Oil on canvas,
dimensions: 100 x 70 cm, 2023, signed ldr Naliwajko
Piotr Naliwajko
Born in 1960, studied at the Academy of Fine Arts in Cracow, Department of Graphics in Katowice, 1979-84 .
In 1983-1989 together with Tercet Nadêty, i.e. Group of Three ( Naliwajko, Szpyt, Żegalski), and after 1989 already individually, the artist organized more than a hundred exhibitions in Poland, Germany, Holland, USA, France. He repeatedly took part in group exhibitions, among others ; in Poland, Germany, Holland, USA, France, Hungary, USSR, Belgium, Switzerland, Spain, Italy and Slovakia. At International Artexpo New York 2000 and 2001, and at International Artexpo California 2000, he exhibited large individual presentations of his paintings.
More important publications describing P. Naliwajko's work: " Light is most important: Piotr Naliwajko and his paintings" Jacek Kurek, "Painting - conversations with Piotr Naliwajko" Monika Josińska. Jubilee catalog "50/50 Piotr Naliwajko", Plock Art Gallery, Plock 2010, "Art & Business", "Sztuka" ( several times); "Fine Art" (many times), "Art Expressions Magazine"(many times), "The Art Monthly", "Arteon", "Gazeta Antykwaryczna", Feuerländer- Regions of Vulcan : Malerei um Kohle und Stahl" (Aschendorff Verlag Münster, 2010), "ARTTAK", "Unter die Menschen gefallen" ( Cludius Verlag Munich) A. Krauss, "Painting of the Young" ,"1980-1990" J. M. Daszkiewicz, "Słownik malarzy polskich" (Arkady), "Civitas Mentis" vol. 2 (Wydawnictwo Uniwersytetu Śląskiego), "Malarze polscy XIX i XX wieku" (Gazeta Antykwaryczna), "ARTTAK,
"Artiste i Sztuka" and numerous articles in the Polish, German, Dutch, American and Spanish press. "ArsForum", "Format - a magazine about art", "Silesia - a cultural magazine" - many times, "Fabryka Silesia", "Wizerunki"- Plock Art Gallery, "Dadaist Impulse"- Museum of Art in Lodz 2017.
About the painter's paintings wrote more extensively, among others:
Andrzej Matynia, Monika Małkowska, Jerzy Madeyski, Jarosław Świerszcz, Krzysztof Cichoń, Irma Kozina, Jacek Kurek, Lechosław Lameński, Anna Kuligowska-Korzeniewska, Henk Abbink, Victor Forbes, Andreas Hildmann, Annette Krauss, Friedrich Kraft, Piotr Głowacki, Jarosław Naliwajko, Piotr Zaczkowski, Reiner Knieling.
The artist's activities( painting, street actions, unusual forms of image presentation, etc.) have become the subject of several master's theses and one doctoral thesis.
His work is documented by television films, among others: "Tercet Nadęty" W. Dobrzyński 1989, "Christus Fahrt Bus" from the series: Kunst und Botschaft RTL Germany1991, "Brothers" J. Wolska, H. Jantos TVP 1999," Impresje" M. Olczyk TVP 2005, "Sztuka Ekranowana- Piotr Naliwajko" P. Fik TVP Culture 2009.
He is the author of a series of films under the common title "Okiem malarza-meeting with a master" created under the program "Culture in the network" 2020.
In 2006, Piotr Naliwajko painted a curtain titled: "Astonishingly non-industrial spirit". ( 4.6 x 8.2m.)for the Powszechny Theater in Lodz.
As well as in 2008 a large-format painting titled "Close, closest..." intended for the new Chorzow Cultural Center the painting was presented at the international exhibition
" Feuerländer- Regions of Vulcan" LVR Industriemuseum Oberhausen.
He has collaborated with Glass Garage Fine Art. gallery in Hollywood. Paintings are in the collections of several American galleries ( e.g. Morpheus, Hermitage).
