Jakub Slomkowski, Shadow, 2019

oil, canvas, 100 x 120 cm signed, dated and described on the reverse: "BLACK BLOOD"/JSłomkowski 2019/ Shadow

exhibited: The growling heads, Dalek Gallery, Antwerp, March 2019 Jakub Slomkowski (b. 1982) - painter, illustrator, musician, installation artist. Graduate of the Warsaw Academy of Fine Arts (diploma in painting in 2007). In 2004-2005, he studied at the Department of Fine Arts at the Complutense University in Madrid. His works oscillate between abstraction and symbolism. Since graduating, Slomkowski has been developing his individual alphabet of meanings built using very distinctive color transitions and a simultaneous sensitivity to color nuances. In his works, he looks at how the spheres of the sacred and profane act on the human imagination, and seeks ways to communicate between the animate and inanimate worlds. Space, which appears in many parallel orders and acquires different meanings, is the leitmotif of Slomkowski's work. The artist has participated in numerous exhibitions and art festivals, including the Summer Juvenile Zachęta National Gallery of Art, Samsung Art Master - post-competition exhibition of the CCA Zamek Sztuki Współczesnej in Warsaw, Tide - young Polish contemporary art Wrocław ECC 2016, Weltschmerz - competition exhibition of the Triennale of Drawing in Wrocław, Polish Art Now at Saatchi Gallery in London. A turning point in the artist's career was a solo exhibition at kunsthallekleinbasel in 2019, which marked the beginning of his collaboration with curator Jasmin Glaab. In Warsaw, Slomkowski collaborates with Piekna Gallery, where some of the artist's works can be seen. As a musician, he has been composing music for Iza Szostak's performances since 2010. He is also the creator of the musical group Andy Why.