Bogdan Perzyński is a Polish contemporary artist whose interdisciplinary practice includes installation, video, sound, photography, drawing, interactive systems, sensors, computer vision, and architectural intervention. Rather than approaching an artwork as a self-contained object, Perzyński treats it as an evolving organism shaped by its environment, technology, information, and the presence of the viewer.
His practice draws from philosophies of communicative action, social pragmatism, and individual invention. Through complex visual and technological systems, he considers how meaning is produced and exchanged across social, political, and physical environments. His work frequently brings together disciplines that are usually considered separately, allowing architecture, moving image, data, sound, language, and human behavior to operate within a single installation.
Perzyński began working with installation in 1978. In 1990, he expanded his practice to include sound, video, sensors, and body-based interactivity. Over the following decades, he developed real-time systems and responsive installations that react to movement, positioning, architectural conditions, and other forms of physical interaction. His projects invite viewers to become active participants whose presence can alter the work rather than simply observe it.
More recent projects examine computational fluid dynamics and the collection, retention, and visualization of contemporary data, particularly in relation to ecology and the future. Perzyński considers how technological systems shape the ways environmental, political, and social conditions are recorded and understood. His work often connects large-scale global systems with specific landscapes, coordinates, buildings, and individual experiences.
Works such as TABLE, Epimetheus, and 52° 42' N 23° 52' E combine moving image, photography, ecological references, and spatial installation. TABLE draws from the organizational structure of the periodic table to bring together ecological, political, and social imagery. His coordinate-based video works connect specific geographic locations with broader questions of observation, data, environmental change, and the distinction between local and global experience.
In 2026, Liliana Bloch Gallery presents 52-42-N-23-52-E-p2, an immersive, two-channel video installation originally created in 2008. Using moving image, color, sound, acoustic sensing, and programming, the installation responds to the presence of viewers. The work is connected to the Białowieża Forest and Perzyński’s continuing examination of ecology, technology, perception, and the systems through which landscapes are represented.
Born in Poznań, Poland, Perzyński studied law at Adam Mickiewicz University before training in architecture and fine arts at the University of Fine Arts in Poznań. He received his graduate degree in fine arts in 1979 with a specialization in painting and drawing. During this period, he moved away from traditionally defined artistic categories and developed a more open-ended, interdisciplinary practice. His first solo exhibition was presented at Akumulatory 2, an influential nonprofit gallery in Poznań.
From 1979 to 1983, Perzyński taught at the University of Fine Arts in Poznań. He moved to Hamburg in 1983 and relocated to Santa Barbara, California, the following year, where he taught at the University of California, Santa Barbara. In 1987, he joined the Department of Art and Art History at the University of Texas at Austin. He is now Professor of Studio Art and co-founder of the university’s Transmedia Area, one of the earliest interdisciplinary art programs of its kind within a United States university.
Perzyński’s work has been presented in Argentina, Brazil, China, Germany, Greece, Israel, the Netherlands, New Zealand, Poland, Thailand, and the United States. His exhibitions with Liliana Bloch Gallery include The Future’s Ecology, Half Slave and Half Free, and presentations at the Dallas Art Fair. His work connects international new media practice with Dallas contemporary art through installations that address technology, ecological systems, architecture, and contemporary political life.
Bogdan Perzyński lives and works in Austin, Texas, and maintains an additional residence in Poland. He is represented by Liliana Bloch Gallery, where his work is available to Dallas art collectors interested in video art, interactive installation, new media, ecological art, and internationally exhibited contemporary artists.