Radek Szlaga (b. 1979), Riccos or Rokkos in Marokko, 2007

oil, canvas, 120 x 120 cm (diptych 60 x 120 cm), signed, inscribed and dated on the back: 'PAN | RDK | *RICCOS OR ROKKOS | IN MAROKKO* | R SZLAGA oil on canvas | 2007 | [artist's e-mail address]'.


EXHIBITED:
2007 - solo exhibition "History and Geography", Zderzak Gallery, Cracow.


Painter, also involved in sculpture and installation. Currently lives and works in Brussels and Detroit. In 2000-2005 he studied at the Academy of Fine Arts in Poznań. He received his diploma with honors in the painting studio of Prof. Jerzy Kalucki. In 2007, he and his fellow artists founded the group Penerstwo. In 2013, he was nominated for "Polityka" Passports. Author of more than a dozen solo exhibitions around the world, including. At Zachęta National Gallery of Art (2019/2020); Mathare Art Gallery, Nairobi (2017); Gowen Contemporary, Geneva (2016); BWA Zielona Góra (2016); Fresh Paint, Tel Aviv (2016); Pioneer Works, New York (2015); LETO, Warsaw (2015, 2010, 2009, 2008); Harlan Levey Project, Brussels (2015); Galerie Laure Roynette, Paris (2015); Trinosophes, Detroit (2013); CCA Ujazdowski Castle, Warsaw (2012); Foksal Gallery, Warsaw (2012); West Gallery, The Hague (2011); Arsenal Gallery, Bialystok (2011); Alexander Ochs Gallery, Berlin (2010, 2009); Arsenal City Gallery, Poznan (2010, 2007); White Space, Beijing (2010); National Museum in Szczecin, Szczecin (2010); Zderzak Gallery, Krakow (2007). Szlaga's works are in many private and institutional collections at home and abroad, including. In the Zachęta National Art Gallery, Warsaw; National Museum, Gdansk; MOCAK Museum of Contemporary Art, Krakow; National Museum, Poznan; ING Polish Art Foundation Collection, Warsaw; CCA Ujazdowski Castle, Warsaw; Simulart Collection, Poznan; Museum Jerke, Recklinghausen; Arsenal Gallery, Bialystok; Warmia and Mazury Society for the Encouragement of Fine Arts, Olsztyn; Osman Djajadisastra Collection, Germany; Société Générale Collection, Paris; European Central Bank Collection, Frankfurt am Main