Mikołaj Sobczak
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Biography
Born 1989 in Poznań, Poland
Lives and works in Düsseldorf, Germany
Sobczak studied at the Academy of Fine Arts in Warsaw in Miroslaw Balka's Studio for Spatial Activities, was a scholarship holder at the Berlin University of the Arts, and graduated as a Masters student in 2019 at the Kunstakademie Münster.Recent exhibitions include Salzburger Kunstverein (2025), Kunstmuseum Moritzburg, Halle (2025); Jester - Flanders Arts Institute, Genk, Belgium (2024); Ludwig Forum, Aachen (2023); Kunsthalle Münster (2022-2023); Haus der Kulturen der Welt, Berlin (2021); MUDAM, Luxembourg (2021) and Museum of Modern Art, Warsaw (2020). Works by Sobczak and Nicholas Grafia were purchased by the Stiftung Junge Kunst of the Friends of the Kunstsammlung Nordrhein-Westfalen as part of the 2019 graduate exhibition of the Kunstakademie Düsseldorf.
Sobczak's works are held in the collections of Los Angeles County Museum of Art (LACMA); Moderna Museet, Stockholm; Kunstsammlung Nordrhein-Westfalen, Düsseldorf; Ludwig Forum, Aachen; The Perimeter, London; Museum of Modern Art, Warsaw and The National Museum, Gdańsk, among others.
In 2021, Sobczak was awarded Poland's most prestigious art prize, the Paszport Polityk. He was an artist-in-residence at the Rijksakadmie van beeldende kunsten in Amsterdam (2021-2023) and from September 2023 until February 2024 Sobczak was participating in the biannual residency program with Art Explora - Cité internationale des arts in Paris. As one of four selected artists, he was recently awarded the prestigious Villa Romana Prize for the year 2026.
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In times of political radicalization, Sobczak's art invites us to engage with the construction of history.
– Merle Radtke, Kunsthalle Münster
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Works
Mikołaj Sobczak
Mars Kissing Mercury, 2022Watercolor, ecoline and collage on paperSigned, dated and titled versoPaper dimensions:
40 x 30 cm / 15.7 x 11.8 inches
Framed dimensions:
46.8 x 36.6 cm / 18.4 x 14.4 inchesB-MSOBCZAK-.23-0021Collaged from the artist’s sketches and notes for various poems, 'Mars Kissing Mercury' is essentially an intimate portrait of a couple. Visible is the inscription: 'Imperialism', the birth of which...Collaged from the artist’s sketches and notes for various poems, 'Mars Kissing Mercury' is essentially an intimate portrait of a couple. Visible is the inscription: 'Imperialism', the birth of which is symbolically illustrated by the kissing men: the God of War — Mars and the God of Entrepreneurs — Mercury.ExhibitionsExternal ExhibitionsPressVideoRequest more information