Marek Ejsmond-Slusarczyk (b. 1974), Spatial Relationships No. 7, 2018

Acrylic, canvas, 100 x 73 cm

Studied at the Faculty of Painting of the Academy of Fine Arts in Warsaw, where he will defend his diploma in Prof. Wieslaw Szamborski's easel painting studio in 2000, winning the rector's award. Often invited to national and international reviews: at the 20th Festival of Polish Contemporary Painting at the Castle of Pomeranian Dukes in Szczecin, he won the West Pomeranian Governor's Award (2004), at the 2nd Warsaw Festival of Fine Arts he received 3rd prize (2006). In 2006 he participated in the events: "Warsaw in Sofia", "Warsaw in Berlin. Contemporary Polish Painting," the 4th International Art Biennial in Costa Rica and the exhibition "New Tendencies in Polish Painting" at the BWA City Gallery in Bydgoszcz. In 2007, his paintings could be seen at the 37th Biennale of Painting "Bielska Jesień" at the local BWA and at the 1st International Biennale of Painting "Quadro-art 2007" in Lodz. In 2007, for his consistency in creating his own unique language of expression and for the hope, provided by his paintings, that there is a place for painting in the most traditional sense in the contemporary art world, he received the annual award of the quarterly Exit - New Art in Poland and was a scholarship recipient of the Creativity Promotion Fund of the Ministry of Culture and National Heritage. In 2009, decorated by the Minister of Culture and National Heritage Bogdan Zdrojewski for his painting work and for his achievements in art education with an honorary badge of merit for Polish culture. In 2014, at the Faculty of Painting of the Academy of Fine Arts in Warsaw, he received a doctorate in fine arts, in the artistic discipline of fine arts.