Krzysztof Balcerowiak
An artist, graphic designer and lecturer at the Faculty of Graphic Arts at the Magdalena Abakanowicz University of the Arts Poznań. He studied at the Academy of Fine Arts in Poznań between 1996 and 2001. Since 2022, he has served as Head of Studio. From 2009 to 2019, he worked as an assistant professor at the Faculty of Graphic Techniques and Visual Communication in the Lithography and Offset Studio. Between 2013 and 2016, he was an assistant in the Woodcut Studio within the full-time programme. From 2005 to 2012, he taught in the evening Graphic Techniques programme of the Lithography Studio at the Department of Painting. Between 2004 and 2009, he worked in the Offset Studio, and from 2002 to 2004, he was a laboratory technician in the Serigraphy Studio.
He actively participates in artistic life, and his work has been presented in numerous exhibitions in Poland and abroad. Since completing his doctoral research, his artistic practice has focused on the concept of the ‘object in graphics’.
Postcard from the Province (2025)
Technique: object
Year: 2025
Venue: BWA Gallery in Zielona Góra
The installation presents six tall boots surrounding a wooden figurine of a monkey. The work was inspired by reflections on colonialism, historical memory, trauma, and identity. The heavy, military boots reveal a tension between past and present – a materialization of memory that burdens both the individual and the space. An important element of the exhibition was its curatorial display concept, which involved presenting the works in specially designed white display structures whose form referenced the architecture of the panopticon. This solution emphasized both the autonomy of individual works and their shared participation in the curatorial narrative, creating a coherent interpretative field. Contrary to stereotypes, the province is not depicted here as a space of stagnation or isolation, but rather as a site of creative reinterpretation of global processes and a laboratory of social transformation.
Waste (2025)
Technique: object
Dimensions: 21x20x2 cm
Year: 2025
Exhibited at: Group 404 collective exhibition – When the Senses Become Theorists. Hommage à Bunt
Curator: Lidia Głuchowska
Venue: Alma Mater Gallery, Bulgaria
A slab of dried printing ink, resulting from neglect, serves as a literal reflection of the work’s title. It draws attention to the issue of waste—of materials and artistic tools—and, metaphorically, to the passage of time, aging, and loss.
Domini Canes (2019)
Technique: mixed media
Year: 2019
The work is thematically connected to the Latin name of the Dominican Order, meaning “Dogs of the Lord.” It constitutes an attempt at a critical reflection on excess and opulence within the Catholic Church.
The project relates to the 100th anniversary of the expressionist art group Bunt; the exhibition took place as part of the centenary celebrations of the University of the Arts Poznań.
