Artist Name: Marcin Janusz
Residency Dates: September – October 2025
Born: 1991
Hometown: Przeworsk, Poland
Lives & Works: Kraków, Poland
URL: marcinjanusz.com.pl | Instagram @marcinjanusz_
Gallery: LETO Gallery
Education:
2023 – PhD, Faculty of Painting, The Jan Matejko Academy of Fine Arts, PL
2018 – MA, Faculty of Painting, The Jan Matejko Academy of Fine Arts, PL
2013 – BA, Health Sciences in Medical Rescue, Jagiellonian University Medical College, PL
Bio/Statement:
Marcin Janusz tells stories rooted in environmental humanism, combining the humanities and natural sciences. In the series of paintings, he draws on both scientific research related to geology and biology, as well as ancient beliefs, fairy tales and legends – relating them to the present, examining the structure of the myth and blurring the boundaries between the rational and the intuitive. Janusz’s artworks are stories through which he highlights current social, political and ecological issues. Each work is full of symbols and metaphors, reflecting a post-humanist vision of a world in which people, made of earth, are an integral part of the natural environment. The images, which are landscapes, transcend traditional painting. He combines elements of the image with added materials such as soil, sand, sugar and resin. This makes the image a relief or diorama depicting scenes with figures representing us, humans.
Janusz’s solo exhibitions include Milky Flesh, LETO, Warsaw, PL (2024); Once Upon a Time… Life, Szara Kamienica Gallery, Kraków, PL (2024); Only Lovers Left Alive, Widna Gallery, Kraków, PL (2020); 27 Elements and Others, Shefter Gallery, Kraków, PL (2018). He has participated in group exhibitions such as Let me tell you about myself / about us, National Museum in Gdańsk, PL (2025); Nostalgia. Seekers of Fading Stars, MOCAK, Kraków, PL (2025); One Hundred Ghosts, Manggha, Kraków, PL (2025); Borderland of Worlds IV. The Empire of Chlorophyll, CEP UJ, Kraków, PL (2025); South of the Border, West of the Sun, Laze Mike Gallery, Seul, KR (2024); Arcadius. Great passions. Confrontations – Central Museum of Textile, Łódź, PL (2024); From the Ashes, Zachęta – National Gallery of Art in Warsaw, PL (2024); Cosmos, Cricoteka, Kraków, PL (2023); 13th. edition of Geppert competition, BWA Wrocław, PL (2020).
Janusz’s work has been collected by mBank Collection Warsaw, Dela.art Collection, Warsaw, and PURO Hotel Collection, Warsaw.
Support: Marcin Janusz’s residency is made possible with support from the Polish Cultural Institute New York, Adam Mickiewicz Institute, National Centre for Culture NCK, LETO Gallery, and FIERMAN Gallery.
