Michał Majchrowicz
Michał Majchrowicz, son of Ryszard. Born on Friday, April 13th, 1984, in Gdynia. From the beginning of the 90s, he grew up surrounded by clay due to his father's work at Artur Włodarczyk's Ceramic Workshop in Rumia. After graduating from the Gdynia high school of fine arts, under the guidance of the brilliant teacher Irena Zabrocka, he was admitted to the Academy of Fine Arts in Gdańsk, where in 2010 he graduated from the Faculty of Sculpture in the studio of Professor Stanisław Radwański, specializing in artistic ceramics under the supervision of Professor Teresa Klaman. Four years after completing his studies, he acquired his first ceramic kiln and began practicing the production of functional ceramics in the form of tableware.
Through a series of various commissions, he collaborated with local ceramic manufacturers, such as Grzegorz Rogiński's Art Workshop in Gniew, and Eugene Trowski's Genius Ceramika workshop in Chmielno (the hub of Kashubian functional ceramics). In 2014, he conducted tile-making workshops during Gdynia Design Days together with Dorota Wnuczyńska from the Mozaiqua studio (currently Yarn Bowl).
In 2016, he established a collaboration with the now-defunct Gdańsk fine dining restaurant Metamorfoza, alongside Matylda Grzelak and Adrian Klonowski. Experiments with the form and presentation of dishes resulting from this collaboration became a gateway to his activity in the gastronomy sector. Since June 2018, he has been running his own business, focused mainly on the handmade production of ceramic tableware for restaurants and interior ceramic projects.
His clients include fine dining restaurants, bistros, cocktail bars, sushi restaurants, and matcha bars in the Tri-City, Poznań, Warsaw, and Kraków. He collaborates with Tri-City design studios of Sylwia Kowalczyk, Helena Pachut, and Maciej Ryniewicz .
In addition to his ceramic practice, he occasionally conducts workshops in pottery, Japanese methods of repairing tableware, and artistic activities with partners such as: Borderland Foundation from Sejny, CSW Łaźnia in Gdańsk, Gdańsk City Gallery, Anna Dymna's "Mimo Wszystko" Foundation, CUMY, Emigration Museum in Gdynia, Bytów Cultural Center.
Exhibitions and projects:
2010 Youth Spring - group exhibition at Refektarz Gallery in Kartuzy ;
2014 Imago Mundi Collection, Benetton Polish edition ;
2015 Co-realization with Dorota Wnuczyńska of the monument/fountain at Regina Osowicka Square in Wejherowo;
2020 Gallery 84b (now defunct) 100cznia Gdańsk, solo exhibition;
2021 Vzory Studio Poznań, solo exhibition;
2021 Realization of "Otoczaki" ceramic reliefs for the developer Invest Komfort, Gdynia Orłowo;
2021 Go Out to Art, group exhibition at WL 4 Mleczny Piotr Gdańsk;
2022 Challahs, creation of stoneware challahs for Anna Królikiewicz for her installation Table I, exhibited at the Polin Museum during the exhibition "What's Cooking? Jewish culinary culture", Warsaw;
2023 Realization of ceramic reliefs at the Gwiazda Morza hotel Władysławowo;
2023 ART AFTER PSYCHO-SOCIOLOGY
ROLE CONTROL VERSUS ROLE ICS (Institute of Social Cybernetics) Gdańsk Osowa, group exhibition;
2025 Fading, group exhibition of the Lekkość Foundation at the Kashubian Ethnographic Park Museum in Wdzydze;
2025 Relax. Off the air. Group exhibition at the Inside/Seaside festival Gdańsk;
2025 Dinner is served. Group exhibition at the Istota gallery in Gdynia.
The artists' works presented during the Dreams of Gdynia festival are available for purchase.
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