Paweł Sobczak was born in 1997 in Mikołów (Poland). He was an art student at the Academy of Fine Arts in Katowice. Currently Master of Arts. His works have been exhibited in Poland and abroad (Spain, the United States, Japan).
P. Sobczak's art seems to be a form of self-therapy, an attempt to face a difficult past and childhood. The main theme of his work is homme fatale - a rare motif depicting a fatal man. It is present in his self-portraits, male nudes, portraits of people from the circle of the artist, and in fictional characters. These representations are accompanied by a variety of symbolism. In turn, the emotional charge emanating from the paintings is built with the help of intense and expressive colors "infected" by dark tones of dripping paint - this evokes feelings similar to those when looking at a beautiful fruit eaten by rot.
The content and style of Sobczak's paintings may evoke ambivalent emotions in the viewer - on one hand, lust, attraction and obsession (appropriate to the energy of life), and on the other, feelings of passing, melancholy or corruption (attributed to the sphere of death).
A.H.
SOLO EXCHIBITIONS
2022
I have never been a child, nor have I been an adult.
BWA Contemporary Art Gallery, Katowice, Poland
2021
Cuando yo era un niño
Freezia, Valencia, Spain
Cuando yo era un niño
Colores Art Gallery, Valencia, Spain
Kissing your cheeks
Ba / sen, Katowice, Poland
2020
Paweł Sobczak
Nowy Dekameron, Katowice, Poland
Exhibition of Paweł Sobczak's works (the exhibition is still to be seen)
School Complex of the Association of Catholic Families of the Archdiocese of Katowice, Chorzów, Poland
2019
Omid
Ba / sen, Katowice, Poland
Omid
Imago-Art gallery, Chorzów, Poland
GROUP EXCHIBITIONS
2022
EGYPT. EVERLASTING PASSION
Musée royal de Mariemont, Belgium
Migrations
BWA Contemporary Art Gallery, Katowice, Poland
The Art of Algorithm
Wilson Shaft Gallery, Katowice, Poland
2021
PROYECTAR [SE]
Colegio de Arquitectos, Toledo, Spain
El arte del infinito
El Corte Inglés, Valencia, Spain
National exhibition Jury
Delaline Arts Center, Maryland, United States
Trayectos
Facultat de Belles Arts de Sant Carrles, Valencia, Spain
Reflecto
Facultat de Belles Arts de Sant Carrles, Valencia, Spain
Dogma! What do students believe in?
Open Hall of the Academy of Fine Arts, Katowice, Poland
2020
Utazu Art Award Biennale
Japan
Figurama
Rondo Sztuki, Katowice, Poland
International Student Drawing Trienale
Rondo Sztuki, Katowice, Poland
Equinox
Springfield, United States
Katowice Graphic Month
UMCS, Lublin, Poland
Process
Rondo Sztuki, Katowice, Poland
2019
Figurama
Rondo Sztuki, Katowice, Poland
Shelter
Combat shelter No. 27, Ruda Śląska, Poland
DIDATIC AND EDUCATIONAL WORK
09.2018 - now
Instructor of art classes and creative thinking at I SM Piast I Katowice
Brief description of the activity:
Creating in children a desire and the ability to express themselves in art, create it and understand it.
23.2022 - 24.2022
Assistance in the organization of the Art Fair I Sztukaeks I Szczecin (exhibition plan, advertising, selection of artists)
2019/2020 academic year
Running a student art exhibition space BA \ SEN
at the Academy of Fine Arts in Katowice, supervising and curating student exhibitions
17.02. 2020
Returns. Medium - painting, interpretation of the theme "inner self-portrait"
Complex of Art Schools in Katowice
10.06. 2019
Let's get to know each other. Medium - drawing, painting, terry cloth, collage. Cultural and Art Center "Dwór Kossaków"
11/06/2019
On the other side of the mirror (part I). Medium - sculpture. Cultural and Art Center "Dwór Kossaków"
June 12, 2019
On the other side of the mirror (part II). Medium - drawing, painting, collage.
Cultural and Art Center "Dwór Kossaków"
