Jakub Ciężki (b. 1979), Untitled, 2016

acrylic enamel, plywood, 100 x 80 cm, signed, dated and described on the reverse: 'JAKUB CIĘŻKI | UNTITLED | 2016'


From 1988 to 2003, he studied at the Faculty of Arts of the Maria Curie-Sklodowska University (UMCS) in Lublin, where he currently works as an assistant professor. He earned a diploma with distinction in Prof. Jacek Wojciechowski's painting studio. A painter, he is fascinated by small-scale architecture and realistic abstractions. He received a scholarship from the Minister of Culture "Young Poland 2013". Winner of the Grand Prix in the Franciszka Eibisch Foundation competition in Warsaw (2004) and the Grand Prix of the 40th Painting Biennale "Bielska Jesień 2011". His works were sold at Sotheby's Auction House in London (November 2014). He works at the Faculty of Arts of the Maria Curie-Sklodowska University in Lublin. He is the author of more than a dozen solo exhibitions and participant in dozens of group exhibitions at home and abroad.