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Robert Proch

Art is making a thing, and then trying to make a better one, and you keep doing this until you die, and that’s a pretty good life.
— Michael Lipsay
 

09.07.1986-17.07.2019

urodzony w Bydgoszczy, zmarł w Poznaniu.

 

2005-201o

Wydział Komunikacji Multimedialnej ASP w Poznaniu

 

2001-2005

Liceum Plastyczne im. Leona Wyczółkowskiego w Bydgoszczy

also known as Tone, painter, animator, graffiti and mural artist. He graduated from Leon Wyczółkowski Fine Arts High School in Bydgoszcz in 2005, in 2010 he graduated from the Faculty of Multimedia Communication of the Academy of Fine Arts in Poznań (specialization: animation), where he later also worked as a lecturer.

He is valued not only for his large format painting but also for his animated films. His achievements include three short films: Fugu from 2008, Virus from 2009 and Gallery from 2010, for which he received the second prize at the Animocje Animated Film Festival in Bydgoszcz (2012) and the award for the best animated film at the Curta Cinema International Short Film Festival in Rio de Janeiro (2011).

He was one of the most recognized Polish mural and street art creators of the young generation, who left his mark on many buildings in Poland and abroad. He was the only Polish artist to have a solo exhibition in 2014 at the London gallery of Steve Lazarides, a collaborator of Banksy.


Robert Proch's work has been presented at many group and solo exhibitions in Europe and the USA.


Streetart:

Exhibition Highlights:

 

2019

‘(RE)COLLECTIONS’ groupshow, Openspace gallary, Paris, France

  • 'Spring group exhibition’ Maze Gallery, London, UK

  • 'Exposition de Robert Proch et Augustine Kofie "Graffuturisme"'’, Grenoble Street Art Fest Grenoble-Alpes 2019, Grenoble, France

2018

'Art Herning Artfair' Kirk Gallery, Herning Denmark

  • 'On the move' group show, Kirk Gallery, Aalborg Denmark

  • 'Urban Art Fair' Openspace Gallery, Paris France

  • 'Grand Opening' groupshow, Mirus Gallery, Denver USA

  • 'Shifted Tags' groupshow, Villa Streccius, Landau Germany

  • ‘Altered reality’ groupshow, Openspace Gallery, Paris France

  • ‘North Art Fair’ Kirk Gallery, Aalborg, Denmark

  • ‘New Order’ groupshow, Koneser, Warsaw

  • ‘The new vanguard II’ groupshow, Thinkspace Gallery, Lancaster USA

  • ‘From dusk till dawn’ duo show with Chazme718, Kirk Gallery, Aalborg Denmark

  • ‘Nexus II’ groupshow, Thinkspace Gallery, Glendale, USA

2017

'Boccioni +100' group show, National Gallery of Cosenza, Cosenza Italy

  • 'Urban Currents' group show, Kirk Gallery, Aalborg Denmark

  • 'It's framed' group show, Brain Damage Gallery, Lublin Poland

  • 'Abstrakt Forum' group show, Pawilon Letni, Kraków Poland

  • 'SAP' group show, Willibender Crew, Walldorf Germany

  • 'Scope Artfair Basel' Kirk Gallery, Basel, Switzerland

  • 'Urban Art Biennale' group show, Volklingen Germany

  • 'Polish Urban Art' group show, Trafo Gallery, Prague, Czech Republic

  • 'Scroll Era' solo show, Openspace Gallery, Paris France

  • 'Affordable artfair' Willibender Crew, Hamburg, Germany

  • 'Scope Artfair Miami' Kirk Gallery, Miami USA

2016

'Crossing the line' solo show, Wunderkamern gallery, Rome Italy

  • Scope Basel Artfair, Kirk Gallery, Basel Switzerland

  • 'Ghosts of things to come' group show, Pretty Portal Gallery, Dusseldorf Germany

2015

'Brutalismopolis Chronicles' Duo show with Chazme718, KIRK Gallery, Aalborg Denmark

  • 'GO!' group show, OPENSPACE Gallery, Paris France

  • 'Art Copenhagen Artfair' KIRK Gallery, Copenhagen Denmark

  • '545 Days' solo show, Bastille Design Centre (OPENSPACE Gallery), Paris France

2014

'Where to go to?' Group exhibition at Gallery KIRK, Aalborg Denmark

  • Art Herning, Herning Denmark, with Gallery KIRK, Denmark

  • 'Les Enfants de Kupka’ group show, PUTEAUX CITY HALL gallery, Puteaux France

  • Rewire Graffuturism’ group show, Edinburgh Festival, Edinburgh Scotland

  • 'Jednakowo różni' group show, THEOUTSIDERS Gallery, Newcastle United Kingdom

  • 'Land without footprints' solo show, LAZARIDES Gallery, London United Kingdom

2013

Exhibition at Gallery KIRK, Aalborg, Denmark

  • Crunch’ group show, THEOUTSIDERS Gallery, Newcastle United Kingdom

  • Public Provocations V group show, COLAB Gallery, Weil am Rhein Germany

  • Scope Artfair, SCHWALBE&CHWALBE Gallery, Basel Switzerland

  • ’Urban Life’ group show, KIRK Gallery, Aalborg Denmark

  • ‘Turn the corner’ solo show, OPENSPACE Gallery, Paris France

  • ‘L’avernir Graffuturism’ group show, WHITE WALLS Gallery, San Francisco USA

2012

Groupshow, KIRK Gallery, Aalborg Denamark

  • Between Dimensions, THEOUTSIDERS Gallery, Newcastle United Kingdom

  • Second Auction of Polish Streetart, Galeria Hotelu Harenda, Warsaw Poland

  • Beyond Walls, Antonio Prates Gallery, Lisbon Portugal

  • Stroke 06 Artfair, Praterinsel, Munich Germany

  • Escape the Golden Cage, Wienna Austria

  • Wild At Heart, Thinkspace gallery, Los Angeles USA

  • Unfrisierte Gedanken, Intoxicated Demons Galerie, Munich Germany

  • Time Lags, Warszawa Wschodnia by Mateusz Gessler, Warsaw Poland

2011

First Polish Auction of Streetart, Rempex/Galeria Senatorska, Warsaw Poland

  • Stroke 04 Artfair, Munich Grmany

  • Come inside - Street art Doping Festival, SOHO Factory, Warsaw Poland

  • Graffiti vs. Street art, Brain Damage Gallery, Lublin, Poland

  • Kont Project, Tallin Estonia

  • Stroke 05 Artfair, Postbahnhoff, Berlin Germany

  • Urban Tactics, Design Terminal, Budapest Hungary

2010

Artfairs Stroke 01, Stroke02, Stroke 03, Monachium, Berlin Germany

  • Neue Avangarde, Berlin, Munich Germany

  • Playground , Galeria ZAK, Gdańsk Poland

  • Jazz in free times, Openlab Gallery, Genova Italy

2009

ABSOLUT goes ART, Munich

  • Kunst im Tresor, Munich by INTOXICATED DEMONS

  • The world of Urban Art, at Galleri JenZen, Aalborg

  • Soloshow" Galleri JenZen Aalborg

  • Euro Jam2, Lublin, Poland

  • STROKE.01 - Urban Art Fair, München, Tyskland. Official Keyvisual and video.

  • International Urban Contemporary Art show, Gallery JEN|ZEN, Aalborg

  • Soloudstilling, Gallery JenZen, Aalborg

  • Euro Jam2, Lublin, Poland

  • STROKE.01 - Urban Art Fair, München, Tyskland. Official Keyvisual and video.