Bogusław Bachorczyk (b. 1969)
Painter, sculptor, draftsman, multimedia artist, and exhibition curator. Doctor of Fine Arts, professor at the Academy of Fine Arts (ASP) in Kraków, where he runs the 3rd Interdisciplinary Studio at the Faculty of Painting. He graduated from the sculpture class at the Kenar High School of Fine Arts in Zakopane and from the Faculty of Painting at the Academy of Fine Arts in Kraków, completing his diploma in the studio of Professor Włodzimierz Kunz (1998). He defended his doctoral dissertation, The Game for Awe, in 2011, and received his habilitation with the project Czysta 17 in 2013.
He was awarded a scholarship by the City of Nuremberg and received the Józef Czapski Scholarship. In 2012, he was granted the Rector’s Third Degree Award for achievements in artistic and educational work, and in 2017, the Rector’s Second Degree Award. In 2019, he received the Creative Grant of the City of Kraków for the project Our Little Garden and was awarded the Bronze Medal for Merit to Culture – Gloria Artis.
His works have been presented in over 50 solo and group exhibitions, including at the Bunkier Sztuki, the National Museum in Kraków, the Museum of Photography in Kraków, Zderzak Gallery in Kraków, Atak Gallery in Warsaw, ABC Gallery in Poznań, ASP Gallery in Gdańsk, Labirynt Gallery in Lublin, the Baltic Gallery of Contemporary Art in Słupsk, the Tatra Museum in Zakopane, and the Centre of Polish Sculpture in Orońsko.
He is the creator and executor of long-term artistic projects such as a visual diary-sketchbook (since 1986), Czysta 17 Studio (since 2003), and the outdoor gallery Our Little Garden (since 2018). His work, often presented in the form of installations with performative elements, combines various media. He collaborates with artists from other fields, such as actors, dancers, and poets. He is also an illustrator and author of artist books.
Bachorczyk explores the legacy of great creators (e.g., Jarosław Iwaszkiewicz, W.G. Sebald, Wojciech Has, Alexander Rodchenko, Vaslav Nijinsky, Władysław Hasior, Zuzanna Ginczanka). His work addresses themes of history and time, identity, and the personal discovery of private histories. He is interested in the mechanisms and nature of memory, contemporary definitions of masculinity, and post-battle narratives. His practice lies at the intersection of painting, sculpture, and photography, employing bricolage and combining traditional craft techniques with modern media.
