Dimensions: 146 x 114 cm (frame dimensions)
signed and dated lower right: '2025 | [artist's monogram] | K. Pająk'
Signed, dated, labeled, and numbered on the reverse: '1570 [circled] | "The Treasure | of the Templars" | 2025 | [artist’s monogram] | Krzysztof | Pająk | gold leaf on oil | mixed media [underlined] | canvas | chalk ground'
on the stretcher: a tag from the 2022 Warsaw Art Fair and a label with a description of the work
Condition
work framed
Biography
Born in 1956 in Warsaw. A graduate of the Academy of Fine Arts in Warsaw. He studied in the graphic design studio of Prof. Roman Duszka (graduated with honors in 1984) and in the painting studios of Prof. Jan Dziędziora and Prof. Jacek Sempoliński. Co-creator of the visual communication project for the CZMP Hospital in Łódź. Recipient of a scholarship from the Ministry of Culture and Art (1985). Winner of the Talens Award (2005), one of the three main prizes at the 1st Warsaw Festival of Artistic Photography, WFFA’05 (2005). Author of 50 solo exhibitions, including in Elbląg, Warsaw, Cologne, and Mönchengladbach, and participant in over 350 group exhibitions, including: Art Fairs, MUBA ’87, Basel, Vienna, (1987); Arsenal ’88, Warsaw (1988); “Image and Movement”—Museum of Cinematography, Łódź (1991); Art Biennale, Mönchengladbach (1991); Laigle Foundation, Roermond, Netherlands (1992); “Together in Life and Art”—Polish Institute, Paris (1999); “Millennium Turn Syndrome” – DAP Gallery, Warsaw (2000); “Walking Art Tour” – Hotel Victoria, Warsaw (2005); Beijing International Art Biennale—China (2005); Sacrum Art Triennial 2006—MGS, Częstochowa (2006); Kunstmassan ’07 Art Fair—Stockholm, Sweden (2007); Art Exhibition, “Teraz Polska,” European Parliament, Brussels, “Poland Today: Between Tradition and Modernity, The Road to the EU…” (photography exhibition) – European Parliament, Strasbourg (2011). 1 Black Light Painting Exhibition, Genoa (2015)
Participation in over 80 charity auctions, including those organized by the “Wielkie Serce” Association, the Sue Ryder Foundation, the “Dzieci Niczyje” Foundation, and the “Ogród Nadziei” Foundation. Works in private collections in Poland and abroad (the U.S., Germany, France, the U.K., the Netherlands, and Japan).
She works in painting, design, and photography. She lives in Warsaw.
