Michal Cygan, Krasnik, 2020

acrylic, canvas, 150 x 100 cm signed, dated and described on the reverse: Michał Cygan/"Kraśnik" 150 x 100 cm/2020/verniks; exhibited: 45th Painting Biennale Bielska Jesień 2021, Bielska Galeria BWA; reproduced: catalog of the 45th Painting Biennale Bielska Jesień 2021, p. 45.

Michal Cygan (1989) - graduated from the Academy of Fine Arts in Katowice in 2016 (Gravure Studio under Prof. Jan Szmatloch, Painting Studio under Prof. K. Cieslik). He received a diploma with honors in the Digital Graphics Studio under Prof. Adam Romaniuk. His paintings are in the collections of the Leon Wyczółkowski District Museum in Bydgoszcz and the BWA Bielska Gallery. He received an honorable mention at the Art Olympia biennial in Tokyo (2019). He is the winner of the Special Award of the 44th Painting Biennale "Bielska Jesień 2019". Michal Cygan's paintings have been presented at the London Art Fair or ARTEXPO art fair in Paris, among others. He is a finalist in this year's 45th Painting Biennale "Bielska Jesień 2021".

Michał Cygan draws inspiration mainly from his immediate surroundings and Polish "everyday life." He is not afraid to reach for difficult, uncomfortable and silent subjects. The artist has developed his own unique style, which in the "block" cycles bears the features of computer graphics. In his works an important role is played by artistic technique and color


Selected solo exhibitions:


- 2017 r. - "We will all die," FRESZ Gallery, Krakow
- 2016 r. - Exhibition of works, Promotional Gallery, Warsaw, Poland
- 2016 r. - Individual exhibition at Ateneum Gallery. Katowice
- 2014 r. - Painting Exhibition Katowice Klakier Gallery



Selected group exhibitions:


- 2018 r. - Exhibition of contemporary art "Misanthropy - Valentine's Hate Speech", Krakow.
- 2016 r. - National Youth Painting Review "Promotions 2016", Legnica
- 2016 r. - Collective exhibition "Nothing unites us", Sosnowiec
- 2016 r. - Best Diplomas of the Academy of Fine Arts, Old Armory, Gdansk.
- 2016 r. - "Fresz Module," FRESZ Gallery, Krakow
- 2015 r. - "WARNING: SLOWLY PAINTED," FRESZ Gallery, Krakow.
- 2015 r. - Post-competition exhibition of the Grand Prix of Young Polish Graphics. Krakow
- 2015 r. - Post-competition exhibition of the International Triennale of Graphics Krakow 2015.
- 2014 r. - Exhibition ''Freedom on B1'', Budapest, Hungary
- 2014 r. - Post-competition exhibition International Biennale of Small Graphic Forms and Exlibris, Ostrów Wielkopolski
- 2014 r. - Exlibris post-competition exhibition, Varna, Belarus
- 2013 r. - "Mother of Pearl" EMDES Gallery, Wroclaw, Poland.



Prizes and awards:



- 2020 r. - Main Prize in the Distance Art Competition: Painting and Sculpture 2020.
- 2019 r. - Purchase of a painting for the Art Collection of BWA Bielska Gallery.

- 2019 r. - Honorable Mention, Artolympia, Tokyo, Japan

- 2019 r. - Special Award, 44th Painting Biennale "Bielska Jesień 2019".

- 2018 r. - Purchase of a painting for the collection of the Leon Wyczółkowski District Museum in Bydgoszcz

- 2018 r. - Passion for Freedom art festival, London, United Kingdom.

- 2018 r. - First prize in the Leon Wyczółkowski National Painting Competition.

- 2018 r. - ARTEXPO 2018 Art3f art fair, Paris, France.

- 2018 r. - London Art Fair

- 2018 r. - Art Prize CBM curated exhibition at Galerie Českých center, Prague, Czech Republic

- 2018 r. - Art Prize CBM curatorial exhibition at Galerie Českých center, Prague, Czech Republic

- 2017 r. - 1st International Print Biennale Yerevan 2017, post-competition exhibition

- 2017 r. - Main prize in the category Under 30 Art Prize CBM, Turin, Italy.
- 2017 r. - Qualification for the post-competition exhibition of the 44th Painting Biennale "Bielska Jesień".
- 2017 r. - Honorable Mention in the 7th Review of Young Art "Fresh Blood".
- 2017 r. - Honorable mention in the International Triennial of digital media Radom 2017
- 2016 r. - Honorable Mention, Best Diplomas of the Academy of Fine Arts in Gdansk.
- 2016 r. - Honorable mention in the Vincent Van Gogh National Competition in Rybnik
- 2015 r. - Qualification for the post-competition exhibition of the 42nd Painting Biennale "Bielska Jesień 2015".
- 2015 r. - First prize in the Vincent Van Gogh National Competition in Rybnik
- 2015 r. - Second prize in the competition "Themerson Street" Plock
- 2014 r. - Honorable mention in the International Triennial of digital media, Radom