Szymon Kazmierczak (b. 1985), Messiah, 2020.
ink, watercolor on paper, 42 x 56 cm, framed
Graduated from the Faculty of Fine Arts at the Nicolaus Copernicus University in Torun, Poland. Winner of many competitions, min. Grand Prix of the VI Biennale of Artistic Graphics of High School Students (2006), Third Prize of the Polish Television S.A. in the fine arts competition "Creative Valley" (2008), Second Prize of the National Ludwig Meidner Graphics Competition (2010), Second Prize of the competition "City of Comics" (2011). His works could be seen in many exhibitions, including four solo exhibitions: "By turns" at gallery 1138 in Bydgoszcz (2014), "Empty balloons" at gallery 12 Kamienica in Bydgoszcz (2014), "Transformation" at gallery 12 Kamienica in Bydgoszcz (2016), "JAJA" at gallery 3.1 in Bydgoszcz (2017). He has a number of comic independent publications to his credit, including. "Lewą ręką spisane" (edition I and II, 2012), "Amazon ride" (2012), "Comic lasagna" (2012), "Lewą ręką spisane: Guardians of the Beginning" (2014), "Monsters and Men," an art book (2015). In 2016, he released a story inspired by the works of Franz Kafka and Egon Schiele, which he painted for nearly four years - "Transformation" (Comics Publishing). In 2020 he released "Penguin and Other Stories" (Granda Publishing House) collecting his creative output from 2010 - 2020. The work "Messiah" is from this collection.
