Robert Sochacki, Phd – born in Gdansk, PL (1971). Currently lives and works in Wrocław.
Working within the light art frame Sochacki comments and interprets topic from everyday life. He looks into social and political perspectives and tries to uncover some relationships between the artwork and the space where it is presented. By creating artistic codes and contextualize them in a site specific setting he invites the viewers to re-discover and re-define their everyday experience.
His artistic research is focused on deconstruction the division between the artwork and the viewer.
Going beyond the traditional pedagogy of a master/student, he is lecturer (PhD) at art academies
The Eugeniusz Geppert Academy of Arts and Design in Wrocław from 2019 until now
The Academy of Fine Arts in Gdańsk 2015 – 2021
https://www.asp.wroc.pl/pl/pracownicy-dydaktyczni/sochacki-robert
He is a co-founder of the artist-curator group – NOKS collective
A co-founder of the One Night Public Gallery project:
Since 2018 he has been developing an international project Light as a Creative Tool [LAACT] where he is the head of conference and workshops:
Concept and co-author of the publication Light as a Creative Tool – a digital publication published by Academy of Fine Arts in Gdańsk, Poland – accessible here:
https://www.zbrojowniasztuki.pl/publikacje/monografie/robert-sochacki-laact,4612