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Form I <\/strong>
229 \u00d7<\/mark> 152 cm (90 \u00d7<\/mark> 60 in), mixed media on paper, 2025<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Biography<\/strong>:<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Mateusz Be\u017anic (b. 1975, Poland) is a visual artist living and working in Manchester, UK, since 2016. He studied Fine Art at the University of the Arts London and the University of Salford. Previously, he studied Media and Visual Arts at the University of Radom in Poland. His work has been shown in institutions and galleries across the UK and internationally.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Artist Statement<\/strong>:<\/p>\n\n\n\n

My work grows from form, colour and contrast. I consider abstraction and semi-abstraction a higher language of art. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

I enjoy working at a large scale; the size of the work creates a new relationship between the image and the viewer. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

My education connects the academic tradition of Central Europe with the philosophy of Western art. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

I work on canvas, paper and other surfaces. I am interested in presence, its weight, and its ambiguity.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Education:<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Fine Art \u2013 2024-25 – University of Arts London, UK
Fine Art \u2013 2020-24 \u2013 University of Salford, UK
Media and Visual Arts \u2013 1995-98, University of Radom, Poland

Exhibitions:<\/strong>
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2025 \u2013 MA Interim Show, Central Saint Martins, London, UK
2024 – Unfolded, Salford University, UK (solo)
2022 \u2013 Rogue Winter Fayre, Manchester, UK
2022 \u2013 The Open [3] exhibition at Salford Museum & Art Gallery, Salford, UK
2022 \u2013 \u201cIn manchester\u201d, Cotton on Manchester, UK
2022 \u2013 The Queen\u2019s Platinum Jubilee Celebrations, Inch Arts, Altrincham Cheshire, UK
2022 \u2013 Rogue Open Studios, Manchester, UK
2022 \u2013 Haworth Life Drawing Series 2021 \u2013 Council Chamber, Old Fire Station, University of Salford, UK
2020 \u2013 \u201chi! i\u2019m beznitz. Selected works 2017 \u2013 2020\u201d, The Exhibit, New Zealand (solo)
2020 \u2013 \u201chi! i\u2019m beznitz. Selected works 2017 \u2013 2020\u201d, Rogue Artists\u2019 Studios, Manchester, UK (solo)
2020 \u2013 Greater Manchester Covid Commissions, Manchester, UK
2020 \u2013 AIRO \u2013 Eastern 2020 for Solidarity \u2013 Cold Bench, Italy
2020 \u2013 Open Exhibition, HOME Manchester, UK
2020 \u2013 First Birthday, Europia Art Collective, Manchester, UK
2019 \u2013 Manifesto Art Festival at Rogue \u2013 Manchester, UK
2019 \u2013 Launch Exhibition of EARTS \u2013 Old Bank Residency \u2013 Manchester, UK
2018 \u2013 The Our Contemporary Totem Project, Manchester, UK
2018 \u2013 \u201cPortraits\u201d Nexus Art Cafe \u2013 Manchester, UK (solo)
2018 \u2013 \u201cManifesto\u201d Rogue Artist\u2019s Studio \u2013 Manchester, UK
2017 \u2013 \u201cCouchette coach\u201d Sklad Doczepiony, Galeria Xanadu Warsaw, Poland
2017 \u2013 \u201c30 Portraits\u201d Open Culture Project, Manchester, UK (solo)
2016 \u2013 Galeria \u0141a\u017ania, Sk\u0142ad Doczepiony \u2013 Radom, Poland
2015 \u2013 Noc Muze\u00f3w, Wydzia\u0142 Sztuki UTH \u2013 Radom, Poland
2015 \u2013 Sk\u0142ad Doczepiony, Galeria \u0141a\u017ania, Radom, Poland
2015 \u2013 Homo Quadratus, Teatr Muzyczny Capitol \u2013 Wroclaw, Poland
2015 \u2013 Stacja Rynek G\u0142owny, Galeria BWA, Sanok Poland
2014 \u2013 Sk\u0142ad Doczepiony, Resursa \u2013 Radom, Poland
2014 \u2013 Iluminacje III \u2013 Starachowice, Poland
2014 \u2013 Sklad Doczepiony, Wernisa\u017c Jednego Dnia, Galeria \u201cDE\u201d \u2013 Sanok Poland
2014 \u2013 INDUSTRIAL! Artfest, Starachowice, Poland
2013 \u2013 Sk\u0142ad Doczepiony, Galeria \u0141a\u017ania \u2013 Radom, Poland
2013 \u2013 SOFFA ART II \u2013 Starachowice, Poland
2013 \u2013 Sk\u0142ad Doczepiony \u2013 W\u0142asne miejsce \u2013 Sanok, Poland
2012 \u2013 SOFFA ART I \u2013 Starachowice, Poland
2012 \u2013 Wystawa Jednego Dnia, Galeria \u0141a\u017ania \u2013 Radom, Poland
2012 \u2013 Oczekiwanie \u2013 Stacja G\u0142\u00f3wna \u2013 Sanok, Poland
2011 \u2013 Wernisa\u017c Jednego Dnia \u2013 Stacja G\u0142\u00f3wna \u2013 Sanok, Poland
2011 \u2013 Audi Vide Sile \u2013 Starachowice, Poland<\/p>\n\n\n\n


Residency:<\/strong>
2020 \u2013 AIRO \u2013 Eastern 2020 for Solidarity (online) \u2013 Cold Bench, Italy
2020 \u2013 Greater Manchester Covid Commissions, Manchester, UK<\/p>\n\n\n\n


Prizes and Awards:<\/strong>
2022 \u2013 Haworth Charitable Trust Life Drawing \u2013 Award 2022

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