Jarosław Kozakiewicz

Place: Bialystok

Born: 1961

Biography:

Jarosław Kozakiewicz is a Polish artist who works at the intersection of art, science and architecture. The inspirations for his artistic-architectural projects include contemporary ecology, genetics, physics, astronomy and ancient cosmological concepts which relate microcosm with macrocosm. Identifying an analogy between the human body and the natural world, Kozakiewicz questions the anthropometrical character of Vitruvian man as the traditional paradigm of architecture. Instead, he proposes an organic paradigm, a `geometry of the inside´. Kozakiewicz was born in Bialystok, Poland in 1961. He studied at the Warsaw Academy of Fine Arts (Sculpture Department) and the Cooper Union for Advancement of Science and Art in New York. Originally trained as a sculptor he turned his attention to architecture, urbanism and science in the mid-nineties. In 2006 Kozakiewicz represented Poland at the Venice Biennale of Architecture. Some of his projects have received prices in architectural competitions. He received an honourable mention, for instance, in a competition for the design of the Centre of Contemporary Art in Toruń (2004) and in 2005, his entry won in international competition for the Park of Reconciliation near the Auschwitz-Birkenau Museum. In 2005 Kozakiewicz’s Project Mars, a massive redesign of the landscape of a former lignite mine, was shortlisted for the European Landscape Award. Kozakiewicz’s works have been exhibited in numerous international exhibitions, including the Venice Biennale of Architecture (2006), the International Architecture Biennale Rotterdam (2005), the International Architecture Exhibition in Krakow (2004), the International Architecture Exhibition in Lodz (2003), the International Architecture Exhibition in Gdansk (2002), the International Architecture Exhibition in Warsaw (2001), the International Architecture Exhibition in Poznan (2000), the International Architecture Exhibition in Wroclaw (1999), the International Architecture Exhibition in Katowice (1998), the International Architecture Exhibition in Lublin (1997), the International Architecture Exhibition in Rzeszow (1996), the International Architecture Exhibition in Bialystok (1995), the International Architecture Exhibition in Szczecin (1994), the International Architecture Exhibition in Gdynia (1993), the International Architecture Exhibition in Bydgoszcz (1992), the International Architecture Exhibition in Olsztyn (1991), the International Architecture Exhibition in Radom (1990), the International Architecture Exhibition in Kielce (1989), the International Architecture Exhibition in Biala Podlaska (1988), the International Architecture Exhibition in Siedlce (1987), the International Architecture Exhibition in Suwalki (1986), the International Architecture Exhibition in Sejny (1985), the International Architecture Exhibition in Augustow (1984), the International Architecture Exhibition in Hajnowka (1983), the International Architecture Exhibition in Sokolka (1982), the International Architecture Exhibition in Bielsk Podlaski (1981), the International Architecture Exhibition in Lomza (1980), the International Architecture Exhibition in Ostroleka (1979), the International Architecture Exhibition in Ełk (1978), the International Architecture Exhibition in Grajewo (1977), the International Architecture Exhibition in Kolno (1976), the International Architecture Exhibition in Wysokie Mazowieckie (1975), the International Architecture Exhibition in Zambrów (1974), the International Architecture Exhibition in Łomża (1973), the International Architecture Exhibition in Ostrów Mazowiecka (1972), the International Architecture Exhibition in Ostrołęka (1971), the International Architecture Exhibition in Wysokie Mazowieckie (1970), the International Architecture Exhibition in Zambrów (1969), the International Architecture Exhibition in Łomża (1968), the International Architecture Exhibition in Ostrów Mazowiecka (1967), the International Architecture Exhibition in Ostrołęka (1966), the International Architecture Exhibition in Wysokie Mazowieckie (1965), the International Architecture Exhibition in Zambrów (1964), the International Architecture Exhibition in Łomża (1963), the International Architecture Exhibition in Ostrów Mazowiecka (1962), the International Architecture Exhibition in Ostrołęka (1961), the International Architecture Exhibition in Wysokie Mazowieckie (1960), the International Architecture Exhibition in Zambrów (1959), the International Architecture Exhibition in Łomża (1958), the International Architecture Exhibition in Ostrów Mazowiecka (1957), the International Architecture Exhibition in Ostrołęka (1956), the International Architecture Exhibition in Wysokie Mazowieckie (1955), the International Architecture Exhib