Michał Misiak

Born in 1973, in Tarnów. He studied at the Faculty of Painting of the Academy of Fine Arts in Krakow. In 1999, he obtained his diploma with distinction in the painting studio of prof. Stanisław Rodziński with a graphic annex in the woodcut studio of prof. Zbigniew Lutomski. Currently, he runs the Studio of Spatial Activities and Color Structures at the Faculty of Interior Design of the Academy of Fine Arts in Krakow. He works in the field of painting, drawing and digital animation. Scholarship holder of the Ministry of Culture and National Heritage of the Republic of Poland and winner of several awards and distinctions. He is the author of 27 individual exhibitions and a participant of over 130 collective exhibitions in Poland and abroad. In the years 2004 - 2018, he participated in open-air workshops of artists using the language of geometry by Dr. Bożena Kowalska. His works are in the collections of the Kulturhistorisches Museum Gorlitz (Germany), Museum Jerke in Recklinghausen (Germany), the Center of Polish Sculpture in Orońsko, the Masovian Center for Contemporary Art Elektrownia in Radom, the Museum of Jacek Malczewski in Radom, the International Print Triennial in Krakow, the Borderland Museum in Lubaczów, and in private collections in Poland, Germany, Spain, the Netherlands, France, Switzerland, Ukraine and the USA. Currently, he is the Head of the Department of Fine Arts.

Prizes and awards:
2012 - 24th Festival of Polish Contemporary Painting, Szczecin (Format Quarterly Award)
2008 - 6th Triennial of Polish Contemporary Drawing, Lubaczów (distinction)
2005 - 1st Artefakt Painting Biennial, Łódź (1st prize)
2005 - 5th Triennial of Polish Contemporary Drawing, Lubaczów (Grand Prix)
2004 - 20th Festival of Polish Contemporary Painting Configuracja, Szczecin (distinction)
2004 - Music in painting, Obok Gallery, Tychy (2nd prize)
2003 - Creative Scholarship of the Minister of Culture and National Heritage of the Republic of Poland
2002 - Music in painting, Obok Gallery, Tychy (1st prize)
2001 - Creative Scholarship of the City of Krakow
2000 - 10th National Art Salon Egeria - Ostrów Wielkopolski (distinction)
1999 - Landscape in contemporary painting, Pryzmat Gallery, Kraków (3rd prize)
1998 - Landscape in contemporary painting, Pryzmat Gallery, Kraków (distinction)