Pawel Kaluzinski, Pool from the Big Sleep series, 2022

oil, acrylic, resin, canvas, 100 x 100 cm signed, dated and described on the reverse: Paweł Kałużyński Basen/z cyklu Wielki Sen/2022; on the stretcher: Paweł Kałużyński 2022

Paweł Kałużyński (born 1979) is a graduate of the Faculty of Painting at the Academy of Fine Arts in Warsaw. He received his diploma in 2005 under the direction of Professor Marian Czapla. He defended the annex to his diploma in the Workshop Graphics Studio of Prof. Rafał Strent. His works have been shown in many exhibitions at home and abroad. He lives and works in Warsaw. Pawel Kaluzynski's works are easy to recognize - the artist covers the face of the painting with glaze, which gives it an unprecedented shine and an additional impression of depth. This effect is only fully visible in person and is difficult to capture in a photograph. MOST IMPORTANT INDIVIDUAL EXHIBITS: 2020 "Big Sleep",Galeria Milano, Warsaw; 2016 "Alone Alone", Rabbithole Art Room, Warsaw; 2011 "Amore",ArtNewMeria Gallery, Warsaw; 2009 "Bulletproof Heart", aTak Gallery, Warsaw MOST IMPORTANT COLLECTIVE EXHIBITS: 2020 "Colors of Change. Polish painting from the collection of Krzysztof Musiał", State Art Gallery, Sopo;t 2018 "Lejanias "Centre del Carme, Valencia, Spain; 2018 "Here we are. Selected works from the collection of Krzysztof Musial," Meno Parkas Gallery, Kaunas, Lithuania; 2017 "Here We Are. Selected Works from the Collection of Krzysztof Musial" CCA, Torun, Poland; 2016 "Between Systems," Center for Contemporary Art, Málaga, Spain; 2004 "Should and Rebellion. Academy of Fine Arts in Warsaw 1944-2004",Zachęta National Gallery of Art, Warsaw, Poland.