Mortal Combat

(b.1988) is an artist, writer and publisher originally from London but based mostly in Bergen, Norway. He works with language as raw material—moulding, stretching and transforming texts on screens, on the page and through sound. Brzeski studied English Literature at University of Sheffield (UK), and Fine Art at Bergen Art Academy (NO). He has participated in the Maumaus Independent Study Program (Lisbon) and Mountain School of Arts (Los Angeles). Exhibitions and performances include The Norwegian National Museum (Oslo), Lydgalleriet (Bergen), Pachinko (Oslo), Bærum Kunsthall, bb15 Space for Contemporary Art (Linz), Meta.Morf—Biennale for art and technology (Trondheim), Black Box Theatre (Oslo), and Chao Art Centre (Beijing). Residencies include Contemporary Art Stavanger Art Writing Residency, Bas Fisher Invitational (Miami) and The Creative Europe Oscillations Program.  He runs the publishing presses TEXST and Vibrational Semantics. In 2025, Samuel is a participant in the Jan van Eyck Post-Academic Residency (Maastricht).