Slawomir CWALINA, Organellum 3 (Yellowstone)

100x100, acrylic on canvas, 2014

Turning points in artistic creativity:
- Diploma from J. Cybis High School of Fine Arts in Opole (in 1992).
- Short adventure with Architecture. Faculty of Architecture at the Wrocław University of Technology (studies 1992-1993)
- Author's exhibition at the gallery Boleslaw Polnar - BP Atelier in Opole (16.03-15.04-2013).

I am interested in cultural anthropology, the history of art and civilization, religion and spirituality, psychology, neuroscience and evolutionary biology, the search for the essence of consciousness, futurology, and artificial intelligence (I studied this subject at the Faculty of Management of the University of Łódź, 1994-1999). Since the 1990s, I have been professionally engaged in furniture design and interior design, and increasingly in sculpture and, above all, easel painting.

Artistic pursuits: In the 1990s, I created paintings in the atmosphere of surrealism and magical realism, under the inspiration of Zdzislaw Beksinski, H.R. Giger or Boris Vallejo. Currently, my goal in painting is to show the depths of human perception and the meandering connections between culture, consciousness and the subconscious. My paintings are multidimensional visions, symbolic constructs, allegories, collages and syntheses referring to the philosophy and art of different cultures. At the same time, I want the painting to have a direct impact, slowly revealing its deeper contexts.

The world in paintings: I paint with acrylic paints on canvas, in larger formats, using laser techniques, simulating oil paint. The subject matter is often fantastic architecture, organic buildings, symbolic objects, temporal suspense, and personifications of spiritual beings and human qualities. In form and expression, I am inspired by classical art, Renaissance, Rococo, Romanticism, Art Nouveau, ethnic art, Symbolism, Surrealism and many other styles. Mural art, street art, visually challenging comics and digital arts are also important inspirations. I am fascinated by the search for "unusual color palettes," "mineral opalescence of reflections" as well as "spatial and holographic illusions." When painting, I start from the precise logic of composition, through the construction of depth of space, to areas of abstract forms of "paintings in a picture."

My paintings are present in private collections, recently I have been significantly expanding my offerings at auctions and art galleries.