Martin Lukas Ostachowski, German geometric abstraction artist
Born 1984 Katowice, Poland. Lives and works in Montreal, QC, Canada
Martin Lukas Ostachowski, artiste allemande d'abstraction géométrique
Né en 1984 Katowice, Pologne. Vit et travaille à Montréal, QC, Canada
Curriculum Vitae
Martin Lukas Ostachowski, German geometric abstraction artist. Born 1984 Katowice, Poland. Lives and works in Montreal, QC, Canada
Martin Lukas Ostachowski, artiste allemande d'abstraction géométrique. Né en 1984 Katowice, Pologne. Vit et travaille à Montréal, QC, Canada
Education
2013
2008
MA Int'l Business Development, European Business School ESB Reutlingen University, Germany
BA Media Management, Baden-Wuerttemberg Cooperative State University Heidenheim, Germany
Exhibition Record
Solo Exhibitions
2019
Tropopause Contemplation - Blockchain Technology and Inclusive Decentralization, Centre Culturel et Communautaire Françoise-Dunn, Sherbrooke, QC
Group Exhibitions
2021
Dear Block Chen, Solid Art, Taipei City, Taiwan (curated)
CADAF Online, Contemporary and Digital Art Fair, Paris, France (juried)
Digital Art Month - CADAF, various locations, Paris, France (juried)
U'R'L, IRL Art Gallery, Denver, CO, USA (curated)
Bitcoin Art Gallery, Bitcoin2021 Conference, Mana Wynwood, Miami, FL, USA (juried)
Papier Exhibition, Esperanto Gallery, Markham, ON (juried)
NFT Now, Techspressionism, virtual exhibition on Kunstmatrix VR (curated)
Sending you my Love, Playform Studio, virtual exhibition on Artsy (curated)
Distance, Lacuna Festivals 2021, virtual exhibition, Lanzarote, Spain (juried)
2020
CADAF Online, Contemporary and Digital Art Fair, New York, NY, USA (juried)
Digital Art Month - CADAF, various locations, Miami, FL, USA (curated)
Art Rights Prize - Finalist Exhibitions, virtual exhibition, Cagliari, Italy (juried)
Intersection #3, Centre Culturel et Communautaire Françoise-Dunn, Sherbrooke, QC (juried)
Le figuratif défiguré - Exposition Collective des Membres Artistes, Maison des arts et de la culture de Brompton, Sherbrooke, QC
Outer Space, SuperRare, Time-bound virtual exhibition (curated)
2019
Contemporary Photography, Czong Institute for Contemporary Art, CICA Museum, Gimpo-si, South Korea (juried)
Rare Arts Fest 2, Bushwick Generator, Brooklyn, NY, USA (juried)
iDAF - International Digital Art Festival, Federation House, Manchester, England (juried)
Expo Aux Puces, Centre Culturel et Communautaire Françoise-Dunn, Sherbrooke, QC (juried)
Interface, Trojan Foundation, Osaka Blockchain Week, Osaka, Japan (curated)
E001: Life Size - Berlin Art Week, dot.gallery, Time- and attendance-bound virtual exhibition (curated)
SuperRare Cryptoart Popup Gallery, Ethereum Developer Conference, Denver, CO, USA (curated)
Sutton Art Prize Spring 2019, Galerie Arts Sutton, Sutton, QC
Texte & image - Exposition Collective des Membres Artistes, Maison des arts et de la culture de Brompton, Sherbrooke, QC
2018
Binary / Non-Binary, GESTE Paris, France (juried)
#intersections VOL.9: Blockchain, des promesses aux applications, Printemps numérique, Canadian Centre for Architecture, Montreal, QC (juried)
Hackatao: Fight Fear, Palazzo Frisacco, Tolmezzo, Italy (juried)
Intersection éponyme, Centre Culturel et Communautaire Françoise-Dunn, Sherbrooke, QC (juried)
