50x50 acrylic canvas 2014
The painting was awarded 3rd prize at the 3rd Animalis Painting Triennial 2014
Albert Oszek (born 1974 in Katowice)
Graduate of postgraduate studies at the Academy of Fine Arts in Cracow at the Faculty of Painting in the studio of Prof. Andrzej Bednarczyk. Studied at the Art Institute of the University of Silesia in Katowice, obtaining a diploma in the printmaking studio of Prof. Eugeniusz Delekta. In 1996, he graduated from the Higher Vocational School of Design with a specialization in graphic design in Iserlohn (Germany). The artist presents engaged art, depicting a man lost in the world of commercialism and consumption. His creative inspirations refer to the masks and figures found in Pacific art and the ideology of the alter-globalist movement. His work includes painting, printmaking and objects.