Misha Waks
For 15 years he worked for various corporations as a designer. In 2019, he started creating art that allows him to draw attention to things really important. Misha Waks refers to themes related to ecology, women's rights and minorities. He is inspired by current events, news, images from the internet, press and television. He explores topics related to the concepts of post-nature and the anthropocene. He is interested in human and his relationship with nature and other people. He use various means of expression among the most important are painting, sculpture, installations, performance and video. He lives and works in Warsaw.
His manifesto can be encapsulated in the phrase "Art is a form of activism."
Exhibitions
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 (longlist of just 452 artworks from 11,225 entries)
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
Demiurg Art
Press
FOA Volum 19
Al-Tibe9 Issue 15
https://www.altiba9.com/artist-interviews/misha-waks-painting-activism-rights
https://www.designalive.pl/sake-w-tokijskiej-mgle/
www.dialog-pismo.pl/przedstawienia/ostatnia-scena-jaka-zobaczysz
https://www.saveartspace.org/restoration
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://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