BIO
Bartek Buczek – born in 1987 in Czechowice Dziedzice, graduate of the Academy of Fine Arts in Katowice, painting, with a diploma defended in the studio of Andrzej Tobis (2011). Ex member of the Ośmiornica group. The artist creates monochromatic series of paintings, moving around conceptual painting smoothly, where reality is an important trace of interpretation. In the early stages of his work he was strongly influenced by the Ładnie group along with three acquaintances who were also edu-cated under the supervision of Andrzej Tobis. It is referred to as a “realist tired of reality”, con-stantly seeking new possibilities of expression in his work. Buczek has a conceptual distance to what he does. The artist has been exhibiting since 2008 when he graduated from the Academy of Fine Arts in Katowice. He took part in many exhibitions, among others: Black Romanticism at BWA Sokół in Nowy Sącz, Czarny charakter at CSW in Warsaw, Panic Room at CSW Kronika in Bytom, Jaskółczy anxiety at Art Agenda Nova in Krakow. He lives and works in Katowice.
Individual exhibitions
• 2017 – “Usable abstract”, BWA Katowice
• 2016 – “Carpet is a lava”, CSW Kronika (with Szymon Szewczyk)
• 2014 – “Overpriced, too weak, too difficult” Artificial Bunker, Krakow
• 2013 – “Black Romanticism” – BWA Sokół, Nowy Sącz
• 2013 – “Villain” – Bank Pekao PRO-JECT ROOM / CSW Warsaw
• 2011 – “Panic room” – CSW Kronika, Bytom;
• 2011 – “Swallow anxiety” – Art Agenda Nova, Krakow;
Group exhibitions
• 2017 – “Solstice”, BWA Katowice
• 2015 – “What’s hidden. Current Art from Silesia “- State Art Gallery, Sopot
• 2015 – “Wsiosko!” – Rydlówka Museum, In the frame of the Grolsch Art. Boom Festival, Krakow
• 2015 – BIENNALE OF YOUNG ART “FISH OF EYES” 8; Baltic Gallery of Contempo-rary Art in Słupsk
• 2014 – “On the rise and disappearance” – BWA Katowice;
• 2014 – “Deciduous teeth” – Baltic Gallery of Modern Art in Słupsk;
• 2013 – “Border” (Bartek Buczek and Piotr Grabowski) – Bunkier Sztuki, Cracow
• 2013 – “MIDNIGHT SHOW: exhibition – screening” BWA Wrocław
• 2012 – “Museum: Stronghold !!!” As part of the Grolsch Art Boom Festival, Kra-kow
• 2012 – “Cabinet” – Zbiornik Kultury / Bomba, Cracow
• 2012 – “Control Band” – Bunkier Sztuki, Kraków
• 2012 – “Mistifications” – Lamelli Gallery, Krakow
• 2011 – “Fear of Darkness” as part of the Biennale of Art for Children, Centrum Kultury Katowice for them. Krystyny Bochenek, Katowice;
• 2011 – “Whoever saw whoever knows” – CSW Kronika, Bytom;
• 2010 – “Do not even think about it” Galeria Leto, Warsaw;
• 2009 – 2010 “I was almost devoured by a tiger” (Bartek Buczek and Radek Szlaga) – BWA Katowice;
• 2009 – “OCTOPUS GROUP EXIBITION” – D-light Studios Dublin;
• 2009 – “Heroes’ Summit” – Bunkier Sztuki, Kraków;
• 2009 – “Polish alphabet 1” – BWA Tarnów;
• 2009 – “Only for boys” (Bartek Buczek and Maciej Nawrot) – Rondo Sztuki, Katowice;
• 2009 – “IV Artistic Meeting Aspects – MIT MITO-LOGIA; MITOMANIA – On contemporary concepts of myth, Łódź
• 2008 – “Memories of the Tamagotchi generation” – Klima Bocheńska Gallery, Warsaw
Portfolio
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