Dimensions: 120 x 53 cm
signed, dated, and inscribed on the reverse: 'SZYMON URBAŃSKI | 1998 5 zlotych oil | MEMBERS | WARSAW'
Condition
Unframed
Provenance
Spicchi dell'Est Gallery, Rome
private collection, Italy
Biography
He was born on December 11, 1963, in Warsaw. From 1983 to 1984, he studied at the Academy of Fine Arts in Łódź. He continued his artistic education at the Department of Painting at the Academy of Fine Arts in Warsaw, where he received his diploma in 1988 under the guidance of Prof. Stefan Gierowski. In 1987, he created a monumental mural on the supports and pillars of the Grota-Rowecki Bridge in Warsaw. For this work, he received the H. Stażewski Award for the best spatial painting arrangement, granted by the Egit Foundation. That same year, he made his debut at an exhibition organized by A. Bonarski at the former Norblin Works in Warsaw. In 1989, he began collaborating with the Zderzak Gallery in Kraków. From 1989 to 1998, he collaborated with the Spicchi dell’Este Gallery in Rome. His works were featured in R. Ziarkiewicz’s exhibition “Paradise Lost” at the Center for Contemporary Art in Warsaw (1990). In 2011, he began working with the Abbey House S.A. Auction House.
