Krzysztof Maniak is a visual artist, born in 1990 in Tuchów. He studied at the Faculty of Graphic Arts of the Academy of Fine Arts in Kraków (2010/2011), and then at the Faculty of Intermedia of the Academy of Fine Arts in Kraków (Master’s degree in 2015). After obtaining a DFA in 2018, he began to cooperate with the Department of Intermedia Art Phenomena at the Faculty of Intermedia of the Academy of Fine Arts in Kraków.
Krzysztof Maniak’s artistic pursuits include film, photography and performance. His art is based on activities performed in natural environment : blazing footpaths in meadows, building structures from branches, etc. He is the winner of a number of scholarships and artistic competitions, including Talents of Radio Trójka 2013, the 14th Artistic Journey of Hestia, and the Grand Prix of the 5th Spring Salon organized by BWA in Tarnów. He has shown his works at numerous group exhibitions, including “As you can see. Polish art today” at the Museum of Modern Art in Warsaw, “Into the Countryside” at the SALT Ulus gallery in Ankara, ”Foot Stomping” at BWA in Katowice and BWA in Tarnów, ”Polish Forest “at Galeria Biała in Lublin and “Nature in art” at the MOCAK Museum of Contemporary Art in Kraków, as well as in solo exhibitions, including “Retained” at the Baltic Gallery of Contemporary Art in Słupsk or “Reminds me of snow” at the BWA Gallery in Warsaw.