Mariusz WARAS (alias M-city), Carousel

Mariusz WARAS (alias M-city, b. 1978, Gdynia)
Carousel
poster (print on paper), 100 x 70 cm
framed

Diploma in 2004 at the Faculty of Graphic Arts, Academy of Fine Arts in Gdansk. From 2008 to 2014, assistant in the diploma painting studio of Prof. Jerzy Ostrogórski, at the Academy of Fine Arts in Gdansk. From 2010 to 2013, instructor of the graphic design studio at the Faculty of Sculpture, Department of Intermedia, Academy of Fine Arts Gdansk. In 2013, defended his doctoral thesis at the Faculty of Painting, Academy of Fine Arts Gdansk. Since 2014, he has been an assistant in Prof. Henryk Cześnik's graduate painting studio. Since 2015, he has been an assistant professor at the Faculty of Painting and New Media at the Academy of Art in Szczecin, where, in the field of painting, he runs his own Studio of Painting and Street Art.
Outdoor painter, graphic designer, illustrator, using mainly stencil technique, creator of installations, curator and traveler. His body of work includes several hundred murals as part of the "m-city" project, dozens of group exhibitions, more than a dozen solo exhibitions in 40 countries. Curator of the 238x504 billboard gallery in Gdynia. One of three curators of a series of exhibitions presenting Polish street art. From the very beginning of his work, he has been fascinated by the city and urban art. His realizations include both small poster forms and large-format murals often exceeding several hundred square meters.