Bartosz Kowal
Bartosz Kowal, Not There Yet, 2025, olej na płótnie, 100 × 73 cm
Bartosz Kowal (b. Poland, 1995), lives and works in Warsaw, Poland. He graduated from the Academy of Fine Arts in Warsaw with an MFA in 2022. His artistic exploration is driven by affection for the quiet and the ordinary. He is inspired by found footage, which tends to evoke memories of a common moment encased and faded by the hectic nature of everyday life. Kowal depicts moments of stillness, often lacking context, leaving only a hint of circumstances attachable equally to a daily occurrence or a dream. For Kowal, being constantly distracted is an easily accessible pleasure, and he aims to counter this with stillness and ambiguity in his paintings.
Exhibitions
Selected Solo & Duo Exhibitions
2025 ‘Gateway’, Coulisse Gallery, Stockholm, SE
2025 ‘Getting Closer', duo with Zhi Ding, Dans Les Yeux d’Elsa', Paris, FR
2024 'See & Save', Coulisse Gallery, Stockholm, SE
2024 'Safe Place', Promocyjna Gallery, Warsaw, PL
Selected Group Exhibitions
2025 ‘Unpunished Goodbyes’, Coulisse Gallery, SE
2024 ‘Prelude of Gaze’, The Shophouse, Hong Kong, CN
2024 'And the Safe Spots...', curated by Yisi Li & Ethan Yip, Hong Kong, CN
2024 'Vessels', Cabin, Berlin, DE
2024 'Holders', Coulisse Gallery, Stockholm, SE
2022 'Wybrane Dyplomy ASP w Warszawie', Galeria Salon Akademii, Warsaw, PL
2022 'Od "abstrakcji" do Abstrakcji', Fundacja Stefana Gierowskiego, Warsaw, PL
2021 'Uważaj, Niech Tylko Mój Terapeuta to Usłyszy', Galeria Podbrzezie, Kraków, PL
2020 'Maszyna do Waty Cukrowej', Tytano Dolne Młyny, Kraków, PL
