Marek RACHWALIK (b. 1986), Medusa Blue, 2012

oil, canvas; 60 x 80 cm;
signed, dated and described on the back, on the stretcher: MEDUZA BLUE 2012 / MAREK RACHWALIK

Graduated from the Jacek Malczewski State High School of Fine Arts in Częstochowa in 2006. In 2005 completed a ceramic internship of the Leonardo Da Vinci program in HoANhr-Grenzhausen, Germany. Diploma in Applied Ceramics. In 2012 he received a diploma with a medal at the Academy of Fine Arts in Katowice at the Faculty of Painting. in the studio of Prof. Ireneusz Walczak and Dr. Piotr Kossakowski. Annex of drawing under the direction of adj. dr. hab Maciej Linttner. Reviewer: prof. Andrzej Tobis. As part of his studies, he was engaged, among other things, in screen printing in the studio of Prof. Waldemar Wegrzyn. In the 2013/2014 academic year, he interned as an
academic teacher and then instructor in the painting studio of Dr. Dominika Kowynia of the Faculty of Workshop Graphics at the Academy of Fine Arts in Katowice. In 2015/2016, he was an assistant in extramural studies in the drawing studio of Dr. Weronika Siupka. He is engaged in painting and drawing. Finalist in more than 10 competitions, among others: finalist of Ale Sztuka! Young Polish Painting, Ale Sztuka! Gallery, Krakow, (2015); finalist of the International Painting Competition of the Three Bridges Foundation, Warsaw, (2015); finalist of the National Youth Painting Review Promotions 2013, Art Gallery, Legnica, (2013); finalist of the 2nd Young Art Review entitled Fresh Blood, Socato Gallery, Wroclaw, (2012).

Individual exhibitions: Panzer Division Marek, Gallery +, Rondo Sztuki, Katowice, (2016); Zoom together with Barbara Bigosińska, Gallery +, Rondo Sztuki, Katowice, (2011); Exhibition of screen prints, Fraktal, Mikolow, (2011); Hotel Landszaft with the Landszaft Group. Vernissage combined with the opening of an exhibition of lithographs by David Lynch, whose film work inspired the project. Gallery +, Rondo Sztuki, Katowice, (2009).