Piotr Betlej (1972-), Gerbery
Oil on canvas, 61.5 x 31.7 cm (frame).
Signed in the lower right corner.
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Piotr Betlej was born in 1972 in Jaslo. From 1988 to 1993 he studied at the art high school in Yaroslavl, and later continued his education at the People's University in Wzdow, majoring in handicrafts (1994-1996). Since 2001, he has been living and working in France. He creates figurative paintings and drawings, but is also interested in sculpture and various handicraft techniques, such as ceramics, jewelry and stucco. Piotr Betlej has participated in many group and individual exhibitions, including in Poland, the USA, France, Slovakia and Ukraine. Since 2007, he has been exhibiting together with the "Emotionalists," an international art group founded in 1994 in the United States by Lubomir Tomaszewski.
