Paweł ŚWIĄTEK (b. 1982), Steven Seagull 1, 2021

vinyl emulsion (Flashe), canvas, 50 x 50 cm, signed on the back

Pawel Swiatek
(b. 1982) graduated from the Wladyslaw Strzeminski Academy of Fine Arts in Lodz, Poland, at the Faculty of Graphic Design and Painting. In 2012, he received a master's degree with honors in the Studio of Spatial Graphic Design and Poster Design of Prof. Slawomir Iwanski; he prepared an annex in painting in the Studio of Prof. Marian Kepinski. In 2013, he received an honorable mention in a competition, organized by the Museum of Cinematography in Łódź, for a poster for a Polish film.

The artist is involved in painting and graphic design (especially poster design). He presented his works at major exhibitions at home and abroad (China, Belgium, Bulgaria, Norway, Russia, Switzerland), among others: "Fig. 4 graphic festival in Liege", Belgium (2020); "III All-Poland Biennale of Painting / Architectural Landscape", Bisztynek (2020); "Blank Poster volume 1 event", Punkt studio, Oslo (2019); "9th International Triennial of Stage Poster - Sofia" (2019); "26. Biennale of Polish Poster in Katowice", BWA Gallery Katowice (2019); "6th International Biennial of Quadro Art Painting", Willa Gallery (2018); "Moscow Global Biennial of Graphic Design Golden Bee", Moscow (2018); "Painting and Poster" - solo exhibition, "Na piętrze" Gallery, Lodz (2018); "25th Polish Poster Biennale in Katowice", BWA Katowice Gallery (2017); "National Painting Contest "My Zakopane", Municipal Art Gallery in Zakopane (2017); "11th Macau Design Biennial", Macau (2017); "Weltformat 16 - Poster Festival Lucerne", Lucerne (2016); "2. International Student Poster Biennale," Lublin (2015); "Metaphysics and Reality," Galeria Bałucka, Lodz (2012); "Schools Review," Łódź Design Festival, Łódź (2010).

The artist talks about the essence of his work this way: "The field of artistic exploration is the parallel development of two trends: painting and poster art. On my canvases I juxtapose motifs borrowed from reality and capture the most characteristic aspects of phenomena, which naturally prompts me to synthesize forms and use vivid colors. In turn, in stylistically diverse posters, I use my own original typography." The artist's works can be found in private collections at home and abroad.