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Misha Waks


Misha Waks worked for 15 years as a designer in various corporations, but in 2019 he decided to focus on art, treating it as a tool for addressing socially important issues.

In his work, Waks explores topics related to ecology, women’s rights, and minority rights. He draws inspiration from current events as well as images sourced from the internet, press, and television. The artist investigates concepts such as post-nature and the Anthropocene, examining the relationships between humans, nature, and each other.

His practice spans a variety of media – from painting and sculpture to installations, performance, and video art. Waks lives and works in Warsaw, and his work is exhibited both in Poland and abroad. Over the past year, he has taken part in exhibitions such as Ban This Show at Fort Works Art in Fort Worth (USA), Waksyny at Cobalt in Warsaw, Spin Doctors at GG3 in Berlin, and The Eye Never Sleeps: Experiment in Bydgoszcz. His art has been shown alongside works by artists such as Guerrilla Girls, Nadya Tolokonnikova (Pussy Riot), and Swoon.

His manifesto can be encapsulated in the phrase: "Art is a form of activism.”


Exhibitions

2025

ART LAB - Benjamin Eck - Munich (group)

CALVED - Cnoncept 11 - Warszawa (solo)

2024

Ban this show - Fort Works Art - Forth Worth (group)
Waksyny - Cobalt - Warszawa (solo)
Spin doctors - GG3 - Berlin (group)
The eye never sleeps "Experyment" - Bydgoszcz  (group)

2023

Nobu - Warsaw (solo)
Long list - Jackson's - Painting 

2022

Wall Space Gallery - Warsaw (group) 
OSE - Warsaw (solo)
Art Info - Warsaw (group)
Art Info - Warsaw (group)

First selection - Arte Laguna -  Performance

https://artelagunaprize.com/16-edition-21-22/first-selection-21-22/

2021

Monopolis - Łódź (solo)
Gallery/Theater Studio - Warsaw (group)
Artists Colony - Gdańsk (group)
Summer Cinema - Sopot/Zakopane (cinema festival)
SAS - London (outdoor group)
Bracka - Warsaw (solo)
GG3 - Berlin (group)
GG3 - Berlin (group)

2020 

Chłodna - Warsaw (solo)


Collections

https://www.zwfound.org/

https://art.flowair.pl/

Demiurg Art


Press

FOA Volum 19

Al-Tibe9 Issue 15

https://www.altiba9.com/artist-interviews/misha-waks-painting-activism-rights

https://www.sztuka-wnetrza.pl/8253/artykul/sakebar-by-nobu-ndash-znakomite-wnetrze-oddajace-klimat-japonii

https://www.vogue.pl/a/mieszkanie-jolanty-hofman-zalozycielki-parelparel-kamienica-w-warszawskim-srodmiesciu-i-ikony-designu

https://linkleaders.prowly.com/214054-sakebar-by-nobu-kusi-klimatycznym-wnetrzem-inspirowanym-japonia-za-jego-wykonczenie-odpowiadala-firma-tetris

https://www.designalive.pl/sake-w-tokijskiej-mgle/

https://focusonbusiness.eu/pl/real-estate/t--tris-z-kolejnym-zakonczonym-projektem-sakebar-by-nobu/26332

https://www.elle.pl/decoration/artykul/sakebar-by-nobu-w-warszawie-zagladamy-do-wnetrza-inspirowanego-kultura-japonii

www.dialog-pismo.pl/przedstawienia/ostatnia-scena-jaka-zobaczysz

wallbeing.com/magazyn/rozmowy/wnetrze-pelne-opowiesci-10-pytan-do-kasi-glogowskiej-z-okazji-7-lat-wall-being

https://www.saveartspace.org/restoration

https://www.broadwayworld.com/uk-regional/article/Art-At-A-Time-Like-This-Presents-RESTORATION-NOW-OR-NEVER-20210608

https://dariaborisova.com/blog

https://gg3.eu/en/current/1-5-degrees/

https://jeannefredac.com/berlin-beuys-for-the-future-26-03-04-06-2021/

https://kmag.pl/article/jak-mezczyzni-ksztaltuja-kobiety-o-szkodliwej-tradycji-opowiada-artysta-misha-waks-1

https://www.unseensketchbooks.co.uk/2020/09/29/interview-misha-waks/

http://www.kolonia-artystow.pl/article/opa-05/878

https://artintimeslikethis.com/restoration-now-or-never



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