A R T G O L A C K I
A multidisciplinary artist working with traditional mediums as well as installations, photography and digital processing.
Art was born in Wroclaw, Poland where he also accomplished a Master Degree in Fine Arts.
Since being granted a British citizenship in 2006 he lives and works in United Kingdom, currently in Millport, Scotland.
EDUCATION
1985 Master Degree in Fine Arts at the Faculty of Painting, Graphics and Sculpture,The Academy of Fine Arts, Wroclaw, Poland
GROUP EXHIBITIONS
2019 Red Dot Miami 2019 / Mana Wynwood Convention Center, Miami, USA
2019 Premier Art Award Exhibition London 2019 / La Galleria, Pall Mall, London, UK
2018 Spectrum Miami 2019 / Mana Wynwood Convention Center, Miami, USA
2018 Sunny Art Prize 2018 / Sunny Art Centre, London, UK
2018 Fomenar Verona / Aperto Arte / Group Exhibition, Chiesa di Santa Maria, Verona, Italy
2018 Premio Fomenar 2017 / The Finalists Show / Art Nou Milleni Gallery, Barcelona, Spain
2018 The 2017 Chelsea International Photography Competition / The Finalist Show / Agora Gallery, New York, USA
2017 21st National Open Art Exhibition / The Finalists Show / Bargehouse, Oxo Tower Wharf, Southbank London, UK
2017 Czarna Wiosna / The Black Spring / MWW Museum of Contemporary Art, Wroclaw, Poland
2017 D&AD Next Photographer Award Exhibition / The Finalists Show / Old Truman Brewery, London, UK
2016 Dzikie Pola / The Wild West - History of Wroclaw's Avant-Garde / Ludwig Muzeum, Budapest, Hungary
2016 Dzikie Pola / The Wild West - History of Wroclaw's Avant-Garde / Museum of Contemporary Art, Zagreb, Croatia
2016 Dzikie Pola / The Wild West - History of Wroclaw's Avant-Garde / Kunstmuseum, Bochum, Germany
2015 Dzikie Pola / The Wild West - History of Wroclaw's Avant-Garde / Kosice's Kunsthalle, Kosice, Slovakia
2015 Dzikie Pola / The Wild West - History of Wroclaw's Avant-Garde / Zacheta National Gallery of Art, Warsaw, Poland
2014 Little Experiment / POSK Gallery at Polish Social and Cultural Association, London, UK
2013 Psychopaper / Pictogram BLA Soho Factory, Warsaw, Poland
2013 Magazyn Luxus / 30th Anniversary of art group Luxus / MWW Museum of Contemporary Art, Wroclaw, Poland
2012 Visionaries / Queensborough Community College Art Gallery, New York, USA
2010 Metamorphosis / Copro Gallery, Santa Monica, California, USA
2007 Where Science Meets Art - AOI / The Gallery at Penn College, Williamsport, USA
2007 The Annual Juried Exhibition - AOI / The Mall Galleries, London, UK
2007 The Sensual Nude / Limner Gallery, Hudson, New York, USA
2006 Une Fete Sur L'imagination - AOI / Museum H R Giger, Gruyeres, Switzerland
2005 Inner Eye - AOI / Silos Gallery, Tarifa, Spain
2005 Inner Eye - AOI / Lofthouse Gallery, Rosshaupten, Germany
2005 Inner Eye - AOI / Sala Venere Gallery, Vezzano, Italy
2004 Water - AOI / Lauderdale House, London, UK
2004 Fantastic Visions / Limner Gallery, Hudson, New York, USA
2004 Tawe Pilaku / installation and performance / Gallery 291, Hackney, London, UK
2004 Raw Arts Festival / Candid Arts Trust, London, UK
2003 Brave Destiny - AOI / Diego Victoria Fine Art Gallery, Miami, Florida, USA
2003 Brave Destiny - AOI / Williamsburg Art & Historical Center, New York, USA
2003 The Annual Juried Exhibition - AOI / The Gallery in Cork Street, London, UK
2002 Passer by / installation and performance / Area 10, Peckham, London, UK
2002 The Annual Juried Exhibition - AOI / The Gallery in Cork Street, London, UK
2000 The Annual Juried Exhibition - AOI / The Mall Galleries, London, UK
2000 Member of The Society for Art of Imagination - AOI
1992 Pull it / Pull it Gallery, Camden Town, London, UK
1991 Cooltan / Cooltan Factory, Brixton, London, UK
1988 Urban Art / Urban Art Gallery, Kreuzberg, Berlin, Germany
1988 Luxus fra Polen / Luxus from Poland / Strykejernet, Oslo, Norway
1986 International Poster Biennale / Warszawa, Poland
1986 Ariergarda / BWA, Lodz, Poland
1986 Ekspresja lat 80-tych / Expression of 80's / BWA, Sopot, Poland
1986 Luxus maluje panorame swiata / Luxus paints the World's Panorama / DDK Lesnica, Wroclaw, Poland
1985 Pokaz prawdziwego Luxusu / The Real Luxus Show / BWA, Bialystok, Poland
1985 Popularna Impreza Mlodziezowa / The Teen's Popular Show / Centrum Swiatla, Wroclaw, Poland
1983 Member of the art group Luxus formed in Wroclaw, Poland
AWARDS
2019 The 4th Place Award / Premier Art Award (London - Kyoto) 2019 / EWAA East-West Art Award
2017 The finalist / Premio Fomenar 2017 / International Prize of Painting and Photography / Asociacion Cultural Fomenar, Spain
2017 The finalist / 2017 Chelsea International Photography Competition, Agora Gallery, New York, USA
2017 The finalist / 21st National Open Art Exhibition Bargehouse, Oxo Tower Wharf, Southbank London, UK
2017 7th 2017 ArtSlant Prize Showcase Winner / category: photography
2017 6th 2017 ArtSlant Prize Showcase Winner / category: photography
2017 5th 2017 ArtSlant Prize Showcase Winner / category: photography
2017 The prizewinner / ViewPoint Gallery International Photo Competition, Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada
2017 4th 2017 ArtSlant Prize Showcase Winner / category: photography
2017 The finalist / 2017 D&AD Next Photographer Award, Old Truman Brewery, London, UK
2016 9th 2016 ArtSlant Prize Showcase Winner / category: photography
2016 8th 2016 ArtSlant Prize Showcase Winner / category: photography
2016 6th 2016 ArtSlant Prize Showcase Winner / category: photography
2016 5th 2016 ArtSlant Prize Showcase Winner / category: photography
2016 The prizewinner / 2nd Annual Figures & Faces International Online Juried Art Exhibition, Fusion Art Gallery & Studio, Indian Wells, USA
2016 4th 2016 ArtSlant Prize Showcase Winner / category: photography
2016 3rd 2016 ArtSlant Prize Showcase Winner / category: photography
2016 1st 2016 ArtSlant Prize Showcase Winner / category: photography
2015 6th 2015 ArtSlant Prize Showcase Winner / category: photography
2015 The prizewinner / Still Life Collection of Fifth Annual Exposure Award, SeeMe, New York, USA
2014 The prizewinner / Little Experiment competition, Polish Social and Cultural Association, London, UK
2014 The prizewinner / Art-Competition.net online juried competition Scape
2004 The prizewinner / Direct Art Magazine competition - volume 11, New York, USA
2004 The prizewinner / Beyond Boundaries online competition, Artrom Gallery, Rome, Italy