Marcin Cieński
Marcin Cieński (* 1976 in Cracow ) is a Polish painter.
life and work
Marcin Cieński graduated from the Academy of Fine Arts in Cracow, Poland in 2001 (Polish: Akademia Sztuk Pięknych im. Jana Matejki w Krakowie).
His figurative-realistic paintings often have a dark, threatening and mysterious aura. The viewer notices this from the images shown. Whether disaffected-looking people in the winter park or morbid skull sculptures; Cieński's narrative paintings are often characterized by threatening loneliness and a vanitative pictorial character. In his intimate interior scenes, which give the viewer a voyeuristic role, his protagonists and objects in the image composition can usually only partially stand out from their dark surroundings through selective light sources. He makes use of the targeted dramaturgical effect of light and shadow, which is strongly reminiscent of the chiaroscuro used in the Renaissance .
Although his modern motif representations and painting style, characterized by a meaningful brushwork and high-contrast, glossy colors, one cannot entirely deny Cieński's works, due to the filigree-seeming application of paint and Caravaggio-like image elements, an old-master-looking component.
Marcin Cieński lives and works in Warsaw , Poland.
Solo exhibitions (selection)
- 2008: Testing, FRED [London] Ltd, London, GB
- 2009: Bad Air, Gallery Geukens & DeVil, Antwerp, BE
- 2010: Pensjonat, Römerapotheke Gallery, Zurich, CH
- 2011: Chronik Insomnia, Marianne Friis Gallery, Copenhagen, DK
- 2012: Jochen Hempel Gallery, Leipzig
Group exhibitions (selection)
- 2007: Salon Nouveau, Engholm Engelhorn Galerie, Vienna, AT
- 2009: A picture is a picture, Galerie Alexander Ochs, Berlin
- 2009: Bad Moon Rising 4, Sans Titre Gallery, Brussels, BE
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| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Cieński, Marcin |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Cienski, Marcin |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Polish painter |
| DATE OF BIRTH | 1976 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Krakow |