Solo exhibition by Dr. Piotr Żaczek "Below the Horizon"

On May 5, 2023, at 7:00 PM, the opening of the solo exhibition by Dr. Piotr Żaczek, entitled "Below the Horizon" took place at the Gallery of Contemporary Art in Ostrów Wielkopolski.

The exhibition features 50 drawings and graphic design works created using the colored linocut technique.

The exhibition is open from May 5 to May 26, 2023 at the Gallery of Contemporary Art in Ostrów Wielkopolski.

Piotr Żaczek, born in Warsaw in 1966. A graduate of the Faculty of Graphic Design at the Academy of Fine Arts in Warsaw (1991, diploma in the graphic design studio of Roman Artymowski and the painting studio of Jerzy Tchórzewski), and currently a lecturer at PJAIT.

He works in graphic design, drawing, and painting. He has authored over a dozen solo exhibitions in places such as Ciechanów, Columbus (USA), Kazimierz Dolny, Lublin, Ostrołęka, Radzyń Podlaski, Słubice, Milanówek, and Warsaw, and has participated in over 250 group exhibitions in Poland, Argentina, Belgium, Bulgaria, Croatia, the Czech Republic, France, Spain, Indonesia, Canada, Macedonia, Germany, Portugal, Romania, Sweden, Thailand, Taiwan, Turkey, the USA, Hungary, and Italy.

Recipient of honors and awards in competitions, including at the Triennial of Polish Graphic Art in Katowice (1991 and 1994); the Quadrennial of Polish Woodcut and Linocut in Olsztyn (1991, 1999, 2007); Linolschnitt Heute in Bietigheim-Bissingen (1992); Graphic Art from the Vistula in Włocławek (1996); Warsaw Graphic Art (2007, 2008, and 2014); the 15th International Triennial of Small Graphic Forms in Łódź (2014); the 9th Biennial International Mini Print Exhibit in Vancouver (2016); and the Triennial of Polish Contemporary Drawing in Lubaczów (2020, 1st prize).