Planeta Pana Misia
The Planet of Pan Miś: the official archive of Michał Walczyk, art brut artist from Poland.
Michał Walczyk, known as Pan Miś, was born on 13 September 1993 in Wałbrzych. He lives and works in Szczawno-Zdrój in Lower Silesia. He is entirely self-taught: he carves linden wood, burns, paints and draws. He writes the stories of his characters by hand.
This site is his archive. It is run by his brother and curator, Maciej Antoni Walczyk.
About the language. Most pages are written in Polish. The EN, FR and CS buttons in the header switch on an automatic translation. The pages listed first below were translated by hand. The artist’s own words always stay in Polish, with a translation next to them where we give one.
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Pages in English
- The artist
- Biography, the pseudonym, techniques, the Shed. Michał Walczyk
- The project
- Who does what, and how this site is made. planetapanamisia
- Commissions
- Two figurines made for collectors, and how the cooperation works. A work made to order
- Contact
- E-mail and official channels. Contact
The archive
Pages in Polish, with automatic translation
- Works
- The catalogue: every work with photographs and the artist’s story, grouped into cycles. Dzieła
- Apocalypse
- A world after the end, in six territories. Apokalipsa
- Timeline
- The project year by year, from 2020. Chronologia
- Sources
- Conversations, notes, manuscripts and essays. Publikacje
- 3D gallery
- Figurines scanned in 3D. Galeria 3D
Exhibitions
2021–2025
- 2021
- Entropia, Szczawno-Zdrój, 13 September: the first showing, in his brother’s flat.
- 2023
- Art Cafe “Pod Pretekstem”, Wałbrzych, from 12 January: the debut exhibition.
- 2023
- Izba Tradycji Ziemi Strzegomskiej, Strzegom, 14–30 April.
- 2023
- Galerie Art Brut Praha, Prague, 5–27 May: “Dvojhlas”, with Jaroslav Diviš.
- 2023
- Rotacyjny Dom Kultury na Jazdowie, Warsaw, 28 June – 9 July.
- 2023
- Stacja Badawcza Outsider Art, Kraków, 22 September – 21 October: “Syndrom Geppetta”.
- 2024
- Stara Kopalnia, Wałbrzych, 8–25 February.
- 2024–2025
- Galerie Christian Berst Art Brut, Paris, 12 December – 18 January: the group show “Variations d’hiver #1”.
- 2025
- Muzeum Śląskie, Katowice, 25 April – 12 October: “Talent, pasja, intuicja”.
