Krzysztof Leon Dziemaszkiewicz is a performance artist, painter and creator of objects. Born in 1963 in Lipiany, he lived in Sopot from 1982 to 2014, where he actively participated in the artistic and cultural life of the region, beginning with his studies at the University of Gdańsk, through his involvement with the theatres Teatr Ekspresji, SFINKS and Teatr Patrz Mi Na Usta, to his individual performances. He currently lives and works in Berlin.
Dziemaszkiewicz has also been creating paintings and objects for many years. He works using an original technique he calls “tape art”, in which the basic tool and material is adhesive tape. Tape and the artist’s body have always been important elements in his work, so tape art emerged as a natural consequence and evolution of his performance practice.
Dziemaszkiewicz’s transgenic and transsexual work is intended to connect opposites and raise questions about the boundaries between humanity and animality. His work taps into premonitions, instincts and emotions, and its overriding principle is sincerity. His uncompromising stance in the face of social constraints results in a unique language of artistic expression. The artist becomes what he wants himself and his work to be – in the name of the freedom of every human being. Dziemaszkiewicz’s art has been shown in the USA, China, France, Germany, Turkey, the Czech Republic and Canada, among others. He identifies fully with his work.