Wojciech Kucharczyk

Born in 1969 in Katowice/Silesia/Poland.

(sometimes appearing as Wojt3k)

For two decades lived in Katowice, then moved to tiny town of Skoczów.
Deals with almost every branch of art, because sees all of that as one. Mostly known as musician and (complete freelance) thesigner (not designer).

Since 1995 runs mik.musik.!. record label (worldwide known already, we must say). Realised a lot of solo-shows-exhibitions, took part in the group/subject-shows, released many cd-rs, cds, vinyls, tapes. Dooozens of concerts, label presentations etc, internationalwise.

/solo exhibitions (selection):/
1994 -"9ziewięciu wielkich bębnistów" galeria żak, gdańsk
1996- "fulguryty" galeria artnova 2, katowice / galeria on, poznań
"batukawa" wystawa i show, galeria brama, gliwice
1997- "m.-m.-i.-p.-r." galeria miriam, tychy
"księżycowy klaser ojca" planetarium śląskie, chorzów.
1998- "extranet, komputere" frgs mózg, bydgoszcz
- "komputere.jpg -minimal.show.3.” artnova 2 k-ce
1999 - "żyjesz czy żartujesz, jesz czy żujesz..." galeria otwarta rafała bujnowskiego, kraków
"globusy subiektywne i inne izozbiory" galeria 9kk30, zabrze
"kosmiczne solo na globusy subiektywne" galeria entropia, wrocław
2000 - "chmura czasu i chmura promocji" galeria sektor 1, katowice
"kino kosmos" galeria manhattan, łódź
2005 - "jeśli się tylko da to mik.!. oder "just mik it.!."", polish institute, leipzig

/group exhibitions, (selection):/
1996- "pokolenie '96" - ogólnopolska wystawa młodej sztuki, bwa k-ce
1997- "górny śląsk" galeria wyspa, gdańsk
"begegnungen-spotkania" centrum kultury, k-ce (k-ce - cologne)
I międzynarodowe spotkania sztuki bwa k-ce
"cyberwolves" artnova 2, k-ce
1998- "per video" museum ludwig, kolonia, artnova 2, k-ce, galeria c.a.c.m.c, torino,
- VII międzynarodowe biennale architektury, kraków, bunkier sztuki
1999- "per video" musee d'art moderne, liege, unknown gallery in bethlehem, palestine.
2000- "pracownia profesora jacka rykały" bwa katowice
"artcojk", kilkudniowa akcja, polish pavillion, expo 2000 hannover.
2002- "dextended tv", bbk-stapelhaus, cologne.
2005- "śląsk activ" bwa katowice.
- "mik.parti.!." csw zamek ujazdowski, warszawa
2006- "supermarket sztuki", silesia centrum, katowice
"architektura intymna", kronika, bytom
2007- "manual", kronika, bytom
"partyprint/festiwal designu", łódź art center
2008- "mik - yes future presentation", future perfetc/magazin/BB5
"muzeum historii nienaturalnej", kronika, bytom
"Something Must Break", kronika/off festival, mysłowice

/music and action activities:/
since 1995 - (with Mołr Drammaz, solo as *retro*sex*galaxy and THE COMPLAINER, with pathman, HWDJazz, duo TerriTerrorTorium with Felix Kubin, and more...),

/Festivals Appearances (here the best selection since 2002 only): audio-art00/kraków, ars cameralis/katowice, EXPO2000/Hannover, festiwal w krajobrazie/inowłódz, drugi obieg art/łowicz, ReadMe 02/Moscow, ARTACTS 02/St.Johann in Tirol, Nuit Blanche 02/Paris, ClubTransmediale 03 + 04/Berlin, SUBTROPICS 03/Miami, Sonar 03/Barcelona, garage03 + 05/Stralsund (with Cristof Migone i Martin Tetreault, and as TTT), polenmARkT 03/Greifswald, unsound 03 + 05/Kraków, WienModern 03/Wien, Next Festival 03/Bratislava, I.D.E.A.L. 04/Nantes, Warsaw Summer Jazz Days 04 (in John Zorn's Cobra project), Era Nowe Horyzonty 04/Akcja Równoległa/Cieszyn (grant from Foksal Gallery Foundation), TransArt 04, Merano/Bolzano ("making pinocchio once again" with urkuma), Progress ex 04/Ljubljana, line_in@leipzig/Lipsk, Sperm Fest06/Praga, KONTRACOM 06/Salzburg, Interface 06/Berlin, Umpolen 07/Wien, WRO 07/Wrocław, MIK.FRIK.DEJS.FEST.07/Wrocław...
other places visited with shows: New York, Atlanta, Orlando, St. Petersburg, Aarhus, Hamburg, Amsterdam, Copenhagen, Rotterdam, Brussels, Lyon, Nuernberg, Graz, Stuttgart, Rennes, Bordeaux, Weimar, Wolfsburg, Nijmegen, Potsdam, The Hague & many more!

his own and mik.releases (more than 50 in the catalogue!) were reviewed in many magazines around the world, with pretty lot of articles, interviews, specials, radio broadcasts etc. (to mention only few - the wire, de:bug, skug, zonic, signal to noise, leonardo music journal, grooves, many in poland, also represented in "who is who in poland" lexicon and "tekstylia bis" lexicon...).
As freelance thesigner made lot of publications, record-covers, books, posters etc, cooperated with Silesian Opera (stagedesign) and Polish Television (TV production).
From time to time takes part in panel-discussions and conferences or leads workshops.

one of the all-time highlights is cooperation with Felix Kubin on "TerriTerrorTorium" project, produced and broadcasted by Deutschlandradio and Kunstradio/ORF.

in 2006 won the special prize "For Lifetime Achievements" - "Nocne Marki/Night Marks" founded by Aktivist Magazine from Warsaw.

sure. and more...

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discography as we know it:

watch also wojt3k's projects: mołr drammaz, *retro*sex*galaxy*, pathman, the complainer and others... mik.videos: the complainer - photonew 8rolek - tustemp the complainer - dirty flangamba made with ksawery kaliski: 8rolek - dziewiata gratis - track3 bolly&netto ft. retro_sex_galaxy - wienerschnitzel in new delhi deuce - please just not in the kitchen mołr drammaz - the magenta champagne

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