Wiktor Stribog
b. 1988, lives and works in Warsaw
An independent multimedia artist and animator, as well as a music and music video producer, illustrator and, more recently, painter. In his works, he often reaches for themes and methods of mystification, replicating the archaic language and style of the pop culture productions of the past – all with the goal of sparking instinctive responses in the viewer and creating an alternative world haunted by the ghosts of the unfulfilled promises of history. Stribog’s works oscillate between a simple joke and frenetic hallucinations that reflect the inner conflict between childish naivete and cynical dismay at how things really are.
The artist’s Internet project Mushroom Land TV has received popular acclaim globally and has been translated into 18 languages. It’s now considered a precursor to the genre of Analog Horror. During the pandemic, he created the Gęgaloma series to document the prevalent social anxiety of the time in the form of surrealist illustrations and animations. He regularly releases music that falls under the electronic genre known as Hauntology.
Discography:
2024 – Poradnik Uśmiechu (The Lost Soundtrack)
2023 – Astroenergoterapia Psychosonoryczna (Superkasety)
2022 – Loss & Los / split album with Mchy i Porosty (GAD Records)
2020 – Latamy (Pan Tu Nie Stał)
2019 – Poradnik Uśmiechu OST (Pan Tu Nie Stał)
Selected Animations:
2023 – Are we happy?
2022 – Indistinct Chatter
2022 – Stations, Wiktor Stribog (music video)
2020 – Extra Mask
2019 – What was the COTN incident?
2019 – Idra, Marvin & Guy feat. Perel (music video)
2018 – Es el Ordenador, Slovenska Televiza (music video)
2017 – Sposoby Na Bycie Syreną
2016 – Piwnica
2013-2017 – Poradnik Uśmiechu
Exhibitions & Screenings:
2025
– Xenex, Galeria Subteria, Kraków, PL
– „Niech będzie uzdrowiona dusza twoja”, Galeria u Kosałki, Wrocław, PL
2024
– 100 lat w Labiryncie, Galeria Labirynt, Lublin, PL
– Ludzie oddzieleni mechanicznie, Galeria Żak, Gdańsk, PL (solo)
– Product Displacement, MCK Bydgoszcz, PL (solo)
2022
– Side hole, LETO, Warsaw, PL (solo feat. Aleksandra Waliszewska & Ignacy Kamiński)
2019
– Nie to, co wchodzi do ust, Galeria Dobro, Olsztyn, PL (film screening)
– Witamy w piekle #5, Galeria Śmierć Frajerom, Warsaw, PL
– Powrót do Krainy Grzybów, ARS INDEPENDENT FESTIVAL, Katowice, PL
2018
– Dreams about being eaten away, Kronika, Bytom, PL (solo)
– Świt Żywych Trupów: Kraina Grzybów TV, Octopus Film Festival, Gdańsk, PL (film screening)
2017
– The beguiling siren is thy crest, Museum of Modern Art, Warsaw, PL (film screening)
– Noc Szalonych Mediów, Digital Cultures, Warsaw, PL (film screening)
– Jak skutecznie jabłko, ARS INDEPENDENT FESTIVAL, Katowice, PL (solo)
2016
– Piwnica, LETO, Warsaw, PL (film screening)
2012
– Rezonesans, ACK Chatka Żaka, Lublin, PL (solo)