Jan Szczepkowski (b. 1975), A Quiet Place, 2020

oil, canvas, 150 x 130 cm, signed at the bottom: 'Szczpekowski 20' and described on the reverse: 'JAN SZCZEPKOWSKI 2020 | - CICHE MIEJSCE - | [signature]'.

He lives and works in Sanok. Painter of the neo-romantic trend. He comes from a family with strong artistic traditions (the artist's most famous ancestor is certainly his namesake, one of the most famous pre-war sculptors of the Polish art déco period). He graduated from the Academy of Fine Arts in Cracow in 2003 with a degree in painting in the studio of Prof. Jacek Waltos. He is involved in painting, pedagogical work and conservation of monuments. Winner of several art awards, including: 2013 - BWA Rzeszow Director's Award ("Autumn Confrontations"); 2011 - 2nd place, 11th Krosno Art Biennale, BWA Krosno; 2009 - 1st place, "Painting, Graphics, Drawing, Sculpture of the Year 2009", BWA Rzeszow; 2009 - Przemyśl Mayor's Award, "Silver Quadrilateral" Painting Triennial, Przemyśl. Individual exhibitions: 2018 - "Painting," University Gallery, Cieszyn; 2017 - "Artes Liberales," Common Gallery, Bydgoszcz; 2017 - "Immovable Curtain," Pragaleria, Warsaw; 2017 - "Voyage," ToTu Gallery, Rzeszow; 2015 - "Taumaturgy," Bohema New Art, Warsaw; 2015 - "Partial Exposure," POSK, London; 2015 - "Painting," Historical Museum, Sanok; 2014 - "Painting," Galerie Mont des Arts, Brussels; 2014 - "Impossible Realism," Domus Aurea Gallery, Lublin; 2014 - "Museum of Meaning," CCA Solvay, Krakow; 2014 - "Returning Shadow," BWA, Krosno; 2013 - "Area of Shadow," Galeria Pod Czarnym Kotem, Krakow 2013; 2013 - "Returning Shadow," BWA Sanok; 2007 - "Paintings for Dark Rooms," BWA Sanok.