Tomasz MASIONEK (b. 1994), Light, 2024

oil, canvas, 30 x 25 cm, signed p.d.: T. MASIONEK.

Tomasz Masionek is a Katowice-based painter and illustrator, born in 1994 in Lubliniec. He manifested a passion for various forms of art from an early age, so the direction of easel painting was an obvious choice in his life. He received his Master of Arts degree in 2019, from Jan Długosz University in Częstochowa.
From the beginning of his artistic path, there is a clear interest in the human face and emotions. The combination of large format, expressive structure and contrasting colors serves to highlight the specifics of the face, its emotions, as well as what the human face reflects - the soul.
In addition to portraits, the artist is often inspired by architecture and historical events. In contrast to the large, expressive portrait forms, intricate, open-work architectural drawings are created using thin pencils. The artist later creates collages from them, as well as spatial forms by pasting them directly onto canvases and bringing them to life with color.
His latest series of paintings, "Reinterpretations," is the result of his fascination with the paintings of masters such as Jan Matejko, Józef Brandt and Józef Chełmoński. The artist pours onto the canvas impressions, first impressions and emotions accompanying communication with the works of these artists. These are often very dynamic, overflowing scenes of battles and wars, to which the artist gives a completely new tone by simplifying the form, playing with colors and giving structure.

Exhibitions

2023 High Art Festival, Steel Angels, Bytom
2022 Charity Auction, TLEN Art Gallery, Warsaw.
Painting Exhibition, Regional Museum, Jawor
2021 Exhibition of Finalists, PROMOTIONS 30, Art Gallery, Legnica.
Festival of High Art, , "Slowly Me", Steel Angels, Bytom
2020 Small Festival of High Art, Steel Angels, Bytom
Individual Painting Exhibition, Black Wolf Coffee, Katowice.
Fraternal Confrontations, Zinc Rolling Mill Museum, Katowice.
2019 Portrait, Wilson Shaft Gallery, Katowice.
Painting Exhibition, MDK, Częstochowa
She sees, He sees, Muse Gallery, Sosnowiec
2018 Exhibition 125, Silesia exhibition series
Handicraft Fair, MDK, Lubliniec
2017 Painting Exhibition, MDK, Lubliniec
2016 Drawing artists, Conductor House, Częstochowa
Handicrafts Fair, MDK, Lubliniec
2015 Painters II, Conductor House, Częstochowa
2012 Painting Exhibition, POP-ART, Czestochowa.
2011 Young Artists, Black Cat Studio, Czestochowa.