Jacek Jan Tarnowski, Beautiful Utopia, 2020.

Jacek Jan Tarnowski
Beautiful Utopia, 2020.
oil on canvas, 100 x 80 cm

He was born in 1966 in Toruń. From the age of 10, he started working in the atelier of Toruń artists, then of Kraków artists. In 1985, he passed the examinations for the Torun fine arts only to get a passport and be able to leave communism. Since 1986, he has lived and worked in France. He has been greatly influenced by the art of Beksinski, Malczewski, Witkacy, Starowiejski, Wyspianski and Kossak.

At the moment, Jan's favorite painters are Vermer, Klimt and Rothko. As he says, he is most influenced by architecture, especially deconstructivism headed by Frank Gehry. Thanks to his studies of architecture, he is free to compose his space, fill it first with the value of a drawing, then transfer it to the board and paint... The idea is to give positive emotions.

"These days, he doesn't want to add trouble to the viewers just to give a few pleasant seconds. Calm, silence but also rhythm, music and dance. Compared to my previous work, which was sad and full of troubles, now I try to give moments without troubles."