Adam Niklewicz

Artist Statement

Artist Statement
Making art is like carving out an intimate niche for oneself – a free zone that doubles as a buffer, a source of protection from the pressures of corporate society in which many feel trapped. Today’s climate encourages the public to believe that reality can be sanitized, streamlined and made predictable. My work pokes holes in that illusion. 

Biography

Adam Niklewicz / Brief Bio /
www.adamniklewicz.com
Born in Poland; lives and works in New Haven, CT, USA
Adam Niklewicz earned his MFA in sculpture from State University of New York at Purchase (2006). 
He has shown at Real Art Ways, The New Britain Museum of American Art, The Stamford Museum, Grounds for Sculpture, Black & White Gallery, FiveMyles, Slag Gallery, EBK Gallery, Hudson Valley MOCA, Galerie fur Landschaftskunst (Hamburg, Germany), Gallery of Contemporary Art (Opole, Poland), FWD: Gallery (Poznań, Poland), Zacheta (Warsaw, Poland), Arte Laguna Prize 2014 / the Arsenale (Venice, Italy), Art-Zavod Platforma / Gogolfest (Kiev, Ukraine), JUMP Gallery (Poltava, Ukraine), and York Art Gallery (York, UK).

Adam mounted 15 solo shows in both the USA and Europe and had his work reviewed in ARTnews, Art New England, Aesthetica, The New York Times, Sculpture Magazine, Modern Painters Magazine, The Huffington Post and the Nation, among others. And in Poland: Artpunkt, Exit, Format, Obieg, Polityka and Szum magazines. He received grants from Connecticut Commission on Culture (Artist Fellowship Grant, in 2008 and 2023), Berkshire Taconic Foundation (A.R.T. Fund Grant, 2010), Central Connecticut State University (AAUP Faculty Development Grant, in 2000, 2011 and 2021). In 2017, CNN Style presented 4 of his works in a feature story titled “Extraordinary in the Ordinary: These Warped Works Will Melt Your Mind.”

1. RIGOROUS, 2018 / boxing gloves, jars / 12” x 9” x 6”
2. KNIFE IN THE WATER, 2019 / somerset velvet giclée print / 24”x 36”
3. SIX COOKS, 2018 / c-clamps, plate / 20” x 20” x 9”
4. UNCLE VANYA, 2022 / Deep matte giclée print / setup: sheet of ice, shot glass,
vodka, pedestal / 24”x 36"
5. WHITE SCULPTURE, 2023, triptych / deep matte giclée prints (edition of 3) / 36”
24" (each)
6. SCHOOLBOY, 2022 / deep matte giclée print / 24”x 36” (edition of 3)
7. SCULPTURE FOR THE DOMESTIC WORKER FROM MEXICO, 2019 / a pair of
rubber gloves / 16” x 7" x 4”
8. THINKER, 2018 / deep matte giclée print / 36” x 24" (edition of 12)
9. OO, 2021 / whisks, eggs, nails / 11”x 6”x 2.5”
10. UNTITLED (PAINKILLER), 2023 / deep matte giclée print (edition of 3) / 45”x 30”
11. WIFE BEATER, 2024 / cardboard box, classic A-shirt, pedestal / 60”x 18”x 24”
12. HOLLOW, 2024 / rice container, chopsticks / 9”X 12”X 11”