The basic value in my artistic work is colour. It supplements, and sometimes substitutes light. In the dialogue with the viewer, it creates words in unconscious language, and is a source of energy. It attracts with its harmony, while sometimes it arouses fear, it intrigues, or denotes anxiety. For me, colour is a place of meeting. Just there, reason and logic find yearning. Imagination drives out reality, and infinity looks for its beginning. Using only colour, we can represent the sun, which is a symbol of life. Other attempts at description, geometric or mathematical ones, are dead.
In the process of making my picture, the combinations of colours and their shades are crystallized in the stream of the emotion felt. The tones of colour are created by emotion, they operate directly, without mind barriers, there is neither distance there, nor calculation and consideration. The geometric limitation of colours on the balanced surface of the square, separating them with a line, causes inner vibration and tensions, and arouses the kind of emotions which are more free and less defined than those aroused by an object.
Antonio Calderara, whose art has greatly fascinated me and which I admire, maintained that “the picture is not a relation between colour, form and surface, but mainly a mutual relation of colours.” The moment when the painted picture begins to exist independently, looking for its place in the dialogue with the viewer, is the most essential one. Spiritual energy, inner peacefulness – which is not equivalent to emptiness but which results from equanimity – operating with maturing colour, stimulate emotion and fantasy. The picture, using the language of colours, starts a conversation, opens an entire depth of sound and spiritual readiness for reception, it becomes an unexhausted source of surprise and discovery, an inspiration to all those who have the courage to reject commonplace reality and immerse themselves in contemplation, listening in silence to the whisper of colours.
Untitled 1985, relief on masonite board, acrylic, 36x36 cmUntitled 1985, relief on masonite board, acrylic, 45x45 cmHer portrait 1985, relief on masonite board, acrylic, 45x45 cmThe trapped ball 1986, relief on masonite board, acrylic, 54x54 cmThe black dot 1988, relief on masonite board, acrylic, 63x63 cmA hiding place 1988, relief on masonite board, acrylic, 63x63 cmHommage à V. Vysotsky I 1988, relief on masonite board, acrylic, 54x54 cmUntitled 1989, relief on masonite board, acrylic, 54x54 cm
Untitled 1993, relief on masonite board, acrylic, 63x63 cmUntitled 1993, relief on masonite board, acrylic, 63x63 cmStories and past 1993, relief on masonite board, acrylic, 90x90 cmUntitled 1994, relief on masonite board, acrylic, 54x54 cmUntitled 1995, relief on masonite board, acrylic, 63x63 cmUntitled 1995, relief on masonite board, acrylic, 63x63 cm07.96, Composition with bridge 1996, relief on masonite board, acrylic, 63x150 cm11.08.96 1996, relief on masonite board, acrylic, 63x63 cmUntitled 1996, relief on masonite board, acrylic, 90x90 cmA portrait from the past 1996, relief on masonite board, acrylic, 63x63 cm01.97, Two clouds 1997, relief on masonite board, acrylic, 50x50 cm05-07.01.99 1999, relief on masonite board, acrylic, 81x81 cm20.01.99, Black composition 1999, relief on masonite board, acrylic, oil, 54x54 cm
