Henryk Laskowski (b. 1951), Observer of Dreams, 2016

acrylic, oil, canvas 82 x 120 cm, signed p.d.: 'LASKOWSKI' and described on the back: '"OBSERVER OF DREAMS" | H. LASKOWSKI | 2016 A/O'.

Studies at the Academy of Fine Arts in Poznan. Diploma with honors in the lithography studio of Prof. Lucjan Mianowski. Appendix in the illustration and poster studio of Prof. Waldemar Swierzy. He does painting, and is interested in drawing and photography. In his painting he moves in the circle of widely understood urban themes. He is also interested in landscape, nature and man. He describes the surrounding reality using the language of poetic metaphor. In his works one can find references to pop - art, metaphorical realism or surrealism. Works in the collections of the Museum of the Polish Army in Warsaw, the Museum of the History of the Polish People's Movement in Warsaw and in private collections at home and abroad. Selected exhibitions: 2018 - "Rzeczywistość złudzeń", U Gallery, Warsaw; 2018 - "Realism. Two Views," BWA City Gallery, Bydgoszcz; 2016 - "On the Road," Next Gallery, Bydgoszcz; 2016 - II National Painting Contest named after L. Wyczółkowski, BWA City Gallery in Bydgoszcz; 2015 - "Contemporary Polish Art", Parliament of the European Commission, Helsinki (Finland); 2013 - "Woman in the Interior", SD Gallery, Wilanów, Warsaw; 2010 - Poliedro Gallery, Trieste (Italy); 2009 - Paris L'Obsession - Obsession Paris, SD Wilanów Gallery, Warsaw; 2009 - "Visible, Invisible", Plock Art Gallery; 2008 - "Polish Surrealists", SD Panorama Gallery, Warsaw; 2007 - "Knock, knock, knock to Paradise Gate", Art Depot Gallery, Warsaw.