Sobre el Artista

Marcin Owczarek was born in 1985 in Wroclaw. At the age of twenty, he began studying photography at The Collegeof Photography in Wroclaw, graduating with an honorable mention for his cycle Brave New World, which presented an idiosyncraticversion of a future world. Owczarek is fascinated with the influence of new technologies over human life, particulary within urban space. Focusing on the issues of mechanization and standardization, he tackles them in an antiutopian style, depicting the totalcapture of the spirit by the machine world. Owczarek is interested in shamanism, gnosticism, alchemy.His art has also been influenced by the content of the Tibetan Book of the Dead, as well as his studies in cultural anthropology. Official website: http://marcinowczarek.wix.com/photography His works are available in ART14 Gallery in Brugge, Belgium. (http://www.art-14.com) Exhibitions: 2014: 'Human Rights - Memento' Exhibition, Trento, Italy 2013: 'Illusion', Solo Exhibition , ART 14 Gallery, Belgium 'Art Nocturne Knocke', Knokke-Heist, Belgium 'Ritual' Festival, Wroclaw, Poland 'Going Back to The Roots', BWA Gallery,Poland The Ninth Circle of Obsession', Tartu Art House, Estonia 2012: Fotofever Brussels, Solo Exhibition, Brussels, Belgium 'Dystopia', Golden Brain Gallery, Paris, France 'Game Over!', NovaBelgica Art Gallery, Belgium 'Salon Arcano', Buenos Aires, Argentina 2011: 'Artief ', Art Fair, Diest, Belgium Biennale du Lyon, with Golden Brain Gallery, France Chic Art Fair, with Golden Brain, Paris , France Heavy Metal Show', NovaBelgica Art Gallery, Belgium ARTWORKS IN PRIVATE COLLECTIONS: Belgium, Canada, France, Germany, Netherlands, Poland, United Kingdom, USA