AU+ Pink Pig in Ink

Artist list

Marcin Bogusław, Bartosz Chmielewski, Filip Jackowski, Michał Wysocki

Au + is a space connecting four artists: Marcin Bogusław, Bartosz Chmielewski, Filip Jackowski, Michał Wysocki. Two years ago group presented in Legnica exhibitions Temptation. This year they come back with the project Pink Pig in Ink.


We all met in the Jewellery Department of the Academy of Fine Arts in Łódź in 2006. The many meetings at both school and later between classes created a special situation which could not exist in other conditions, which gave us no choice but to discuss various topics - confrontations with our outlook on the world… These peculiar connections, in which we were, getting acquainted with each other, let us move into more and more extraordinary spaces…

The idea to establish a "golden" group, space Au+ resulted spontaneously from the will to continue our acquaintance and from our need to share the topics of our discussions and our emotions with an audience through the best means of expression for us, namely jewellery.
AU+ Group
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AU+ Artists
Marcin Bogusław B. in 1982 in Warsaw. He has been working with the jewellery since 2005. Graduated from the Wł. Strzemiński Academy of Fine Arts and Design in Łódź, Faculty of Textile Art and Fashion Design, Department of Jewellery Design (2008). Lives and works in Warsaw. He have been always interested in small forms and miniatures. Realizes his projects using precious metals (silver, gold). Sometimes he uses amber. He is inspired by the city: machines, parts of buildings, elements which connect city in the unity. He uses own technical ideas and tries to make modern designed jewellery.

Bartosz Chmielewski B. in 1983 in Warsaw. Lives and works in Warsaw. He has been working with the jewellery since 2002. In 2005 he graduated from the Wł. Strzemiński Academy of Fine Arts and Design in Łódź, Faculty of Textile Art and Fashion Design, Department of Jewellery Design, MA in 2008. He uses in his jewellery plasticity of chitin shells of insects to create daring forms.

Filip Jackowski B. in 1980 in Białystok. Lives and works in Podlasie region, with which he is strongly correlated. In 2005 he graduated from the Wł. Strzemiński Academy of Fine Arts and Design in Łódź, Faculty of Textile Art and Fashion Design, Department of Jewellery Design. As he wanted to be close to the nature, he started to run eco-friendly household and it become his and his wife passion. Making jewellery he often uses the technique of casting steel, titanium, meteorite, silver and gold. His key principle is the uniqueness of the design.

Michał Wysocki B. in 1973 in Warsaw. He has been working with the jewellery since 1992. In 2005 he graduated from the Wł. Strzemiński Academy of Fine Arts and Design in Łódź, Faculty of Textile Art and Fashion Design, Department of Jewellery Design, MA in 2012. Currently lives and works in Wołomin, fascinated with digital technology, he creates in 3D programs and his works are formed both in typical materials and goldsmith techniques, as well as in materials and techniques incidentally used in jewellery / goldsmithing workshops / ateliers.