Przemek Branas

(born 1987) — performer, author of videos and installations. He graduated from the Intermedia Department of the Academy of Fine Arts in Kraków and is currently a PhD student of Interdisciplinary Doctoral Studies at the Poznań University of Arts. In his works he links biographical threads with symbols. He is interested in crossing the barriers determined by the body, culture and mechanisms of social functioning. He took part in the Embodied Action Festival in Hong Kong (2016) GUYU ACTION Performance Art Festival in Xi’an (China, 2016), Polish Performance Night, Le Lieu Gallery in Quebec (2014). He is the laureate of the second award in Views 2017. In 2013, he received the scholarship of the Ministry of Culture and National Heritage, and in 2015 he was awarded the Grey House Foundation Award. He was a resident of Meet Factory in Prague (2016), Sesama in Jakarta (2017) and Terra Foundation for American Art in Giverny (2017). He lives and works in Jarosław.

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Artist's works in the Zachęta collection

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Exhibitions
  • Grafika do wystawy VIEWS 2017 – Deutsche Bank Award
    09.09 – 12.11.2017
    VIEWS 2017 – Deutsche Bank Award

    Views 2017 is the eighth edition of the competition for young artists, organised by Deutsche Bank Polska S.A. and Zachęta – National Gallery of Art. Participating in this year’s Views are artists born between 1984 and 1987, representing various regions of Poland, whose art is linked by a shared interest in humanity — both in the individual, as well as in the social perspective.

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