Michal WASIAK (b. 1997), Paramezzo II, 2019

aquatint, etching, splatter, Hahnemuhle 300 paper with laminate, 70 x 50 cm, author's print, signed p.d. : MichalWasiak'19

Michał Witold Wasiak - born in 1997 in Łódź, Poland. From 2016 to 2021 he studied at the Academy of Fine Arts in Łódź at the Faculty of Graphic Arts and Painting. He received his diploma with honors in the studio painting studio of Dr. Tomasz Musiał in 2021. He works in the field of painting and printmaking. His works mainly depict deformations, distortions of form, unusual juxtapositions of various elements shown in various portrait representations.
Participant of numerous graphic and painting exhibitions in Poland and abroad. Recipient of the grant of the Minister of Culture 2020. Recipient of the Prize of the Marshal of the Lodz Voivodeship in the 37th Wladyslaw Strzeminski Competition - Fine Arts 2020. Recipient of the Prize of the Museum of the City of Lodz, the Prize of the Amcor Gallery and the Prize of the House of Literature. Honored with the award of the Rector of the Academy of Fine Arts in Gdansk Prof. Krzysztof Polkowski in the nationwide XII Biennale of Student Graphics "Antibodies" in Poznan. Honored for his diploma in the nationwide Interdisciplinary Art Festival M{i}aSTO/a Stars in Zyrardow. Awarded Honorable Mention in the national Eibisch 2021 painting competition. Honored with the Award of the President of the City of Gdynia in the national XIII Best Diploma Competition of the Academy of Fine Arts 2021 in Gdansk.