acrylic on canvas, 50 x 70 cm, signed lower right: 'Piekut D. | 2026', signed lower right: 'Piekut | 2026', and inscribed on the reverse: '"MAGICAL PARIS III", 2026, | ACRYLIC ON CANVAS, 50 x 70 cm | DARIUSZ PIEKUT"
In 1979, he graduated from the State High School of Fine Arts in Zamość. From 1980 to 1984, he studied at the Institute of Art Education at UMCS in Lublin. He received his diploma in graphic arts with honors from the flat print (lithography) studio under Prof. Danuta Kołwzan-Nowicka. He currently works in drawing and painting. His works are held in private collections in Poland and abroad (England, China, Italy, the U.S., Germany, Austria, Bulgaria, Belgium, Australia), as well as at the Museum in Lubaczów, the Nowa Huta Cultural Center in Kraków, the Hrubieszów Cultural Center, the BWA Zamość Gallery, the Museum in Kutno, and the Museum in Bielsko-Biała. Recipient of a scholarship from the Minister of Culture and Art in 1997. His paintings have been featured at art auctions in Warsaw. He has participated in dozens of solo and group exhibitions of drawing and painting in Poland, Germany, Lithuania, Italy, the Czech Republic, Slovakia, Ukraine, and Thailand. In 2010, he was awarded the Certificate of Highest Quality at the 7th International Drawing Biennial in Plzeň (Czech Republic). He has received over a dozen awards and honors for his work in drawing and painting in national and international competitions. He has held 50 solo exhibitions and participated in over 100 group exhibitions. The artist’s paintings and drawings are on permanent display at the BWA Zamojska Gallery, the Witryna Gallery in Lublin, the Atu Gallery in Lublin, the Da Vinci Art Gallery in Gdańsk, the Pod Arkadami Gallery in Zamość, the BWA Gallery in Sandomierz, and the Glaza Design Gallery in Gdańsk.
