Grzegorz Stec (b. 1955), Red Sea, 1991

oil, panel, 61 x 122 cm, signed p. d.: 'Grzegorz Stec 91 R' and on the back: 'Grzegorz Stec | 1991 R'
Painter, printmaker, poet, graduated from the Academy of Fine Arts in Cracow in 1981. From 1996 to 2002 he was a resident at The Society for Arts in Chicago. The Society for Arts' "1112 Gallery" hosted three of his exhibitions, Letters to the Mastres (1996), Exodus or Carnival? (1997) and Aqueducts of Dream (1998). Between 2008 and 2009 he exhibited in New York, major exhibitions of his paintings were held at the Consulate General of the Republic of Poland (2008), the Courier Plus Gallery (2008) and the Kosciuszko Foundation (2009). The artist's paintings were presented, among others, on the poster of the 6th Ludwig van Beethoven Easter Festival (2002), on numerous book publications, and are in many private collections (including Chris Sztyber's). In 2014. Grzegorz Stec prepared the set design and staging of the play Antigone by Sophocles (MIST Theater). About the artist's work, TVP made a film The scent of blackness torments me (1991, directed by Cezary Nowicki). Grzegorz Stec is also a poet (he debuted in the magazine "Student" in 1974), and has published two poetry collections: Nikt tu nie szuka odpowiedzi, Krakow 1999 and Melencolia, Krakow 2007. In 2019, two major solo exhibitions of the artist took place: "Grzegorz Stec - Jubilee Exhibition" at the Nowa Huta Cultural Center and "Grzegorz Stec, Painting - Black Paintings" at the Pryzmat Gallery of ZPAP in Krakow.