Piotr TOŁYSZ (b. 1965), Troja, 2020

etching, Hanemühle paper, composition: 10 x 10 cm, framed: 25 x 25 cm, 2/25, signed lower left: Piotr Tołysz

Born in 1965 in Bydgoszcz

. Graduate of the Faculty of Painting and Graphic Arts at the Academy of Fine Arts in Gdańsk. He received his diploma from the studio of Prof. Jerzy Krechowicz, with a minor in the textile studio led by Prof. Włodzimierz Cygan.

He works in printmaking (copperplate etching), painting, graphic design, and illustration. He is a member of the Nowy Port Sztuki Association in Gdańsk and the Association of Polish Artists and Designers (ZPAP) in Warsaw.

His most significant projects include, among others, co-organizing an exhibition marking the 100th anniversary of the ZPAP at the European Parliament in Brussels, set designs for the St. Dominic’s Fair in Gdańsk, thematic exhibitions at the Central Maritime Museum, and the design and production of catalogs.

His artistic practice encompasses graphic miniatures (copperplate engravings), bookplates, and painting.

In his works, he draws on medieval and Renaissance art, the grotesque, and mystical elements in culture.

He lives and works in Warsaw.

Group Exhibitions
:
Wilanów – Poster Exhibition

– LOT Poster Exhibition

– Częstochowa – Small Graphic Works

– Saint Just, Switzerland – Ex Libris

– 2011 – Ex Libris, Tipoteca Italiana, Italy

– Kraków – “Encounters with Literature” Exhibition

– Łódź – Comic Book Creators’ Convention

– Legnica – Satyrykon

– Stawiska – Post-workshop exhibition

– Gdańsk – “Angel” Exhibition
– Bosia, Italy – Ex Libris

– Gliwice – Ex-libris Exhibition

– Beijing, China – National Art Museum, Ex Libris Exhibition

– Gdańsk, Nowy Port – NPS Gallery

– Argentina – “Ecologica” Ex Libris

– London – “Erotic Art” Bookplate Exhibition

– 2011 – Pomeranian Print of the Year
– Third Prize
– Gdańsk – Blik Gallery, “Personalities”

– Gdańsk – Blik Gallery, “Attitudes”

– Shenzhen, China – Ex Libris

– 2013 – Malbork – International Ex Libris Biennial

– 2015 – Ex Libris, Shenzhen, China

– 2016 – Tipoteca Italiana – Ex Libris, Italy

– 2016 – Argentina – “Ekologica” Ex Libris

– 2016 – Exhibition of illustrations for the Koszalin city anthem

– 2018 – Ex Libris, Lithuania

– 2019 – Grafiteka, Warsaw

– 2026 – Miniature Exhibition, Bangkok



Solo Exhibitions

:

– Bydgoszcz – Painting Exhibition, “5 Słońc” Club

– Bydgoszcz – Post-workshop exhibition

– Bydgoszcz – Solo painting exhibition

– Świecie – Drawing and caricature

– Świecie – Watercolor exhibition

– Gdańsk – Promyk Gallery, copperplate engraving exhibition

– Gdańsk – NPS Gallery

– Malbork – Painting exhibition

– Malbork – Copperplate engraving exhibition

– Gdańsk – GTPS, copperplate engraving exhibition

– Gdańsk – Municipal Public Library, copperplate engraving exhibition

– Gdańsk, Nowy Port
– Community Center, painting exhibition

– Gdańsk, Nowy Port – Community Center, illustration exhibition

– Gdańsk, Nowy Port – Nowy Port Sztuki Neighborhood House, exhibition of graphic miniatures