Dimensions: 50 x 70 cm
Biography
He graduated from the painting department
at the Academy of Fine Arts in Kraków (2004–2009). He is a member of
ephemeral music groups such as Anna
Dymna Ensemble and Masters of the Universe.
He lives and works in Berlin and Kraków.
He made his debut in 2006 at the Galeria
Nova in Kraków while still a student. That same year,
the Żak-Branicka Gallery in Berlin organized a solo exhibition for the artist
by the Żak-Branicka Gallery in Berlin, and the career
of this highly talented painter
rapidly from there. A year later, he had already
participated in group exhibitions in Germany
and Italy; his paintings caught the attention of
art critics, and he found himself among the ranks
outstanding artists represented
by the prestigious Berlin gallery Carliergebauer.
The figures painted by Kowalski
resemble mannequins—melancholic figures
often in danger or
oppression—which perfectly evokes the atmosphere of a difficult
to define. In his
work, one can trace inspiration from the art
the American self-taught artist and outsider Henry
Drager, a painter of unrealistic stories
that take place outside of historical time,
the creator of a world entirely his own.
