Andrzej Staniek (b. 2000) is a visual artist based in Poznań, Poland. He holds an MA in Photography from the Magdalena Abakanowicz University of the Arts in Poznań. His practice focuses on 3D media, sculpture, and object-based art, exploring speculative ecologies, non-human agency, and material transformation.

Selected Writing & Press

Interview Human Alien: In Conversation with Andrzej Staniek Contemporary Lynx ↗ Interview Nieprzeniknione obecności Miej Miejsce ↗ Essay Cocktail Creatures Postmedium ↗ Review Homo sapiens dry non-alco. Postmedium ↗

Artist Statement

I do not regard the creative act as an expression of freedom or a confirmation of my own agency. Creation always takes place within a network of dependencies — technological, material, and historical — that shape and constrain what I am able to say and show.

I am drawn to Roland Barthes’ notion of the death of the author — the idea that meaning is not born from the creator’s intention but emerges in the tension between language, image, and the viewer. In this sense, I am not the source of meaning but rather someone navigating a landscape of pre-existing forms, codes, and narratives. Creation becomes, for me, a process of working with borrowed material — digging through things that precede me and often escape my control.

I am also inspired by Donna Haraway’s posthumanist perspective, which emphasizes the entanglement of humans, things, and technologies. This way of thinking allows me to see the creative act not as an individual gesture, but as the effect of multiple forces — including non-human ones.

I understand creation, therefore, as a critical act — breaking apart established forms and challenging the languages and images we too easily accept as natural. What interests me is the moment when the work begins to expose its own limitations, when the medium ceases to be transparent. It is there — in the fracture — that art truly begins.

Solo Exhibitions

2025 Absent Visitors Krupa Gallery, Wrocław, PL

2025 Cocktail Creatures Galeria Szczur, Poznań, PL

2025 Strange Strangers WBPiCAK, Poznań, PL

2023 Qwasd333 Galeria Szczur, Poznań, PL

Group Exhibitions & Festivals

2026 Każde dziecko to zwierciadło śmierci GSW, Opole, PL

2026 Inner Circle Salon 908, Poznań, PL

2026 Dokowicz Stary Browar, Poznań, PL

2025 Espai 19 Barcelona, ES

2025 SWAB Barcelona Barcelona, ES

2025 Play Warsaw Gallery Weekend, Warsaw, PL

2025 The Slime Knows Brasserie Atlas, Brussels, BE

2025 Xeno Galeria Niczeje, Warsaw, PL

2025 Kuala Lumpur International Film Awards Kuala Lumpur, MY

2024 Shared Skin Galeria Szczur, Poznań, PL

2024 Kraków Photo Month Kraków, PL

2024 Locum Optima Bulvary Wro, Wrocław, PL

2024 Melrose Tama, Poznań, PL

2024 Baza Festiwal Poznań, PL

2024 Prompt Galeria Pani Domu, Poznań, PL

2024 Festiwal Tostów Galeria Agatka, Wrocław, PL

2024 Nektar z innej planety Dom Tramwajarza, Poznań, PL

2024 Lift-Off Global Network Pinewood Road, Online, UK

2024 Istoty, którymi chciałyśmy być Art Industry Standard, Kraków, PL

2024 Free Range (curator) Galeria Szczur, Poznań, PL

2024 Doomscrolling Nowy Bazar Różyckiego, Warsaw, PL

2023 Short Waves Festival Poznań, PL

2023 Przyjęcie Galeria Szczur, Poznań, PL

2023 Zinfest Poznań, PL

2023 Qwasd333 Galeria Szczur, Poznań, PL

2023 Odtruwanie (curator) Galeria Szczur, Poznań, PL

2023 Baza Festiwal Poznań, PL

2023 Nektar z innej planety Poznań, PL

2022 Obserwatorium Pani Domu, Poznań, PL

2022 8304 Kraków Photo Month, Kraków, PL

2022 Wyspa ABC Gallery, Poznań, PL

2022 Wyświetlono 20:21 Galeria Deccoria, Kraków, PL

2022 Udostępnienie ekranu Obrońców Stalingradu, Szczecin, PL

2022 Możliwość Braku Raciborska 50, Katowice, PL

2021 Co będzie z nami pośród tak wielu światów? Inkubator Kultury – Pireus, Poznań, PL

2021 Backseat Art Bałuckiego, Kraków, PL

2021 Sztuka miłości Ars Latrans Festival, Hol, Kraków, PL

2021 Uważaj niech tylko mój terapeuta to usłyszy! Galeria Podbrzezie, Kraków, PL

2021 8304 Kraków Photo Month, Kraków, PL