Born in 1986 in Sierpc, Poland. He describes himself as a conceptual and avant-garde artist, and works in various media, with installations at the forefront of his artistic practice. In 2005–2009, Rycharski studied graphic design at the Faculty of Art of the Pedagogical University of Kraków. He then pursued a PhD at the Kraków Academy of Fine Arts. He works with the themes of provinciality, religiosity, Christianity, and LGBTQ+ identity, seeking tensions and new relations between them. In that, Rycharski’s art also manifests his personal quest of a realm in which non-heteronormativity and the Catholic faith can coexist. He works closely both with LGBTQ+ activists and religious and agricultural societies to represent their issues and sensibilities, mediating between the consciousness of Polish cities and that of villages. Rycharski often directly engages his local community both in the reception and production of his art, as one of his main concerns is propagating art among rural communities. Besides, the artist lectures at the Academy of Fine Arts in Szczecin. He lives and works in Kurówko and in Szczecin.
In 2021, the film Fears, based on Rycharski’s life, directed by Łukasz Ronduda and Łukasz Gutt, premiered.
Daniel Rycharski, Monument to a Peasant, 2015, mixed media
Daniel Rycharski, Monument to a Peasant, 2015, mixed media
Daniel Rycharski, Winter Garden, 2013, metal farm tools, paint
Daniel Rycharski, Winter Garden, 2013, metal farm tools, paint
Daniel Rycharski, Cage, 2019, metal, paint, installation view, Villa Arson, Nice, France
Daniel Rycharski, Cage, 2019, metal, paint, installation view, Villa Arson, Nice, France
Daniel Rycharski, Bed (Without justice there can be no solidarity), 2016, mixed media, site-specific installation in Smorzewo
Daniel Rycharski, Bed (Without justice there can be no solidarity), 2016, mixed media, site-specific installation in Smorzewo
Daniel Rycharski, Shrine Gallery, 2012, mixed media, site-specific installation in Kurówko
Daniel Rycharski, Shrine Gallery, 2012, mixed media, site-specific installation in Kurówko
Daniel Rycharski, The Gay Ghost, 2018-2019, stained glass, steel, 300 x 150 cm
Daniel Rycharski, The Gay Ghost, 2018-2019, stained glass, steel, 300 x 150 cm
Daniel Rycharski, Scarecrows, 2018-19, wood, paint, clothes, installation view, Museum of Modern Art in Warsaw, Poland
Daniel Rycharski, Scarecrows, 2018-19, wood, paint, clothes, installation view, Museum of Modern Art in Warsaw, Poland
Daniel Rycharski, Crucifix, hommage to D. Bonhoeffer, 2019, installation view, Villa Arson, Nice, France
Daniel Rycharski, Crucifix, hommage to D. Bonhoeffer, 2019, installation view, Villa Arson, Nice, France
Władysław Hasior, Daniel Rycharski, I can tell you about myself about you, 2024, PGS Sopot, exhibition view
Władysław Hasior, Daniel Rycharski, I can tell you about myself about you, 2024, PGS Sopot, exhibition view
Daniel Rycharski, We Are a Fairy Tale Inside, Kurówko, Sierpc County, Masovia, Poland; exhibition view
Daniel Rycharski, We Are a Fairy Tale Inside, Kurówko, Sierpc County, Masovia, Poland; exhibition view
Solo exhibitions:
2024
I can tell you about me about you (with Władysław Hasior), State Gallery of Art, Sopot, Poland
2023
It’s our Christ too, Galeria Zielona 13, Dominican Monastery, Łódź, Poland
We Are a Fairy Tale Inside, Kurówko, Sierpc County, Masovia, Poland
2022
Dead Class, Gunia Nowik Gallery, Warsaw, Poland
Dorothea von Stetten Art Award (with Zuza Golińska and Diana Lelonek), Kunstmuseum Bonn, Bonn, Germany
2021
Valentines / Ash Wednesday, PLATO, Ostrava, Czech Republic
Cages, Kahan Art Space, Vienna, Austria
2020
la goutte creuse la pierre, Villa Arson, Nice, France
2019
Fears, Museum at Open’er Festival, Gdynia, Poland
Fears, Museum of Modern Art, Warsaw, Poland
2013
Rural Street Art, Wozownia Art Gallery, Toruń, Poland
Selected group exhibitions:
2023
If you try to reconcile everyone, you will satisfy no one, Contemporary Art Gallery in Opole, Poland
2022
Kinds of Love, Gunia Nowik Gallery, Warsaw, Poland
2021
In the Beginning Was the Deed!, Galeria Arsenał, Białystok, Poland
2020
Something in Common: 12th Edition of the Warsaw Under Construction Festival, Museum of Modern Art, Warsaw, Poland
We Are People, Galeria Labirynt, Lublin, Poland
Theft and Destruction, Galeria Arsenał, Białystok, Poland Feb-Apr
2019
Monumentomania: 11th Edition of the Warsaw Under Construction Festival, Museum of Modern Art, Warsaw, Poland
2018
Exit from the Centre, Galeria Arsenał, Białystok, Poland
Will there be war tomorrow?, Museum of Modern Art, Gdynia, Poland
2017
Late Polishness. Forms of National Identity After 1989, Ujazdowski Castle Centre for Contemporary Art, Warsaw, Poland
2016
Communis: Community Renegotiations, Labirynt Gallery, Lublin, Poland
Bread and Roses: Artists and the Class Divide, Museum of Modern Art, Warsaw, Poland
Making Use, Museum of Modern Art, Warsaw, Poland
2014
Into the Country, SALT Ulus, Ankara, Turkey
As You Can See: Polish Art Today, Museum of Modern Art, Warsaw, Poland
Selected interdisciplinary and public spaces projects:
2022
Installation/scenography for Spartakus. Love in Times of Plague theatre play directed by Jakub Skrzywanek, Contemporary Theatre in Szczecin, Poland
2018–2019
Scarecrows, Kurówko, Poland
2018
Island, Sierpc, Poland
2015–2018
Monument to a Peasant, Poland
2016
Invitation to a Debate, Gorzewo, Poland
Bed (Without justice there can be no solidarity), Kurówko, Poland
2015
Museum of Alternative Social Histories, ART BOOM festival, Krakow, Poland
2014
Gate, Kurówko, Poland
2012
Shrine Gallery, Kurówko, Poland
2011
Multimedia Wild Boar and Bird Repellent, Kurówko, Poland
2009–2011
Village Street Art, Kurówko, Poland
Prizes:
Dorothea von Stetten Art Award, 2022, Bonn, Germany
Paszporty Polityki Award in the Visual Arts category, 2017, Poland
Kulturysta Roku Award by Channel Three of the Polish Radio, 2012, Poland
Selected collections:
Museum of Modern Art in Warsaw; Museum of Art in Łódź; Zachęta of Contemporary Art, Szczecin; The ING Polish Art Foundation
