Pawel Korab Kowalski
KORAB is accompanied by a desire to merge figuration and abstraction, the material with the spiritual, and at the same time, the real with the surreal. Nature is constantly evoked here. However, it is not an object or something external. On the contrary, it is an immanent feature to be confronted. The order of its arrangement is modified by the artist's intention. Through the dynamics of forms and colours and their mutual interaction, a sense of space is achieved. The wheel of colour, a kind of "chromatic indulgence," distinguishes his works from the art of primitive cultures. The colours are intense, on the verge of phosphorescence, brought to maximum expression, becoming a tool for expressing emotions. KORAB uses significant colour intervals. He constructs images based on value and complementary contrasts. In many works, the dominant vivid Klein blue, particularly challenging to incorporate into the overall colour harmony. The artist, in the act of creation, becomes a shaman gaining transformative power through the energy unleashed in the painting.
Born in Warsaw, Poland, 1974.
Lives and works in Spain (Tenerife) and Poland (Warsaw).
Studied in European Faculty of Arts in Warsaw.
In 1999 has obtained MA with Honours in graphic design (Prof. Julian Pałka) with appendix in painting (Prof. Antoni Kowalski)
Two-time recipient of the Ministry’s of Culture and Cultural Heritage scholarship.
Author of 12 individual exhibitions as well as participant of collective exhibitions in Poland and abroad.
• Individual exhibition “Through time and space”, Galerie -1, Warsaw, Poland
• Individual exhibition “Et le Corps apparait...”, Espace Vera, Paris
• Individual exhibition “Embodiment”, Ney Gallery, Warsaw, Poland
• Individual exhibition "Above Cloud Level", RH Galerie, Freiburg, Germany
• Individual exhibition "Unknown Islands", Svenstein Museum, Netherlands
• Special mention and post-competition exhibition at XV International Print Art Triennial, Kanagawa, Japan
• Laureate of national competition “Painting 2000”, Miyauchi, Japan