Notch

Jakub Jakubowicz is a sculptor awarded for his concise approach to issues connected with memory and its transfer. His participation in Naked Nerve assumes a meeting with displaced persons. Just as in the artist’s earlier projects, they include former inhabitants of Wólka, a Lemko village, and their descendants moved to the Ukrainian resort of Truskavets. In the project, the artist sets a goal for himself – to explore the resort (when it is possible) and find conjunctions between Wólka and Truskavets. Co-established with Joanna Rajkowska after their conversations, the key to his quest is ozokerite “discovered” by Jakubowicz, a substance which is the basis of attractiveness of Truskavets as a health resort. Ozokerite (also known as earth wax) is a result of oxidation of petroleum during its migration towards the surface of the earth, filling the fissures and crevices of sedimentary rock. “I’m interested in the medicinal properties of the material, its ability to change shape dynamically and the fact that it is extracted from the earth. It is important that the main deposits of ozokerite are located in this part of Ukraine,” says Jakubowicz. “I want to initiate a transfer of ozokerite from Truskavets to Wólka. I would like the wax to be moved and settled in unnatural conditions and surroundings. The melted liquid wax will be placed under the surface of the soil and adapted to the environment while solidifying. The activity is a reversal of the situation of displacement.”

Jakub Jakubowicz is from Krosno. In 2012, he graduated from the Tadeusz Brzozowski Secondary School of Visual Arts in Krosno, specializing in wood carving. His diploma work Kazik was appreciated at the exhibition of young artists at the Dagart Gallery in Rzeszów, and is currently displayed in the recording studio of the band Kult, where it acts as a patron of the place.  He graduated from the Academy of Fine Arts in Wrocław, prof. Grażyna Jaskierska-Albrzykowska’s studio (2019). He took part in a number of domestic and international plein air sessions, including Bardo 2013, Bludov 2015 and Orońsko 2017. He organized and took part in collective and solo exhibitions. He participated in foundry moulding workshops during the Festival of High Temperatures in Wrocław. He ran the Top Form (Szczyt Formy) author’s meetings at Entropia Gallery in Wrocław together with Łukasz Surowiec (2015) and Daniel Rycharski (2019). He has participated in numerous sculpture competitions. He won the Rymanów Borough scholarship and Iwonicz-Zdrój grant for the completion of his diploma work Traces and organization of the Zgórwysyny exhibition at Wrocław’s Czasoprzestrzeń gallery. In 2019, he came second in the competition for the statuette of the 55th Jazz nad Odrą Festival. He won the art studio competition organized by the city of Wrocław. In 2020, he qualified for the Triennale of Young Polish Art in Orońsko.