Bartosz Sikorski
born 1974 in Bytom, Poland
lives and works in Vienna, Austria
Visual artist working with painting, object, moving image, sound and installation. He is also a double bassist with the Vienna Philharmonic.
Education and background
2006–2012
Academy of Fine Arts Vienna
Painting / Abstract Painting, class of Erwin Bohatsch
1996–2002
Universität der Künste Berlin
music studies
2012
Founder of Atelier Suterena, Vienna
Member of Künstlerhaus Wien
Selected solo exhibitions / project presentations
2020–2021
Reboot Cyfrozaura / The Reboot of the Digisaur
Galeria Poziom 4, Szczecin Philharmonic and TRAFO Center for Contemporary Art, Szczecin, Poland
Curator: Stanisław Ruksza
2017
Mute Family
Atelier Suterena, Vienna, Austria
2015
A chłopaki podpierają ściany / And Dudes Are Wallflowers
CSW Kronika, Bytom, Poland
Curator: Stanisław Ruksza
2015
Spatial Scores
temporary installation presentation, Festival de Mai
Galerie Lange + Pult, Auvernier / Neuchâtel, Switzerland
2015
Zwölftonreihe für Lutosławski
Hipp-Halle, Gmunden, Austria
2015
Dominante
Sofitel Vienna Stephansdom, Vienna, Austria
2014
Recursions
mo.ë, Vienna, Austria
Curated by Christian Bazant-Hegemark
2014
Weiss auf Schwarz
Eyes On – Monat der Fotografie Wien
Atelier Suterena, Vienna, Austria
2013
Control Flight
white8 Gallery, Vienna, Austria
2008
LED Painting / Lichtbilder
Galerie Raum mit Licht, Vienna, Austria
Selected group exhibitions / projects
2019
Not all who wander are lost. Paths into China
Jigongshan International Art Museum, Henan, China
Curated by Alexandra Grimmer
2019
Sikorski / Szafran w dialogu
Krakowskie Spotkania Artystyczne
International Centre of Graphic Arts, Kraków, Poland
2015–2016
minifesta
Atelierhaus Salzamt, Linz, Austria / Atelier Suterena, Vienna, Austria
2015
Spazio Libero
M8 Treviso, Treviso, Italy
Presented by Alexandra Grimmer
2014
Kunst–Therapie
Sigmund Freud Museum, Vienna, Austria
2013
die weisse ab-haus-verkaufs-kunstschau
das weisse haus, Vienna, Austria
2013
do you believe in beginning?
LINIERT modestudio, Vienna, Austria
2011
Before the movies, paintings were like the movies
mo.ë, Vienna, Austria
2009
S13-Radierungen
RLB-Atelier Lienz, Austria
Selected screenings / performances
2021
Golden Sunsolo Planet
Best Collage, REAKTOR International Film Festival, Vienna, Austria
2015
Short films by Bartosz Sikorski with Quatuor Szymanowski
Festival de Mai
Haute École de Musique de Genève, site de Neuchâtel, Switzerland
2015 / 2019
Bassboxtring
collaborative Klang / performance project
presented at Hipp-Halle, Gmunden, Austria, and Boxclub Basel, Switzerland
2014
Sound for animations by Barnabas Huber
mumok cinema, mumok, Vienna, Austria
2011–2012
82gcy — a musical Skype chat
performance project with Katharina Ernst
Academy of Fine Arts Vienna / Klangmanifeste Wien / PANik 4, Vienna
2011
jazz armatki
nomination, 20 MIN/MAX Short Film Festival, Ingolstadt, Germany
Awards
2021
Best Collage, REAKTOR International Film Festival
for Golden Sunsolo Planet
2012
Pfann-Ohmann Preis
for Kreuz und Quer durch das Square