Valentin Wroblewski, 1954, Untitled 5, 2017

acrylic, canvas, 50 x 50 cm

Born in 1954 in Bielsk Podlaski. In 1974 he graduated from the State High School of Fine Arts in Suprasl. Studied at the Institute of Artistic Education of the Maria Curie-Skłodowska University in Lublin. He received a diploma in painting in 1978 in the studio of lecturer Andrzej Kołodziejek.

In 1983, he was hired at the Faculty of Art at UMCS in Lublin, where he still works as a professor at the Institute of Fine Arts. Since 2012, he has been the head of the Department of Painting I.

He primarily practices painting. In his activity he goes beyond the practical, typically creative experience. He is also socially involved in the artistic community of Lublin. From 1993 to 1996, he served as Vice President of the Lublin District of the Association of Artists and Designers, and was curator of the Eastern Salon of Art several times, a member of the Program Council of the ZPAP Gallery "Under the Floor." He received the Lublin Mayor's Medal for artistic achievements in 1996 and 2016.

Winner of several awards and prizes, scholarship holder of the Minister of Culture and Art in 1986-87, 1990-91 and the Rector of the University of Maria Curie-Skłodowska. Winner of the Artistic Award of the Lublin Province in 1994 and 2013.

He has held 56 solo exhibitions and participated in more than 150 group exhibitions at home and abroad.