Piotr Łakomy explores in his practice the relationship between the human body, architecture, and the environment. Łakomy uses both organic and industrial materials in his work. He regularly folds panels of aluminum honeycomb - a material used in the aerospace and construction industries - in a way that suggests a natural formation. The artist’s overall interest in architecture relates to the basic forms of shelter. Organic materials such as ostrich eggs often appear in his work, the artist refers to the sphere as a fundamental architectural form and as a shelter for life. Traces of life and death are suggested through the modification of body bags; bags are melted together, while a skeletal frame is left behind by the insertion of bamboo, umbrella, and tent poles, speaking of both the body and the built environment.
Piotr Lakomy (b. 1983, Poland) lives and works in Poznan, PL. Recent solo exhibitions include Shed, The Vault, Galeria Fran Haus, Palma de Mallorca, Spain; 2023, Worms, Dürst Britt & Mayhew, The Hague, Netherlands; House with a Garden, The Sunday Painter, London, UK, 2022; Chapel, ECHO, Cologne, Germany, 2022; The House of the Spider, Gdańska Galeria Miejska, Gdańsk, Poland; 2021; Doorway, Galerie Opdahl, Stavanger, Norway; 2021; Półpiętro, Le Creux de L’enfer, Thiers, France; 2021; Combined Vessels; Stereo, Warsaw, Poland; 2021; Vessel, Simian, Copenhagen, Denmark, 2020; Through the Ribs, Frederick Kiesler, Piotr Łakomy, SKALA, Poznań, Poland, 2020; Fenix, Avant-Garde Institute, Warsaw, Poland, 2019; 3 Inch Giant in Your Bathroom, Centre for Contemporary Art FUTURA , Prague, Czech Rupublic, 2019; Pale House, Galeria Labirynt, Lublin, Poland, 2017; Endless Room, BWA Zielona Góra, Poland, 2015. Recent group exhibitions include Metamorphosis. Art in Europe Now, Foundation Cartier, Paris, France, 2019; Orient, Kim Contemporary Art Center, Riga, Latvia, 2018; Half-Truth, Xawery Dunikowski Museum of Sculpture, Warsaw, Poland, 2017; Views Art Prize, Deutsche Bank Foundation Award, Zacheta National Gallery of Art, Warsaw, Poland, 2015; and Private Settings, MOMA Warsaw, Poland, 2014.