Wiktor Dyndo
Wiktor Dyndo (born in 1983 in Warsaw). Between 2002 and 2007, he studied at the Faculty of Painting of the Academy of Fine Arts in Warsaw. He defended his diploma under the supervision of Prof. Krzysztof Wachowiak, earning a rector's distinction.
In 2005, as part of a scholarship program, he studied at the Faculty of Painting of Helwan University in Cairo. Two years later, he received the J. Szajna Prize, the E. Tomaszewska Award, and became a finalist of the Siemens Art Prize. In 2009, he was awarded the First Prize in the "Image of Public Space" competition organized by the Zamek Cultural Center in Poznań. In 2015, he received an Honorable Mention from the Artinfo.pl Editorial Team at the 42nd Biennale of Painting "Bielska Jesień 2015." In 2018, he was awarded the Minister of Culture and National Heritage Scholarship and won the Young Lynxes Prize from Contemporary Lynx.
Selected solo exhibitions:
2024 Reality is Created by Surprises, Willa Gallery, Łódź
2022 DATA, Szydłowski Gallery, Warsaw
2022 DATA, National Gallery of Art - Zachęta, Warsaw
2021 Post-History (with Nina Haab), Szydłowski Gallery, Warsaw
2018 Internet Lies, Gallery MISR, Cairo
2018 Anxiety, Contrast Gallery, Warsaw
2016 The Truth Lies at the Bottom of the Oil Well, Manhattan Gallery, Łódź
2015 Propaganda, Unit24 Gallery, London
2013 May You Live in Interesting Times, aTAK Gallery, Warsaw
2011 And the Summer Was Beautiful That Year... September 11, 2001, Bochenska Gallery, Warsaw
2010 Breaking News, Otwarta Pracownia, Cracow
2009 Conflict Zone, Bochenska Gallery, Warsaw
2007 Domes, Khaneh Honarmardan, Tehran, Iran
Selected group exhibitions:
2024 Today is our Birthday! The 100th Anniversary of the Municipal Gallery of Art. in Łódź
2024 Hotel Warsaw Art Fair, Warsaw
2024 VBI SVNT, Szydłowski Gallery, Warsaw
2024 From a Fish-Eye Perspective, Baltic Contemporary Art Gallery, Creative Activity Center, Ustka
2023 Nothing New in the East, A.K.T;, EMMA Creative Center, Pforzheim
2023 Cairo International Art District (Third Edition), Cairo
2021 Okamgnienie, Szydłowski Gallery, Warsaw
2019 Palace of Art. Young Polish Painting, National Museum, Gdańsk
2019 Damonkratie, A.K.T & EMMA Kreativzentrum, Pforzheim
2019 44th Painting Biennale Bielska Jesień, Bielska Galeria BWA, Bielsko-Biała
2019 11603: una exposición en una maleta, IK PROJECTS, Lima, Peru
2018 Lejanias, Centre Del Carme, Valencia
2017 XY, MODEM, Debrecen
2017 XoXoXo, Salon Akademii Gallery, Warsaw
2016 The Drawers vol.2, Kasia Michalski Gallery, Warsaw
2016 Polish Contemporary Painting from The Krzysztof Musiał Collection, Centro de Arte Contemporáneo Vélez, Málaga
2014 Records of Change_2, State Art Gallery, Sopot
2013 Small is Great, Propaganda Gallery, Warsaw
2012 Why Don’t We All Love Adventures? A Tale About Janek Dziaczkowski, Ujazdowski Castle Centre for Contemporary Art, Warsaw
2012 Sick Art, Jerusalem, Warsaw
2011 Atracción de la Pintura, Madrid
2010 CRW — Contemporary Reflections on War, BKS Garage, Copenhagen
2009 Bielska Jesień 2009, Bielska BWA Gallery, Bielsko-Biała
2009 Image in Public Space, Zamek Cultural Center, Poznań
2008 Painting Attraction, Witryna, Warsaw
2008 Fish Eye 5 Biennale, BWA, Słupsk