Marcin Rusak

Marcin Rusak (born in 1987, Warsaw, Poland) is an artist and multidisciplinary designer interested in ideas of value, ephemerality and aesthetics. Specializing in storytelling, process and material investigation his work often incorporates research, object and installation as well as visual creations to explore overlooked details of our lives which recreated and re-imagined are shown again in a different light.
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As the son and grandson of flower growers he has long been fascinated by these natural sources of inspiration and decoration. Engaging them in his creative process began by reusing waste to investigate new decorative elements within every day objects and led to a rich body of work ranging from research and storytelling to cultural criticism around consumption and future scenarios.
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Exhibitions

2018   Nature of Things II: Horta Museum, Brussels, Belgium
2017   Flora Noir: Twenty First Gallery, New York, USA
2015   Inflorescence and Other Artefacts: Contemporary Applied Arts, London

Selected Group Shows

2019   Collect, Sarah Myerscough Gallery. London, UK
2019   FOG Art Fair, Sarah Myerscough Gallery. San Francisco, USA
2018   Time Within Time: Verbeke Foundation. Kemzeke, Belgium
2018   Design Miami: Sarah Myerscough Gallery. Miami, USA
2018   The Salon Art + Design: Sarah Myerscough Gallery. New York, USA
2018   Art House, Designblok, Prague, Czech Republic
2018   Decorex Future Heritage. London, UK.
2018   Botanic Psyche duo show with Marlene Huissoud: Spazio Nobile Gallery, Brussels, Belgium
2017   Hokuriku Kogei Summit: “WORLDS KOGEI 100”: Toyama Museum of Art and Design, Toyama, Japan
2017   The Salon Art + Design: Twenty First Gallery. New York, USA
2017   Jerwood Makers: Jerwood Visual Arts, London, UK
2017   Rising Talents Award: Maison & Objet, Paris, France
2016   Design Miami Basel: Nature Lab. Miami, USA
2016   HandiCRAFT: Traditional Skills in the Digital Age: MAK Vienna, Austria
2016   London Design Festival: British Craft Pavilion. London, UK
2016   Breathless: London Design Festival. London, UK
2016   Design Miami Basel: Nature Lab. Basel, Switzerland
2016   Design Days Dubai: Crafts Council. Dubai, UAE
2015   What Is Luxury?: V&A, London, UK
2015   Ready, Made, Go: ACE Hotel Shoreditch, London, UK
2015   Future Heritage: Decorex. London, UK
2015   Biennale internationale Design. Saint-Etienne, France
2015   Concerning Plants: Select Festival, London, UK

Awards

2018   The U-50 International Hokuriku Kogei Awards, Excellence Award, Toyama, Japan
2018   Mazda Design Award. Recipient. Warsaw, Poland
2017   The Arts Foundation Award: Shortlisted. London, UK
2016   The Architecture Digest Design Award: Recipient. Berlin, Germany
2016   Hospital Club 100 Award: Nomination. London, UK
2016   Wallpaper Design Award 2016 Recipient. London, UK
2015   Perrier-Jouët Arts Salon Prize 2015 Recipient London, UK
2015   Research In Making Award: Decorex Recipient. London, UK
2015   Decorex Future Heritage Foundation: Receipient. London, UK
2014   Brilliant – Eddie Mundy award – nomination. London, UK
2014   Moving Minds: Sustain RCA Award Recipient. London, UK