PAWEŁ OLSZCZYŃSKI
b. 1985, Cracow, Poland
He graduated from the Graphic Department at the Academy of Fine Arts in Krakow and Hochschule für Gestaltung, Offenbach am Main. In 2010-2012, he co-founded the New Roman gallery and collective in Krakow. He received the scholarship of the Mayor of Krakow (2011) and the Minister of Culture and National Heritage (2016). He works mainly in the field of painting, drawing and graphics. He also creates ceramics. Paweł Olszczyński’s works deal with the interdependency between art and the design of utility forms as well as interiors with historic decorative art.
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selected solo exhibitions:
2023
Hold Me Closer (with Marta Niedbał), Warsaw Gallery Weekend, HOS Gallery, Warsaw
2022
From the Front Was a Lion, From the Back a Snake, Piana Gallery Foundation, Cracow
Heavy Ornament, PRÁM Studio, Prague
Sungrazing Comet, Łęctwo Gallery, Poznań
2018
In the Near Past, BWA SiC, Wrocław
2016
Psycho-the-Rapist, pictogram, Warsaw
Cigar, Wozownia Gallery, Toruń
2011
Fantome Noir, Żak | Branicka Gallery, Berlin
selected group exhibitions:
2023
UrbaMistyka, the Tatra Museum, Zakopane
Udomowienie (Eng. Domestication), Willa Polonia, Busko-Zdrój
2022
The Discomfort of Evening, Zachęta National Gallery of Art, Warsaw
Refugees Welcome, 6th Charity Art Auction, Museum of Modern Art, Warsaw
A River Once Flowed There, Piana Gallery Foundation, Cracow
2021
On These Noisy, Fiery and Stunning Days, I Move With My Thoughts, Stefan Gierowski Foundation, Warsaw
2019
44th Painting Biennale Bielska Jesień, BWA Bielsko Biała
Roots (Nurturing/Creeping), Henryk Gallery Foundation, Cracow
Friend of a Friend, piktogram, Warsaw
2017
Temporary Storeroom - Drawing: Case Study 2, Plato Ostrava, Ostrava
2016
FelixPolonia, LAProject, Landschut,
The Łysa Góra Experiment 40 Years Later, Zachęta Project Room, Warsaw
99.965, Miłość Gallery, Toruń
2012
H.N.F., New Roman, Krakow
2011
Fukt In Warsaw, Laboratorium - Center for Contemporary Art Ujazdowski Castle, Warsaw