Kuba Maria Mazurkiewicz

Faculty of Artistic Research and Curatorial Studies, Academy of Fine Arts in Warsaw

Designer, artist. Co-creator of artistic initiatives (Studio of Mental Structures at the Academy of fine Arts in Warsaw, and the wespół zespół design studio), currently runs his own design studio. Winner of awards and distinctions in the field of design (Good Design, Project of the Year) and recipient of scholarships from the Ministry of Culture and National Heritage (MKiDN, 2011) and Młoda Polska (Young Poland, 2016). Author of the exhibition Funeral Imagination. In the Face of Polish Funeral Law 1959–2021 (Wyobraźnia funeralna. Wobec polskiego prawa pogrzebowego 1959–2021, Dizajn BWA Wrocław gallery, 2021) and the book A Sampler of Alternative Symbols of Death (Wzornik alternatywnych symboli śmierci, Dar Dobryszyc, Warsaw 2022). He focuses on everyday life, social change, and the influence of broadly understood infrastructure on human practices.