Dariusz Wojdyga

Collector

12 March - 3 May 2026

Dariusz Wojdyga is a multidisciplinary artist primarily focused on jewelry art, where he seamlessly merges craftsmanship, performance, eco-activism, sustainability, and collectivism into an integrated creative practice. He works at the intersection of conceptual ideas and material-based processes, using wearable forms and collaborative projects to explore art as a tool for social engagement. He actively seeks pathways toward a sustainable artistic practice in a world where technological advancement and consumerism reduce the role of craftsmanship, overconsume energy and natural resources, and has a negative impact on the environment.

“Collector” is an exhibition that explores material value, consumption, and human’s relationship with nature. The project is rooted in the very act of collecting: finding, preserving, and giving new meaning to materials that have lost both economic and symbolic value. Most of the materials are sourced from nature or from urban environments — rivers, forests and woodlands, coastlines, and waste containers. “Collector” reflects on responsibility, overconsumption, and the possibility of transforming what has been discarded.

Dariusz Wojdyga (b. 1975, Trzebnica, Poland) was educated at the Oslo National Academy of the Arts, the Gerrit Rietveld Academie in Amsterdam, and the Eugeniusz Geppert Academy of Art and Design in Wrocław, Poland. He has exhibited at JELO6 – Old City Hall, Nicosia, Cyprus (2025), Design Without Borders – Kiscell Museum, Budapest (2025), Contemporania – Palau Pedralbes, Barcelona (2025), Nærverk – Smykkekunst og bærbare idéer – NITJA, Lillestrøm (2025), Rivers Downfall – Art Centre Itä, The Finnish Jewellery Art Association, Lappeenranta, Finland (2025) WOW EFFECT – Legnica Jewellery Festival SILVER, Legnica, Poland (2025), The Connection Corner – Munich Jewellery Week, Die Kunstgiesserei München (2025), METALLOphone, 7th International Biennial of Contemporary Jewellery and Metal Art – Museum of Applied Arts and Design, Vilnius, Lithuania (2024), International Graduate Show – Galerie MARZEE, Nijmegen, The Netherlands (2024) and Cosmos, Lem, Jewellery – Jewellery as a Language for Contemporary Art, XX International Baltic Jewellery Show Amber Trip, Vilnius, Lithuania (2024). Wojdyga was awarded by The Ilias Lalaounis Jewelry Museum during JELO6 Cyprus, and his work was included in the ILJ Museum’s International Contemporary Studio Jewelry Collection in Athens.