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Bartosz Kolata (1979) is a Polish artist who chose to live
in Ireland after completing a Master of Fine Art at the
Nicolaus Copernicus University of Torun, his home town.
In his words: "Painting is my
path through life. It is not easy and I can't be sure if it
is leading to a goal, but I think that it is a challenge
worth rising to. I am not trying to change the world. You
will not find in my art a lot of violence, even if I am
taking up subjects like war or death. I am trying to sketch
life in a different way with my own particular sense of
humor. I am not indifferent to what is going on around me.
There is such a massive onslaught of cruel and violent
scenes blurring the line between reality and unreality that
our sensibility has been weakened. A strong message does not
always require a violent image, because you can often
achieve much more through gentleness. I hope my paintings
are able to restore people's sensibility, which is
fundamental.
"Lost
Blue Ball"
I am an artist living in the
twenty-first century. I do use all the available advantages
of modern technology. In order to catch all these little
unpremeditated moments that happen around me I use a camera
- as other painters use a sketchbook and pencil - to record
the scenes. It has become a way of recording thoughts and
working out my ideas. Subjects for my painting come from my
life and are always connected with me and my emotions."
"Two-second
explosion in the subway"
"Stolen
Children IV - rejoycing"
Exhibitions
Solo exhibitions:
2007:
The
Mill Theatre Gallery, Dundrum,
Dublin
(debut exhibition),
Ireland
The
Crow Gallery, Temple Bar,
Dublin
,
Ireland
The Blue Loft Gallery, Ranelagh,
Dublin
,
Ireland
2008:
The Lemonstreet Gallery,
Dublin
,
Ireland
Alley Arts Centre,
Strabane
,
Northern Ireland
2009:
Signal Arts Centre, Bray
Ivy House, Dublin
RHA,
Open submission
“Somewhere over the rainbow”, The Source Arts Centre, Thurles, Co.
Tipperary
Selected group exhibitions:
2007:
Project Art Centre, Temple Bar,
Dublin
,
Ireland
Budapest
Art Symposium, XII Dictrict,
Budapest
,
Hungary
Ranelagh Arts Festival,
Dublin
,
Ireland
New Communitie Expo, RDS, Ballsbridge,
Dublin
,
Ireland
D21 Salon,
Leipzig
,
Germany
2008:
Arte x Arte, Esto No Es Una Galería Ltda,
Bogota
,
Colombia
The Hague
Red Cross Summer Exhibition, Nuithus Centre,
Hague
,
Netherlands
Winter exhibition,TAMM Gallery,
Tallinn
,
Estonia
The
Bad
Art
Gallery
,
Dublin
,
Ireland
The Lemonstreet Gallery,
Dublin
,
Ireland
Salon 08, Vinespace Gallery,
London
,
UK
"The aim"
Education:
1998-2006: Master of Fine Art - Nicolaus Copernicus
University in Torun, Poland
Awards:
2007: First
prize Irish Art Award 2007, Final and Awards Ceremony,
Digital HUB,
Dublin.
2007: Second
prize Luas/RPA Art Competition,
Dublin
Residencies:
2010:
Residency Award at The Cill Rialaig Artists Project,
Ballinskelligs, Ireland
Collections:
The Office of Public Works (OPW) in Dublin, Mason
Hayes+Curran, and private collections in Europe, USA, and
Colombia.
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