Bartłomiej Chwilczyński (born 1987 in Kraków, Poland) is a visual artist and printmaker. He works mostly with the techniques of collage and stone lithography, often experimenting with oil painting, mixed media and spatial objects. In 2011 he received the Grand Prix ‘Graphic of the Year’ of ASP Kraków. In 2012 he graduated from the Jan Matejko Academy of Fine Arts in Kraków with a Masters degree in lithography. Series titled Accidentaly consisted of unique abstract lithography monoprints, focusing on accidents in the creative process. He continued his studies, fnishing with a degree of Doctor of Arts (PhD) in 2019. His thesis ‘Forgotten Worlds’ was an exploration of childhood, identity and belonging. As
part of his research he travelled to Canada to revisit places and memories from his early childhood in the context of his art practice. In 2019 Chwilczyński started an ongoing series, titled JOURNEY, developing his own technique including elements of calligraphy, lithography and collage. In these series, bold colours and black Japanese ink are used to create an abstract space for contemplation, and invite viewers to look inside and fnd their individual interpretations within. His solo show presenting litographic collage, mapping and installation from 4 years of JOURNEY series was an inaugural exhibition of Foundation Arte Novum in Sieciechowice, Poland in 2023.
In 2021 his works were a part of Re_Transmission exhibition at Mirus Gallery in Denver, US, and later Mirus Gallery in LA. Presenting contemporary Polish abstract artists in the context of post grafti movement, the exhibition received a lot of publicity including in Juxtapoz Magazine.
His piece Journey LXXV was awarded Grand Prix at International Lithography Trienalle in Kielce, Poland in 2021.
In 2023 he was invited to DOU Printstudio in Ankara, Turkey for artist residency, as a part of International Litho D ys in Turkey. Artworks created during the residency were part of STONES FROM THE SEA exhibition at gallery KA Atolye in Ankara.
He currently works as an art teacher and a master printer in the Lithography Studio at the Academy of Fine Arts in Kraków. He curated exhibitions across Poland also abroad – Sofa, Ostrava and Belgrade and given lectures as a visiting professor in Belgrade and Ostrava.
He has taken part in more than eighty exhibitions worldwide, including individual and group shows. His works are part of museum’s collections at CAFA Museum in Beijing, China, Reykjanes Art Museum in Reykjavik, Iceland and MOB Museum in Bydgoszcz, Poland,
Major exchibitions:
– STONES FROM THE SEA, Ka Space for Visual Culture, Ankara Turkey, 2023
– JOURNEY, solo show, Arte Novum Foundation, Sieciechowice Poland, 2023
– Retransmission_ MIRUS GALLERY, Denver USA, 2022
– II International Lithography Competition, LITHO KIELCE, Kielce Poland, 2022
– The Elements, International Center for Graphic Arts, Kraków Poland, 2020
– 1+1 Exchange Exhibition of Polish Printmaking, CAFA Museum, Beijing China
– Reality and its variations, Reykjanes Art Museum, Reykjavik Island, 2019
– Immersed in Images, International Printmaking Trienniale, Bunkier Sztuki Gallery of Contemporary Art in Krakow Poland, 2018
– Forgotten Worlds, solo show MICET, Kraków Poland, 2018
– Love in Krakow, Nanjing China, 2016
– LITO TEAM Megaform, Kraków Poland, 2016
– International Competition of Lithography LITHO KIELCE 2015, Kielce
Poland, 2015
– LITO TEAM – Chwlczyński, Panasiewicz, Świętek, International Print Triennal Society, Kraków Poland, 2015
– The multiplicity in unity. Lithography and fatprinting techniques in Poland after 1900. Museum of Contemporary Arts in Bydgoszcz, Poland, 2015
– Bartłomiej Chwilczyński – For a While, solo show, Kraków Garden of Arts, Kraków Poland, 2015
– Splitgraphic VII, International Graphic Art Biennial, Split Croatia, 2015
– Graphic Open, Budapest Hungary, 2012
– VIII Polish Print Triennial, Katowice Poland, 2012
– SNAP 2012, Bentlage, Germany, 2012
– Eastern European Printmakers Today Exhibition, Boston USA, 2011
Awards:
– GRAND PRIX II International Lithography Competition, LITHO KIELCE, Kielce, Poland 2022
– Art Scholarship of the city of Kraków, 2014
– GRAND PRIX Graphic of the Year, Kraków Poland, 2011
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