Daniel PIELUCHA, "Ducks."

50x60, oil on canvas, 2007

(Born 1959 in Wieluń)

Graduated from the Academy of Fine Arts in Cracow, receiving a diploma from the Department of Graphic Arts in Katowice in 1985. In 2018, the Minister of Culture and National Heritage of the Republic of Poland honored him with the badge "Meritorious for Polish Culture". The type of easel painting practiced by the artist is called "Polish Surrealism."

In his work, following the example of his great predecessors, the painter looks for features that testify to the distinctiveness of our culture. With great respect for the workshop and history of Polish painting, he emphasizes its unique character. He finds inspiration in the retiring landscape of our province, and therefore regularly participates in the most important plein-air figurative art events. The folklore of the Polish countryside, beliefs and customs are the scenery of the painter's visions, in which the author expresses his attitude to the modern world and the existence of others.

The painter has presented his work in solo exhibitions in Arlamow, Chorzow, Czeladz, Czestochowa, Gdansk, Glogowek, Gniezno, Gorlice, Ilawa, Katowice, Lublin, Oswiecim, Rzeszow, Sieradz, Szczyrk, Warsaw, Wieluń and Zielona Gora. He also represented Polish art at group exhibitions in Astana, Berlin, Mexico City, New York, Istanbul and Stockholm.