Dimensions: 130 x 100 cm
Signed, dated, and labeled on the reverse: 'PIOTR DAWID | WORONIEC | "BLAR" | 2024 | Woroniec'
Biography
A graduate of the Institute of Fine Arts at the University of Rzeszów. He received his diploma in 2005 from the painting studio of Prof. Irena Popiołek-Rodzińska, Ph.D. He is currently a lecturer in the Department of Painting at his alma mater. Since December 2014, he has served as President of the Rzeszów District of the Association of Polish Visual Artists. In 2018, he received his Ph.D. from the Katowice Academy of Fine Arts in the field of Fine Arts under the supervision of his advisor, Prof. Janusz Karbowniczek. He has participated in dozens of exhibitions in Poland and abroad.
He has received numerous honors and has been nominated for awards on many occasions.
Recipient of, among others:
2020 – Honorable Mention in the “Painting, Drawing, Printmaking, and Sculpture of the Year 2020” Competition, BWA Rzeszów
2010 – Grand Prix at the 10th International Autumn Art Salon “Homo Quadratus Ostroviensis,” Ostrowiec Świętokrzyski;
2010 – Grand Prix at the “East of Art – Art of the East” Review, Rzeszów
2010 – First Prize at the 11th Krosno Visual Arts Biennial – BWA Krosno
2008 – First Prize from the Marshal of the Podkarpackie Voivodeship for the painting “From a Journey,” BWA Rzeszów.
Author of over a dozen solo exhibitions, including:
2021 – “Synergy” – BWA Rzeszów
2019 – “The Shape of Difference,” BWA Krosno.
2018 – “Alt-Realism,” Pragaleria, Warsaw
2018 – “Voltage,” BWA Rzeszów.
2017 – “Piotr Woroniec Jr. / Painting,” Galeria r_z, Rzeszów
2014 – “Substitute Models,” BWA Sanok
2010 – “Surdus—Deaf,” Solvay Center for Contemporary Art, Kraków
He has participated in prestigious exhibitions—among the most notable are:
2021 – “Quadro Art” in Łódź
2020 – International Miniature Triennial in Częstochowa,
2019/2016/2013/2010 – Triennial of Polish Contemporary Painting at BWA Rzeszów
2018 – National Art Biennial “45th Winter Salon” in Radom,
2018/2012/2009 – International Triennial of Carpathian Region Painting “Silver Quadrangle”
2016 – New Illustrations – Asenal Gallery in Białystok
2014 – 1st Leon Wyczółkowski Competition at BWA Bydgoszcz,
2011 – 6th International Biennial of Painting and Unique Textiles – Colors and Textures,
2010 – Festival of Polish Contemporary Painting in Szczecin,
2010 – 8th Triennial of Small-Scale Paintings in Toruń,
2009 – “Quadro art” in Łódź,
Major International Exhibitions
2010/11 – “Colors of Podkarpacie” from the Young Polish Painting series – Beletage Gallery, Nuremberg, Saarbrücken, Germany
2010 – International Triennial of Carpathian Region Painting “Silver Quadrangle,” Východoslovenská Gallery, Košice, Slovakia
2010 – International Carpathian Region Painting Triennial “Silver Quadrangle,” Deri Museum in Debrecen – Hungary
2006 – We Art Gallery, London
Creator of films and installations. He has participated in numerous exhibitions, open-air events, interdisciplinary festivals, and international projects as a participant, curator, and initiator, including: European Stadium of Culture, the recurring “Plac Sztuki” projects from 2012 to 2014, “Culture from the Kitchen” (2014–2016), “Art & Science,” “Topography of Freedom,” “Silesian Kafka,” “Szyb-art” (2011–2016), Mur-art 2015, and UNESCO-art 2020
In 2014, he received the Creative Fellowship from the Marshal of the Podkarpackie Voivodeship.
He writes about his work:
“The multifaceted concept of presenting the issues that trouble me is a clash between a worldview, content, and pure artistic painterly form. Through this concept, the truth about existence is revealed in a single act in a sensory, visual way. People naturally like reflections. For me, emotions and authenticity are what matter.”
