Rafał Górczyński (1980).
He works the fields of sculpture, art installation, video art and space design.
He is the curator of many exhibitions and also design exhibition and scenography.
Exhibitions
2020
- Safety Site, 2020 OCT-LOFT 公共艺术展——余物新秩序Trash New Order, Shenzhen Fringe Art Centre China
- Shifts, Centre of Polish Sculpture, Orońsko, Poland
2019
- Distortion, Dialogues of Sculpture, Museum in Srem, Srem, Poland
2018
- Silent - game from nature, ICHOT, Poznan, Poland
2017
- Shortcuts, Hongkong Musse Gallery
- Synthesis of art 2017, Museum of Art w Chmielnickim, Ukraina
- 4.Internationaler Leeraner Salon, Leeraner Salon in Ratskeller, Leer, Germany
- Praktiker, Gallery, Uap, Poznan, Poland
- Pity of fear, Ośrodek Działalności Artystycznej, Piotrków Trybunalski, Poland
2016
- Space Identity (Moonlight), Tabakfabrik in Vierraden, Vierraden, Germany
- Illogical Game, UP Project Space , Berlin, Germany
- Blue Notes, Cave a Bananes, Paris, France
- Error II, Synthesis of art, Gallery BWA, Bydgoszcz, Poland
- Illogical games, preMeditations - Secret manings, Gallery Mison 44, Basel, Switzerland
- Error, Hidden dimension, Ośrodek Działań Artystycznych, Piotrkow Trybunalski, Poland
2015
- Error, Gallery AT, Poznan, Poland
- Blue Notes, COPYRIGHTprojektraum, Berlin, Germany
- The shapes of space, Faculty of Physics UAM, Poznań
- Ikebana, COPYRIGHTprojektraum, (with Katarzyna Gorczynska), Berlin, Germany
- Waterfalls, Lecture Center University of Technology, Poznan, Poland
- No title, Large Armory / ASP Gdansk, Gdansk, Poland
2014
- Dream, King Mongkut's University of Technology North Bangkok, Tajland
- No title, Synteza Sztuk, Dom Kultury Polskiej w Wilnie, Wilno, Litva
- Lethality, Gossip, Gallery TRAFO, Szczecin, Poland
- No title, Synthesis of art, Gallery BWA, Bydgoszcz, Poland
2013
- Sleep-unrelenting attempt to revival, Tabakfabrik in Vierraden, Vierraden, Germany
- Lethality, COUSES AND EFFECTS AT Gallery 1982-2012, Gallery Arsenal, Poznan, Poland
- The first award in the competition "Window on the Lodz", installation concept, Lodz, Poland
2012
- No title, Gallery outdoor work, (with Krzysztof Balcerowiak), Lewin Klodzki, Poland
- Waterfalls, Gallery Art Station Fundation, Poznan, Poland
- No title, Tabakfabrik in Vierraden, Vierraden, Germany
- Dream, Gallery U Juzuitów, Poznan, Poland
- Tanato, Gallery AT, Poznan, Poland
- preMedytation/Symulation2, Gallery New Space, Ludz, Poznan
2011
- preMedytation/Symulation, Center of Polish Sculpture, Oronsko, Poland
- Memory, Museum of History, Katowice, Poland
- No title, Gallery Post-Office, Poznan, Poland
- Third edition collections of art Gallery UAM, Poznan, Poland
2010
- Libra, Gallery U Jezuitow ,,Sculptura Liberalis", Poznan, Poland
- VII Feria de Arte Contempomnea de Monzon, Arteria Mozon, Espania
- Sleep-unrelenting attempt to revival, Gallery Agora, Wroclaw, Poland
- No title, Gallery dental center Image and form, Poznan, Poland
- Gesture, Gallery Bielska BWA, Bielsko-Biala, Poland
- Cyclic Form, Gallery Bunkier Strzegomski Survival, Wroclaw, Poland
- Attitudes ,Gallery Profili, Poznan, Poland
- The foatprint of being, Gallery Past-office Poznan, Poland
- Fair-Play, Public space, Poznan, Poland
- Coexistence, preMedytation, Museum of textiles, Lodz, Poland
2008
- Thinking about Heaven, Ostrale’08, Dresden, Germany
2007
- Duel, Academy of Fine Arts Gallery, (with Slawomir Brzoska), Poznan, Poland
- 13, Gallery Narod Sobie, Poznan, Poland
- Differences, Gallery old Monastery, Szamotuly, Poland
- Prpvincial, Gallery Old Mill, Slupca, Poland
2006
- Short circuit ,Gallery Artel'er, Poznan Poland
- Four Corners, Center of Contempolary Art Inner Spaces, Poznan, Poland
- 001..5., Castel Museum of Gorka, Szamotuly, Poland
2005
- Exhabition of works Marii Dokowicz, Old Slaughterhouse, Poznan, Poland
- Maybe architecture, Castel of Culture, Poznan, Poland
- Room_28, Academy of Fine Arts Gallery, Poznan, Poland
- Territory, Academy of Fine Arts Gallery, Poznan, Poland
- Drawing exhabition, Gallery U Jezuitow , Poznan, Poland
2004
- Drawing exhabition, Castel Museum of Gorka, Szamotuly, Poland
2003
- Perception of space, Ballroom Hotel Bazar, (with Pawel Grobelny), Poznan, Poland
dr Rafał Górczyński, Prof. UAP, was born in 1980. From 2000 to 2005, he studied at the Academy of Fine Arts in Poznań, where he obtained his diploma in two fields: Interior Design and Sculpture. During this time, he also began working as a laboratory assistant at the Sculpture Department of his alma mater. In 2004, he participated in a scholarship program at the Hochschule in Hanover. In 2019, he obtained his habilitation degree and was appointed as a professor at UAP. He currently works at the IV Sculpture and Spatial Activities Studio and teaches a course related to exhibitions in different spatial contexts at two faculties.
In 2007, he took over the management of the Rotunda gallery at the Academy of Fine Arts in Poznań, where he served as a curator for several dozen exhibitions until 2016. In the same year, he was awarded the honorary badge "Meritorious for Polish Culture" by the Minister of Culture and National Heritage.
Over the span of seventeen years, he has been awarded the Rector's Award several times for his organizational activities and contribution to the functioning of the university. Since 2019, he has been a member of the Scientific Council of the Sculpture Department. He serves as the Rector's Plenipotentiary in important institutions both nationally and internationally, including ICHOT in Poznań, the National Museum in Poznań, and collaborations with galleries in Berlin within the Kolonie Wedding framework. He has been frequently invited as a member of competition juries in renowned state cultural institutions, acting as a referee judge.
Since completing his studies, Rafał Górczyński has curated dozens of exhibitions and created numerous works in the field of artistic installations and objects, exhibited in solo and group exhibitions in Poland and abroad. Additionally, he develops exhibitions in museums, galleries, and universities, combining his experiences in artistic installations and design. He continues to refine his managerial skills through collaborative exhibition projects.
He is a curator and animator of many artistic initiatives and collaborates with national museums and other cultural organizations. In terms of teaching, he has conducted artistic workshops in China, Germany, Poland, and Romania.
He is a member of the Wielka19 Association, which supports artists through residency programs in Poznań, particularly from Ukraine and Belarus in recent years. For the past three years, he has been volunteering with the Women's Time Foundation, actively supporting artistic initiatives against violence against women and discrimination.