SuperRare Cryptoart Popup Gallery, Ethereum Developer Conference, Prague, Czech Republic (curated)
#Artproject Decentralized, Distributed: 2018 Blockchain Conference, San Francisco, CA, USA (curated)
Expo Concours, Galerie Arts Sutton, Sutton, QC
Osez Jaune - Exposition Collective des Membres Artistes, Maison des arts et de la culture de Brompton, Sherbrooke, QC
Exposition de Collectif des Membres Artistes, Galerie Arts Sutton, Sutton, QC
2017
Le Canada pour moi c’est…, Seven venues in Coaticook, Lac-Mégantic, Lennoxville and Sherbrooke, QC
2016
Symposium de peinture « Ma ville en couleurs », Maison de la Culture, Thetford Mines, QC
Ma ville en couleurs, Station des Arts, Thetford Mines, QC
2015
Concours d’œuvres d’art Desjardins de la Chaudière-Appalaches, Museum Marius Barbeau, St-Joseph-de-Beauce, QC
Artist Talks & Panel Discussions
2021
Artist in Conversation Martin Lukas Ostachowski, CADAF Crypto and Digital Art Fair
History of Crypto Art, Live with Artnome/Jason Bailey and Martin Lukas Ostachowski, VerticalCrypto Art
Crypto Art Curation with Martin Lukas Ostachowski, The Outer Realm Podcast
Curating Digital Art: Opportunities and Challenges, Digital Art Talks, V-Art
From Physical to Digital Art: Artist Talk, Digital Art Talks, V-Art
2020
Martin Lukas Ostachowski live on MOCDA, Museum of Contemporary Digital Art
How VR Intersects with Art and Blockchain, Panel discussion, ETH Planet
The New Normal: Are We All Right or Orwell?, Are We There Yet - Festival of Creativity
Snapshots in Blockchain and Crypto Art's History, VRAF Virtual Rare Art Festival
Awards
2021
It’s A New World, 2nd place, Ephimera Digital Art Gallery, Toronto, ON
2020
International Art Rights Prize, 2nd place digital art category, AB Factory Cultural Association, Cagliari, Italy
Residencies
2021
Playform Studio, Digital Residency, New Brunswick, NJ
2020
RURart - Art contemporain en milieu rural, Cookshire-Eaton, QC
Commissions
2021
The Wilderness in Nature Documentaries Is a Fantasyland (Editorial video collages), The Atlantic Magazine, Washington, D.C., USA
2019
Connect - Engage (Acrylics on canvas, 4.5 sq. m.), RAD Technologies Inc., Thetford Mines, QC
Press
2021
Trussart, Antoine: Les NFT vont changer les règles du jeu, LaPresse. Montreal, QC, April 4th, 2021: https://www.lapresse.ca/affaires/economie/2021-04-04/les-nft-vont-changer-les-regles-du-jeu.php
Weller, Alexander: Was ist Crypto Art? HORADS 88.6, Stuttgart, Germany. February 2nd, 2021: https://soundcloud.com/horads-88-6/alex-w-crypto-art
Alan, Mirabelle: “Cloud Artist” Martin Lukas Ostachowski Uses Playform to Explore the Connection Between Blockchain and Clouds, Playform Editorial. May 27th, 2021: https://www.playform.io/editorial/martin
A conversation on the History of CryptoArt between Jason Bailey, Martin Lukas Ostachowski, and Micol, Vertical Crypto Editorial, London, UK. June 30th, 2021: https://verticalcrypto.art/a-conversation-on-the-history-of-cryptoart-between-jason-bailey-artnome-martin-lukas-ostachowski-mlodotart-and-micol-verticalcrypto
Diamandis, Pia: Seni Kripto, NFT, dan Disrupsi Pasar Seni Konvensional, Tirto. Jakarta Selatan, Indonesia, May 9th, 2021: https://tirto.id/seni-kripto-nft-dan-disrupsi-pasar-seni-konvensional-gfhB
Kent, Charlotte: Talking about Art and the Blockchain, CLOT Magazine. London, UK, March 22nd, 2021: https://www.clotmag.com/oped/talking-about-art-and-the-blockchain-by-charlotte-kent
