Karol Radziszewski (b. 1980, Bialystok), "Maria Konopnicka," 2022

color lithograph/paper
Dimensions: 70 x 50 cm (sheet)
signed, dated and described at the bottom: 'Karol Radziszewski 2022 12/70 + 7 ap'
ed. 12/70 + 7 AP

Biography
Polish artist, painter, performer, publicist, author of installations, actions, photographs and videos. Graduate of the III High School in Bialystok and the Faculty of Painting at the Academy of Fine Arts in Warsaw. Twice a scholarship holder of the Minister of Culture (2002, 2006), winner of the 5th, 10th and further Marcin Kolodinski Prize in 2006 and the main prize of the 3rd edition of the Samsung Art Master competition. He received the Passport of Polityka in the visual arts category for 2009, and has participated in many group exhibitions. He also has individual presentations to his credit. The most important are the exhibition Pedals presented in a private apartment in Warsaw, The Office at Zachęta and House - Block - Street at Warsaw's Program Gallery. A selection of his Polaroid photographs from the Lubiewo series illustrate the fourth gold edition of Michal Witkowski's novel Lubiewo. Radziszewski is the founder, publisher and editor-in-chief of DIK Fagazine.He runs a blog with Polaroid self-portraits. He co-founded the duo Ute & Endi. He lives and works in Warsaw.