EXHIBITION: WLODZIMIERZ MACIEJCZYK | SOFT TISSUE EXAMINATION PROTOCOL
OPENING: 28/08/2026, 19:00
Language: opening in Polish; PJM (Polish Sign Language) interpretation: Marta Stępniak; Ukrainian translation: Volodymyr Dyshlevuk.
Flesh is a substance that evokes deeply conflicting feelings in us: from primal appetite to instinctive revulsion and fear. Through this exhibition, Włodzimierz Maciejczyk invites us to confront this reaction.
The title of the exhibition, Soft Tissue Examination Protocol, sounds like a dry medical report. Yet, beneath this deliberate, almost forensic detachment lies the artist’s pulsating, painful empathy for all living beings, for degraded nature, and for its fate in the contemporary world. The motif of flesh forms the central axis of Maciejczyk’s current research and creative inquiries at the Doctoral School of Humanities and the Arts (SDNHiS). Here, it emerges not merely as a visual element, but as a universal language for discussing our own fragility and the hidden cruelty of the world we inhabit.
Włodzimierz Maciejczyk (b. 2001) is a versatile intermedial artist, painter, sculptor, and performance artist. He is a graduate of the Faculty of Arts at the Institute of Fine Arts of Maria Curie-Skłodowska University (UMCS), where he is currently pursuing doctoral studies at the Doctoral School of Humanities and Arts. He completed his master’s degree with honors, defending his thesis under the supervision of Dr. Anna Barańska, while his supplementary diploma project—realized in the Department of Intermedia under the guidance of Prof. Jan Gryka—also earned distinction. In his artistic practice, Maciejczyk fluidly blurs the boundaries between disciplines, combining painting and sculpture into interdisciplinary installations. His art is deeply socially engaged; he addresses key contemporary issues such as the commercialization of art, ecological crises, the tragic consequences of war, the plight of animals, and discrimination.
The artist has received over a dozen national and international awards and distinctions, including the First Prize at the 2nd VIA CARPATIA Art Biennale (2023) and the “Żurawie – Lublin Cultural Distinction” Award (2024). His artistic work has frequently been supported by prestigious scholarships, such as the Minister of Science Scholarship (2024), the Marshal of the Lublin Voivodeship Scholarship (2023), and the Rector’s Scholarship for top students (2021–2024). He has exhibited his work in dozens of group exhibitions in Poland and abroad, including in Italy, the United Kingdom, and Slovakia.
The exhibition open until: 20 September 2026 (Tue–Sun, 12:00 – 19:00).
Free admission.