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Not everybody has to be satisfied with contemporary art.
And being dissatisfied is not derogatory in itself. (...)
The discomfort caused by the impossibility to understand contemporary art is desirable since it can encourage self-education. Things go wrong when, if we are unable to comprehend something, we react with rejection and negation. Such a reaction may happen in response to contemporary art, political views or another person.
Regardless of the circumstances, for thinking being such an approach must be treated as a failure. We can accept something or not, but first we should get to know and understand it.”

(Monika Szewczyk, "Contemporary art does not need to impress us. The Unbearable Lightness of Ignorance")

As one of the main mechanisms of creating culture and worldviews, art is a powerful tool in the hands of human beings. On the one hand it is embedded in the realities of everyday life; it makes use of episodes documenting everything that is commonplace around us.
On the other hand it leads to extreme experiences through which it touches upon something metaphysical, something unattainable in any other way than through encounters with art. In our understanding art is a form of interpretation of reality that surrounds us – a kind of specific, visual language.

1. Painting
2. Curating
3. writting
4. Graphic Design
5. Photography
6. interpersonal communication
7. Drawing
8. Teaching art
9. Running art gallery

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Scholarships and awards:
- 1994 - 1997: scholarship at University of The West of England, Bower Ashton, England
- 1997: scholarship at Byam Shaw school of Art - Central Saint Martins, England
- 2011: distinction at 40. Biennale Malarstwa BIELSKA JESIEŃ 2011

Important exhibitions:

2011 - 40. Biennale Malarstwa BIELSKA JESIEŃ 2011, Bielsko-Biała, Poland,
2010 - 2 Triennale Malarstwa Współczesnego Jesienne konfrontacje - Rzeszów 2010, Rzeszów, Poland
2009 - „Bielsko XXI”, BCK , Bielsko-Biala, Poland
2008 – „Border Crossing”, Durham Art Gallery, Aykley Heads, Durham, Wales
2007 – 38 Biennale Malarstwa „Bielska Jesień 2007”, Galeria Bielska BWA, Bielsko-Biała, Poland
2007 – „Przekraczanie granic”, City Galery, Wrexham, Wales
2006 – „Interieur”, Galeria Arsenał, Poznań, Poland
2005 – “The Last Picture Show”, UnderGrand Art Centre, Clitheroe, England
2004 – „Manchester Art Show”, GMX, Manchester, England
2003 – „Oddychanie”, City Galery, Lucerna, Switzerland