Born in Lubań, Poland, in 1972, from Polish mother and Greek father, Adam Martinikas moved to Athens, Greece, in 1982. He studied Interior “Architecture, Decorative Arts and Industrial Design” in Athens. Since the year 2000, has been working and experimenting on computer generated visual media (3D digital image, animation, digital sculpture, digital video, new media). Since then, he had been teaching digital arts & design, graphics, interior design and ceramic design in many art institutes. He is member of the Greek Chamber of Fine Arts and lives and works in Poland, Greece and the UK.
Adam Martinikas is already one of the more notable digital sculptors in the international contemporary art scene also being a recognized pioneer in the 3D and Digital Art.
Working mostly about the human condition and consciousness, in Adam’s universe we are all dynamic mannequins floating in space. Those basic forms represent for him references of humans where the most important to him is the story they express. He describes his style as a mixture of conceptual, futuristic and surrealistic elements.
AWARDS
2013 : Stellar Art Award @ Digital Arts: California – Simply the best 2.
2013 : Listed in Empty Kingdom’s Top 100 Artists of 2012.
2012 : Silver Award @ Artlimited “Color and Creativity” art competition.
2012 : Excellence Abstract & Design award, EXPOSÉ 10.
2011 : Winner of the international art competition “Changes”, Luxembourg (CultureInside & CCRN Abbaye de Neumünster).
2011 : Dabomba Silver Award.
2010 : Winner of the international art competition “EUtopia”, Luxembourg (CultureInside & CCRN Abbaye de Neumünster).
2009 : Winner of the international art competition “Rooted”, Luxembourg (CultureInside & Galerie Clairefontaine).
SOLO EXHIBITIONS
2014 – 2015 : “Univers Paralleles”, CultureInside.gallery, Luxembourg.
2014 : “Parallel Worlds”, Galerie ABF, Prague, Czech Republic.
2013 : “Adam Martinakis – Ditto doors”, Ditto TV, London, UK.
GROUP EXHIBITIONS & FESTIVALS
2014 : “Vagiti Ultimi III – Ante Mortem”, Atri, Italy.
2013 : “De fil en aiguille…”, Atelier Gustave, Paris, France.
2013 : “L’émergence dans tous ses états”, Art District, Le Royal Monceau – Raffles Paris,
Paris, France.
2013 : “Metaphysical Objectivity in Comparison to Realism”, The Lloyd Gill Gallery,
Weston super Mare, UK.
2012 : “heART break Athens v.1”, Egalite, Athens, Greece.
2012 : “Transformation – discover the digital world”, CI Gallery, Luxembourg.
2012 : “Crossing borders – from virtual to real”, CI Gallery, Luxembourg.
2011 : “Changes”, CCNR, Luxembourg.
2011 : “Athens Video Art Festival 2011”, Technopolis (Gazi), Athens, Greece, digital image.
2011 : “The Digital Palette”, The Artspace Gallery, Hartford, CT, USA.
2010 : “Art & Architecture 2010 – 2011”, Artower Gallery, Athens, Greece.
2010 : “EUtopia”, CCNR, Luxembourg.
2009 : “Rooted”, Galerie Clairefontaine – Luxembourg.
2009 : “Athens Video Art Festival 2009”, Technopolis (Gazi), Athens, Greece, digital image.
2006 : “Wine & Art festival”, Spata, Greece.
2006 : “4 New Artists”, Municipal Art Gallery of Kallithea, Athens, Greece.
2005 : “Where is love?”, Gallery Psyxari 36, Athens, Greece.
