Michal Cygan (b. 1989), Basin VI, 2021

acrylic, canvas, 50 x 40 cm, signed on the back: 'Michal Cygan | "Basin VI". 50x40 cm | 25.04.2021 | varnish'.



From 2011 to 2016, he studied at the Academy of Fine Arts in Katowice (Artistic Faculty: Workshop Graphics / Gravure Workshop under Prof. Jan Szmatloch and in the Painting Studio under Prof. K. Cieslik). Obtained a diploma with distinction in the Digital Graphics Studio under Prof. Adam Romaniuk. Selected artistic achievements: 2018 - Grand Prix in the 3rd National Leon Wyczółkowski Painting Contest in Bydgoszcz; 2017 - Main Prize in the Under 30 Art Prize category of CBM, Turin Italy; 2017 - Honorable Mention in the 7. Review of Young Art "Fresh Blood", Socato Gallery, Wroclaw; 2016 - Honorable Mention, Best Diplomas of the Academy of Fine Arts in Gdansk; 2015 - First Prize in the Vincent Van Gogh National Competition in Rybnik; 2015 - First Prize in the poster competition "150 Years of Bison Breeding in Pszczyna". He presented his works at international art fairs in London (Passion for Freedom, 2018), Paris (ARTEXPO Art3f, 2018). Selected solo exhibitions: 2017 - "Wszyscy umrzemy", FRESZ Gallery, Krakow; 2016 - exhibition of works, Promocyjna Gallery, Warsaw; 2016 - exhibition of paintings, Ateneum Gallery, Katowice; 2014 - exhibition of paintings, Klakier Gallery, Katowice. Selected group exhibitions: 2018 - contemporary art exhibition "Misanthropy - Valentine's Hate Speech", Cracow; 2016 - National Youth Painting Review "Promotions 2016", Legnica; 2016 - "Fresz Module", FRESZ Gallery, Cracow; 2015 - "WARNING! SWEETLY PAINTED", FRESZ Gallery, Cracow. Michał Cygan's works are in private collections and in the collection of the Leon Wyczółkowski District Museum in Bydgoszcz.