator of Culture (2017). Finalist of Hestia's Artistic Journey (2011), Finalist of the 2nd Pomeranian Art Triennial in the Painting category at the State Art Gallery in Sopot (2016). Included in the national ranking of the best Polish contemporary artists Kompas Young Art in 2022 and 2023. His last one is bigger premiere exhibition, "Inne Dni/The Other Days", could be seen at the Center for Contemporary Art at the Ujazdowski Castle in Warsaw. He was the winner of the audience award for the most interesting exhibition in the "Project Room 2021/2022" competition, organized by CSW Zamek Ujazdowski in Warsaw. His selected paintings could be seen from November 17, 2023 to February 25, 2024 at the Zachęta National Art Gallery in Warsaw.
In parallel, he creates two series of oil paintings: "On the other side" and "Alien Boys" He took part in numerous exhibitions in Poland and abroad. He has received many awards and distinctions.
Selected Solo Exhibition:
2011 - Exhibition "The Joy of Non-Existence" at the Pionova Gallery in Danzig
2011 - Exhibition "Runo/undergrowth" at the Pionova Gallery in Danzig
2012 - Exhibition ''Between the Worlds'' Gdansk City Gallery
2013 - Exhibition "Between the Worlds part III", ZPAP Gallery in Danzig
2014 - ''Lunar Circus'' exhibition, Pionova Gallery in Danzig
2015 - Exhibition ''Adventures on the moon'' club gallery Dwie Zmiany, Sopot
2016 - Exhibition "Alien Boy", club gallery Dwie Zmiany, Sopot
2017 - Exhibition "Alien boy show", Żak Gallery, Danzig Zaspa
2017 - Premiere of "Lunar Circus" playing cards & opening of paintings, KlatkaB, Danzig
2019 - Exhibition "The future is now!", club gallery Dwie Zmiany, Sopot
2020 - Exhibition "The future is now!" , Gallery Nizio/WuWu, Warsaw
2021 - Exhibition, "Inne Dni/The Others Days" CSW, Ujazdowski Castle, Warsaw
2022 - Exhibition, "Stigmata" , Municipal Gallery of Contemporary Art, Place Art 44, Świnoujście
2024 - Exhibition, „Magical mystery”, WorldartB Gallery/Apteka Sztuki, Warsaw (Poland)
Selected Group Exhibition:
2011 - exhibition "Wonderland?/Wunderland?" at Galerie Flut in Bremen
2012 - Exhibition "Under the cover of art" Gallery Pionova, Danzig
2014 - 'Young Talented' exhibition, ZPAP Gallery in Tarnów,
2014 - Exhibition ''It's not my story'', Danzig City Gallery
2016 - Gunter Grass Collection Plus exhibition, Gdańsk City Gallery
2016 - Exhibition "Hard Rock vs Romantic Boys", Galeria very White, Warsaw
2016 - Exhibition "I believe in...", Gallery Very White, Warsaw
2016 - "Animal" exhibition, Gallery Very White, Warsaw
2017 - Exhibition "Evolution" Dagma Art, Katowice
2021 - ShakeART! Exhibition Gdańsk Shakespeare Theater, 2021, Danzig
2022 - "I, Cat" exhibition, Manggha Museum, Kraków
2022 - "ShakeArt" exhibition, Polish Theater A. Szyfman in Warsaw
2023 - Landscape of Polish Painting, National Gallery of Art, Zachęta
Selected Awards and achievements:
2011 - 3rd Prize in the "WNETRZE" painting competition addressed to graduates and students of art universities in Poland
2011 - Finalist of the Hestia Artistic Journey competition, State Art Gallery, Sopot
2016 - Pomeranian Art Triennial, Finalist in the painting category, State Gallery of Art, Sopot
2017 - Scholarship of the Marshal of the Pomeranian Voivodeship for a cultural creator in 2017
2021 - Individual Exhibition, "Inne Dni/The Others Days" CSW, Ujazdowski Castle, Warsaw
2022 - Winner of the audience award for the most interesting exhibition in the Project Room 2021/2022 competition, CSW Ujazdowski Castle in Warsaw
2022 - Finalist of the 5th National Painting Competition. Leona Wyczółkowski, Bydgoszcz
