Jan Sajdak, Psychedelic Hamster, bronze, dimensions: 18 x 9 x 9 cm, unsigned.
BIO:
Born in 1987. He defended his diploma with distinction in 2016 in the studio of Prof. A.J. Pastwa at the Faculty of Sculpture of the Academy of Fine Arts in Warsaw. He was a scholarship recipient of the Adam Mickiewicz Institute and the City of Warsaw in 2018. Three-time participant of the Landart Festival: in Stary Bubel and near Babia Góra. He has realized his projects in Poland, Brazil, Germany, Belgium, Armenia and Slovakia. In his work he does not limit himself to one field of art, he experiments. For years he has been developing his designs of woven arboreal nests for people. A musician, he plays the Afrobrazilian instrument berimbau. He has exhibited his works in galleries at home and abroad, such as the BWA in Kielce, the Center of Polish Sculpture in Orońsko or the Lokal 30 gallery in Warsaw. His works in the area of land art could be seen at the Kunstroute festival in Germany, Magic Forest in Tandzaver, Armenia, or the Dolers exhibition in Belgium. In 2018-2019, thanks to the support of the Adam Mickiewicz Institute, he held an artist residency in Kilombo Tenonde Brazil. In 2022, he designed and created a sculpture of a Mermaid for Warsaw's Wawer district.
