Wojciech Leder (b. 1960, Lodz), "One double three among four", 2002

Biography
From 1979 to 1985 studied at the Faculty of Painting and Graphics of the State Higher School of Fine Arts in Lodz. In 1982-1985, he studied philosophy at the University of Lodz. He obtained his diploma in the Woodcut Techniques Studio of Prof. Andrzej Bartczak and in the Painting Studio of Prof. Stanisław Fijałkowski. Since 2002, he has served as an assistant professor at the Studio of Fundamentals of Composition at the Faculty of Textiles and Clothing of the Academy of Fine Arts in Lodz. Since 2003 he has co-founded the Open Studio at the Academy of Fine Arts, and since 2005 he has been the head of the Painting and Drawing Studio at the Faculty of Textile and Fashion at the Academy of Fine Arts in Lodz. Individual exhibitions in galleries in Lodz, Warsaw, Bielsko-Biala, Poznan, Stuttgart. Participated in many major group exhibitions at home and abroad. Winner of the Grand Prix of the National Painting Competition "BIELSKA JESIEŃ" (1997). From most of Leder's paintings emanates peace and certainty of eternity. As if in spite of decadence or hastily created "miraculousness" of discoveries of the new world, the artist's paintings remind of the thousand-year experience of Aborigines and Tibetans, and other mystics penetrating the mysteries of the Universe for centuries.