Dimensions: 136 x 100 cm
signed, dated and described on the reverse: 'SZYMON URBAŃSKI | PARANOJA 2005 oil'.
on the reverse numbered: 'S.U/2005/03/0009/009'.
Origin:
private collection, Poland
Biography
Born on December 11, 1963 in Warsaw, Poland. In 1983-1984 he studied at the Academy of Fine Arts in Lodz. He continued his artistic education at the painting department of the Academy of Fine Arts in Warsaw, where he received his diploma in the studio of Prof. Stefan Gierowski in 1988. In 1987 he was the author of a monumental painting on the supports and pillars of the Grot-Rowecki Bridge in Warsaw. For this work he received the H. Stażewski Award, for the best painting arrangement in space, awarded by the Egit Foundation. In the same year, he made his debut at an exhibition organized by A. Bonarski at the former Norblin Works in Warsaw. In 1989, he began working with the Zderzak Gallery in Cracow. Between 1989 and 1998, he collaborated with the Spicchi dell'Este Gallery in Rome. His works were exhibited at R. Ziarkiewicz's exhibition Paradise Lost at the Center for Contemporary Art in Warsaw (1990). In 2011 he became associated with the Abbey House S.A. Auction House.
