Igor CHOŁDA [AQUALOOPA] (b. 1978), Hunters, 2015

Acrylic, canvas; 100 x 100 cm;
Signed l. d.: Aqualoopa;
On the back author's description: AQUALOOPA IGOR CHOŁDA HUNTERS AKRYL 2015

Graduate of the UW Department of Philosophy, the National Film and Television School in Lodz and the Institute of Process Psychology. Known as the author of murals. He belongs to the group of artists of Polish Digital Graphics. He creates and co-creates music videos and short animations. He is also an active musician, founder of the group Warsaw Afrobeat Orchestra.
He is the author of the solo painting exhibition "Infection" at gallery 3678 U Artystów (Warsaw 2011), solo exhibition "Testosterror" at gallery Pragaleria (Warsaw 2015), "Between Us" at gallery "Na Lato" (Warsaw 2016). Winner of the first prize in the competition for the Levi's mural "Go Forth" (2011), first prize in the competition for a mural dedicated to Maria Curie Skłodowska, realized in the courtyard of the Metro Centrum
Warsaw (2011). Artist of the Street Art Doping festival (2011, 2012), Forty Forty Street Art Festival 2012, Traffic Design (2012). He also has on his corner a mural in the office of the Polish headquarters of Facebook. Participant in the nationwide tour "Street Art against GMO" organized by "3 Wave" (2012). He presented his works, among others, as part of the exhibition "KRZY.WE 2. Polish Vector Illustration" (Warsaw, Pragaleria, 2015), Roundabout of Free Tibet (Warsaw, 2012), "Graffiti vs. Street Art" (Lublin, Zachęta, 2011)

"The work "Hunters" - or "Hunters" - is one of the works from the "Testosterror" series. It was inspired by men's expeditions and hunting trips, in which men spent time with each other. Silently, lurking in the thick of the wilderness, they wait intently for the approaching game."