Lazymike presents Unweaving the Rainbow, the first solo exhibition in Seoul by Polish artist Marcin Janusz, from Saturday, April 11 to Friday, June 5, 2026.

This exhibition marks the first introduction of the artist’s work to a Korean audience, showcasing his exploration of new possibilities in painting at the intersection of scientific inquiry, mythological imagination, and sensory experience.

The exhibition title, Unweaving the Rainbow, derives from an expression in John Keats’s poem Lamia (1820). It evokes the Romantic concern that the wonder of nature may disappear through processes of analysis and dissection, while at the same time embracing the attempt to understand the underlying structure of things. The title also intersects with the concept widely known through Richard Dawkins’s 1998 book of the same name, Unweaving the Rainbow.

Marcin Janusz focuses on the tension between reason and analysis, and sensation and intuition, as well as the moments that emerge in between. The idea of “unweaving the rainbow” is not simply about deconstruction; rather, it is a process of revealing how disparate elements become entangled and composed, while simultaneously serving as a metaphor for a state in which unraveling and weaving coexist.

This perspective also resonates with Goethe’s theory of color, which emphasized experience and perception, and suggests the possibility of a sensory mode of understanding that stands in contrast to a more analytical scientific viewpoint.

Marcin Janusz (b. 1991, Poland) is based in Kraków, Poland, and explores the symbiotic relationships between nature and biology, the human body and physiology, and the surrounding world. Beginning from observations of nature and biological systems, his practice examines how bodies coexist with and respond to their environments.

He received a B.A. in Emergency Medical Services from the Jagiellonian University Medical College in 2013, an M.A. in Painting from the Jan Matejko Academy of Fine Arts in Kraków in 2018, and a Ph.D. from the same institution in 2023.

Selected solo exhibitions include Unweaving the Rainbow (Lazymike, Seoul, 2026); Almost White (LETO, Warsaw, 2025); Ghosts and Roots (Fierman Gallery, New York, 2025); Milky Flesh (LETO, Warsaw, 2024); Once Upon a Time… Life (Szara Kamienica Gallery, Kraków, 2024); and Kupala Night (Ephemera Festival, Królikarnia, Warsaw, 2023).

Selected group exhibitions include Morning Haze (Lazymike, Seoul, 2025); Let me tell you about myself / about us (National Museum in Gdańsk, Gdańsk, 2025); Nostalgia. Seekers of Fading Stars (MOCAK, Kraków, 2025); South of the Border, West of the Sun (Lazymike, Seoul, 2024); From the Ashes (Zachęta – National Gallery of Art, Warsaw, 2024); and Cosmos (Cricoteka, Kraków, 2023).

His works are held in the mBank Collection, Dela.art Collection, and PURO Hotel Collection.