LUKS BY IKS, The Girl with the Tattoo, 2026

acrylic, ink, panel; 40 x 30 cm;
signed, dated, and inscribed on the reverse: "GIRL / WITH / A TATTOO" / X'26 / [artist’s signature]

LUX BY IKS / LUKS BY IKS
A graduate of the Academy of Fine Arts in Warsaw (Department of Printmaking and Digital Graphics—diploma with honors) and the Academy of Fine Arts in Łódź (diploma with honors from the Department of Fashion Design). Honorable mention in the Student Projects category at the Polish Graphic Design Awards in 2019. Winner of competitions organized by Hennessy and K-MAG. His works have been featured, among other places, at the Museum of Modern Art during the exhibition “City Under Construction” (Warsaw 2022), the Banksy Museum in Barcelona (2023), and spaces at the Podlasie Opera and Philharmonic (2020). He has participated in group exhibitions including “KissPrints” (2019), “Voice of the Underground” (2022), and all editions of “Urban Art Area.”
He has painted on the streets of Germany, Spain, the Netherlands, Austria, the Czech Republic, Montenegro, and Poland.
He has been featured in “Art Vibe” magazine and the Swedish publication “Abstract Graffiti Magazine.” He is the author of numerous illustrations, including for Wizje magazine and album covers (Gospel, Uniqat).
He combines his academic background with inspirations drawn from hip-hop culture, in which his generation grew up. His style is an attempt to transplant the legacy of ancient and traditional painting into the realm of street art and to clash it with the raw aesthetics of tags or “chromes.” This contrast is further amplified by the geometric forms characteristic of his work.