Fauve, Charlotte: En juin, Paris devient galerie d’art numérique à ciel ouvert, Telerama, Paris, France, June 1st 9th, 2021: https://www.telerama.fr/sortir/en-juin-paris-devient-galerie-dart-numerique-a-ciel-ouvert-6893530.php
Art Rights Prize, premio digitale dedicato all’arte contemporanea. I vincitori della 1a edizione, Artribune. Rome, Italy. January 20, 2021: https://www.artribune.com/arti-visive/arte-contemporanea/2021/01/art-rights-prize-premio-digitale-arte-contemporanea-vincitori-prima-edizione/
Proclamati i primi vincitori di Art Rights Prize 2020, Art Rights Magazine. Cagliari, Italy. January 4th, 2021: https://www.artrights.me/vincitori-art-rights-prize-2020/
2020
Ostachowski, Martin Lukas: Bitcoin Hashing Visualization, Citadel21, Volume 3. Tallinn, Estonia. November 1st, 2020: pp. 38-39
Pini, Francesca: Il sistema Blockchain per artisti sempre più virtuali, Corriere della Sera / Sette. Milan, Italy. June 19th, 2020: p. 106
Chiara Braidotti: Martin Lukas Ostachowski on his Creative Process, Nifties. August 3rd, 2020: https://nifties.com/news_details/martin-lukas-ostachowski-on-his-creative-process
How “Clouds Artist” Martin Lukas Ostachowski Still Thrives During COVID-19, Digital Journal. Toronto, ON. June 23rd, 2020: http://www.digitaljournal.com/pr/4721535#ixzz6SkfYhKIM
Moore, David: Featured Artworks & Guest Editors, Medium. April 8, 2020: https://medium.com/knownorigin/featured-artworks-guest-editors-6df105238c9b
2019
Vous Voulez Voir? Expo Tropopause Contemplation. La Tribune. Sherbrooke, QC, Sep. 14th, 2019: p. 49
Franceschet, Massimo: Crypto art: A decentralized view. Medium. Jun 14, 2019:
https://medium.com/@hex6c/crypto-art-a-decentralized-view-70966c540b07
Thwaites, Denise. & Simbouras, James: Trojan Foundation + Blocumenta’s Decentralized Autonomous Exhibition for the Year Of DAOs conference in Osaka. Medium. Oct 17, 2019: https://medium.com/@TrojanDAO/trojan-foundation-blocumentas-decentralized-autonomous-exhibition-at-the-year-of-daos-2976c3ad4e81
2018
Ostachowski, Martin Lukas: Cloud Sphere Series. Art/iculation Magazine. Montreal, QC, Fall Issue, November 2018: pp. 8, 9. ISSN: 2560-7022
Nathan, David: Martin Lukas Ostachowski: faire de l’art avec la blockchain. Cryptonews. Dec. 6th, 2018:
https://fr.cryptonews.com/exclusives/martin-lukas-ostachowski-faire-de-l-art-avec-la-blockchain-2456.htm
Nathan, David: La blockchain s’est invitée au Printemps numérique. Cryptonews. Dec. 5th, 2018:
https://fr.cryptonews.com/exclusives/la-blockchain-s-est-invitee-au-printemps-numerique-2450.htm
Publications
2021
Franceschet, Massimo; Colavizza, Giovanni; Smith, T'ai; Finucane, Blake; Ostachowski, Martin Lukas; Scalet, Sergio; Perkins, Jonathan; Morgan, James; Hernandez, Sebastian: Crypto Art: A Decentralized View. Leonardo Journal Vol. 54 Issue 4, MIT Press, August 9th, 2021: pp. 402–405
2019
Franceschet, Massimo; Colavizza, Giovanni; Smith, T'ai; Finucane, Blake; Ostachowski, Martin Lukas; Scalet, Sergio; Perkins, Jonathan; Morgan, James; Hernandez, Sebastian: Crypto Art: A Decentralized View. June 9th, 2019, arXiv: 1906.03263, https://arxiv.org/abs/1906.03263
Affiliation
RAAV - Regroupement des Artistes en Arts Visuels du Québec
Member of the Artist Council for the M○C△ Museum of Crypto Art