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Grzegorz Stefanski

グシェゴシュ・ステファンスキ

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Grzegorz Stefanski (he/him) is a Polish artist born in Człówów (PL) in 1983 and based in London since 2017. After earning a master's degree in philosophy, he studied art under Mirosław Bauka at the Warsaw Academy of Fine Arts, and in 2018 received an MFA from the Slade School of Art in London.
He primarily creates multi-screen and single-screen installations and photography. His practice is strongly influenced by phenomenology and performance, and sits at the nexus of choreography, psychology and film. Revolving around physical ephemerality and the emotional power of gesture, his work focuses on the politics of Identity and embodiment. The themes he studies include power dynamics in relationships, masculinity, mental health, memory, history, and repetition.
His work has been exhibited at the Louvre Museum (2019), HKW Berlin (2019), Whitechapel Gallery, London (2018), Museum of Modern Art, Warsaw (2018), and Center for Contemporary Art at Ujazdowski Castle, Warsaw (2018). Exhibited and screened. , Zurich Manifesta 11 (2016). In 2017, he won the Ivan Juritz Prize in London and the Grand Prix at the Young Art Biennale in Poland. Winner of the Stuart Loft Foundation Award in 2020.


Grzegorz Stefański (he/him), born in 1983 in Człuchów (PL), is a Polish artist based in London since 2017. After earning his Master's degree in philosophy, he studied art under Mirosław Bałka at the Academy of Fine Arts in Warsaw and earned an MFA from The Slade School of Fine Art in London in 2018.
He works primarily with multi- and single-screen installations and photography. His practice, strongly influenced by phenomenology and performance, is located at the nexus of choreography, psychology and film. Revolving around physical ephemerality and the emotional power of gesture, his work focuses on identity and the politics of embodiment. The themes he investigates include power dynamics in relationships, masculinities, mental health, memory, history and repetition.
His works have been shown and screened at the Louvre Museum (2019), HKW Berlin (2019), Whitechapel Gallery in London (2018), Museum of Modern Art in Warsaw (2018), Ujazdowski Castle Center of Contemporary Art in Warsaw (2018) , Manifesta 11 in Zurich (2016). In 2017 he won the Ivan
Juritz Prize in London and the Grand Prix at the Biennale of Young Art in Poland. In 2020 he received the Stuart Croft Foundation Award.

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photo by Benjamin Vnuk