Maciej Gądor, Siesta, 2023.

Maciej Gądor (born 1972).
Siesta, 2023.
oil on canvas, 80 x 80 cm

Creates and lives in Cracow. Graduated from the Art Department of the Maria Curie-Skłodowska University (UMCS) in Lublin, with a diploma in linocut from Prof. M. Snoch in 1997. During and immediately after his studies, he dealt mainly with drawing and printmaking. While already in Cracow in 2002-2005, he worked as a stained-glass painter at S.G. Żeleński, where he created his own stained-glass realizations. Fascinated by the possibilities offered by glass and color, he begins to work as a painter gradually focusing only on paintings. The following years bring travels and exhibitions in Taiwan, a country with which the artist has been connected to this day. Cooperation with two Taiwanese universities: Fu-Jen in Taipei and Da-Yeh in Changhua, and prestigious schools (Wenhua-Beitou) result in new interactive art projects. "Human Trees" and "The Story of Water" are the artist's original projects, resulting in 3 major solo exhibitions in 2015-16 at galleries in Taipei and Hsinchu.