Jakub Ciężki

About artist

Born
19.01.1979

Winner of the Grand Prix – Minister of Culture and National Heritage Awards and distinctions: 'Artluk' editorial office and 'Artinfo.pl' editorial office in the 40th Painting Biennale Bielska Jesień 2011.

Born in 1979 in Lublin, he is a graduate of the Faculty of Arts of the Maria Curie-Skłodowska University in Lublin, he received his diploma with distinction in the painting studio of Prof. Jacek Wojciechowski (2003). Finalist in the Art&Business editorial competition for the Picture of the Year 2004. Grand Prix winner in the Franciszka Eibisch Foundation competitions in Warsaw (2004) and at the 40th Painting Biennale of Bielska Jesień 2011. Three times submitted for the Polityka's Passport (2011, 2012, 2014). Recipient of the 2013 Young Poland Ministerial Scholarship Program, he received an art scholarship from the Mayor of the City of Lublin for 2015 and 2016.
Author of solo exhibitions, including: Carnal Punishments (2015) and Haven't We Met Before? (2012) at Propaganda Gallery in Warsaw (2012), I Love You But I've chosen darkness at BWA Gallery in Gorzow Wielkopolski (2015), blackout at Galeria Bielska BWA Bielska in Bielsko-Biala (2013), To Read Between the Lines at the gallery of the Lublin Society for the Encouragement of Fine Arts (2009).
He has participated in dozens of group exhibitions.
He lives and works in Lublin.

 

Works

Jakub Ciężki

Scaffolding I

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