Dimensions: 80 x 120 cm
Signed, dated, and labeled on the reverse: 'Karol | Kowalczyk | 11 2023 | Untitled'
Exhibited
“Art Show,” Palace of Culture and Science, Warsaw, 2024
“Open Academy,” Academy of Fine Arts, Warsaw, 2024
“Negative Ability,” Prześwit, Warsaw, 2025
Biography
A multidisciplinary artist and graduate of the Painting Department at the Academy of Fine Arts in Warsaw. He specializes in easel painting, mural painting, and illustration. He has participated in over a dozen group exhibitions throughout the country. His main source of inspiration is the landscape and culture of his hometown, located in the Zielona Forest in the Kurpie region. His work is rooted in a search for hope, which he sees as an attitude of acceptance of the present, while remaining open to the new. At the same time, he steers clear of naive optimism. For him, art is not an escape from difficulties, but an opportunity to perceive the beauty of the world, which often vanishes under their weight. His goal is to show that hope allows us not only to see the world as it is, but also as it can become.
