Adam Nowacki (b. 1967), Riff-Raff No. 1, 2013

mixed media, panel, 39 x 29 cm (inner dimensions of the mat) (framed 69 x 58 cm), signed lower right: 'Adam Nowacki'13 757/47/13 =Riff-Raff= No. 1'

A graduate of the Faculty of Painting and Graphic Arts at the State Higher School of Fine Arts in Gdańsk, where he studied in Prof. Jerzy Krechowicz’s graphic design studio and Prof. Henryk Cześnik’s painting studio. He received his diploma in painting in 1994, with a specialization in printmaking under Prof. Wiesław Dębski. The artist’s painterly fascinations include the works of Albrecht Dürer, Mathis Grünewald, and Rembrandt. He places the human figure at the center of his work—often lost, internally torn, and buffeted by intense emotions. The artist juxtaposes expressively rendered portraits or fragments of the human body with an abstract, conventional space, experimenting with color fields, line, and texture.

2002 – “Toward the 21st Century,” Senate of the Republic of Poland, Warsaw;
2001 – Man on the Threshold of the 21st Century, ZPAP Gdańsk Branch, State Art Gallery, Sopot;
2001 – ZPAP Gallery, Gdańsk, solo exhibition;
1994 – Palace in Ostromecko near Bydgoszcz, solo exhibition; 2nd Bydgoszcz Visual Arts Biennial, BWA Contemporary Art Salon, Bydgoszcz;
1993 – BWA Contemporary Art Salon, Bydgoszcz, solo exhibition;
1990 – GAZ, Exhibition of Students from the State Higher School of Fine Arts in Gdańsk, Starogard Gdański;
1989 – WLOT Student Gallery, Gdańsk, solo exhibition.