Dimensions: 120 x 120 cm
signed, dated and described on the reverse: 'PIOTR KOSSAKOWSKI | "PROSTE PRAGNIATIONS (you have to be someone)" | 2022 | acrylic, spray'.
Exhibited
Piotr Kossakowski, "Simple Desires", Galeria Sztuki Współczesnej Elektrownia, Czeladź, 11.05-17.06.2023.
Biography
Graduate of the Academy of Fine Arts in Katowice. Obtained a diploma with distinction in 2005 in the Painting Studio of Prof. Zbigniew Blukacz, additional diploma in poster design in the Studio of Prof. Roman Kalarus. Since graduation, he has been working at the Art Department of the Academy of Fine Arts in Katowice, in the studios of Prof. Ireneusz Walczak and Prof. Janusz Karbowniczek. Author of 18 solo exhibitions. Participant in more than 100 group exhibitions at home and abroad. In 2004 he received the Scholarship of the Minister of Culture and National Heritage and in 2008 the Scholarship of the Marshal of the Silesian Voivodeship. He is a prize-winner in the 2004 Samsung Art Master painting competition. In 2009 he received an honorable mention at the 39th Painting Biennale "Bielska Jesień" and in 2012 an award at the International Poster Triennale in Trnava, Slovakia.