19.09.00-1 2000, relief on masonite board, acrylic, 63x63 cm26.09.00-2 2000, relief on masonite board, acrylic, 45x45 cm x 220.10.00-1 2000, relief on masonite board, acrylic, 63x63 cm25.10.00-3 2000, relief on masonite board, acrylic, 45x90 cm15.04.01 2001, relief on masonite board, acrylic, 81x81 cm16.04.01 2001, relief on masonite board, acrylic, 81x81 cm05.05.01 2001, relief on masonite board, acrylic, 81x81 cm12.06.01 2001, relief on masonite board, acrylic, 135x135 cm25-26.12.01 2001, relief on masonite board, acrylic, 90x90 cm25.09.02 2002, relief on masonite board, acrylic, 63x63 cm03.04.03 2003, relief on masonite board, acrylic, 99x99 cm05.09.03 2003, relief on masonite board, acrylic, 125x125 cm18.09.03 2003, relief on masonite board, acrylic, 99x99 cm19.01.04 2004, relief on masonite board, acrylic, 54x54 cm10.02.04 2004, relief on masonite board, acrylic, 90x90 cm16.02.04 2004, relief on masonite board, acrylic, 90x90 cm21.09.04 2004, relief on masonite board, acrylic, 54x54 cm27.10.04 2004, relief on masonite board, acrylic, 80x80 cm26.04.05 2005, relief on masonite board, acrylic, 99x99 cm21.09.07 2007, relief on masonite board, acrylic, 99x99 cm16.11.07 2007, relief on masonite board, acrylic, 99x99 cm20.01.08 2008, relief on masonite board, acrylic, 99x99 cm02.09.08 2008, relief on masonite board, acrylic, 99x99 cm03.07.09 2009, relief on masonite board, acrylic, 99x99 cm08.02.10 2010, relief on masonite board, acrylic, 96x96 cm
09.12.10 2010, relief on masonite board, acrylic, 100x100 cm12.12.10 2010, relief on masonite board, acrylic, 100x100 cm04.03.13 2013, relief on masonite board, acrylic, 100x100 cm03.06.13 2013, relief on masonite board, acrylic, 100x100 cm16.02.14 2014, relief on masonite board, acrylic, 100x100 cm04.03.14 2014, relief on masonite board, acrylic, 100x100 cm31.03.14 2014, relief on masonite board, acrylic, 100x100 cm31.03.14 2014, relief on masonite board, acrylic, 100x100 cm24.10.14 2014, relief on masonite board, acrylic, 100x100 cm09.12.14 2014, relief on masonite board, acrylic, 100x200 cm18.04.15 2015, relief on masonite board, acrylic, 48x148 cm18.04.15 2015, relief on masonite board, acrylic, 99x99 cm21.06.15, b/w No. 1 2015, relief on masonite board, acrylic, 64x64 cm20.08.15 2015, relief on masonite board, acrylic, 100x200 cm24.08.15, b/w No. 5 2015, relief on masonite board, acrylic, 100x100 cm29.08.15, b/w No. 6 2015, relief on masonite board, acrylic, 48x144 cm18.11.15, Composition with black 2015, relief on masonite board, acrylic, 100x100 cm04.12.15, Composition with B 2015, relief on masonite board, acrylic, 100x100 cm25-26.12.15, Asymmetrical composition 2015, relief on masonite board, acrylic, 64x64 cm x 229.02.16 2016, relief on masonite board, acrylic, 100x200 cm05.05.16, New composition 2016, relief on masonite board, acrylic, 144x144 cm x 222.05.16, Lyrical composition 2016, relief on masonite board, acrylic, 100x100 cm22.05.16, Lyrical composition 2016, relief on masonite board, acrylic, 100x100 cm23.05.16 2016, relief on masonite board, acrylic, 100x100 cm23.05.16 2016, relief on masonite board, acrylic, 100x100 cm20.09.16 2016, relief on masonite board, acrylic, 100x200 cm18.10.16, Composition with white 2016, relief on masonite board, acrylic, 100x100 cm24.11.16 2016, relief on masonite board, acrylic, 64x64 cm x 915.01.17 2017, relief on masonite board, acrylic, 100x100 cm x 413.08.17 2017, relief on masonite board, acrylic, 100x100 cm13.08.17 2017, relief on masonite board, acrylic, 100x100 cm29-30.12.17 2017, relief on masonite board, acrylic, 48x48 cm x 425.01.18-1 2018, relief on masonite board, acrylic, 100x100 cm25.01.18-1 2018, relief on masonite board, acrylic, 100x100 cm01.03.18 2018, relief on masonite board, acrylic, 64x64 cm x 620.06.18 2018, relief on masonite board, acrylic, 64x64 cm x 425-26.12.18 2018, relief on masonite board, acrylic, 100x200 cm x 301.04.19 2019, relief on masonite board, acrylic, 100x200 cm x 2
02.02.20, Secrets of Red V 2020, relief on masonite board, acrylic, 100x100 cm24.03.20 2020, relief on masonite board, acrylic, 100x100 cm25.05.20 2020, relief on masonite board, acrylic, 32x96 cm x 519.06.20 2020, relief on masonite board, acrylic, 100x100 cm15.10.20 2020, relief on masonite board, acrylic, 64x64 cm28.10.20 2020, relief on masonite board, acrylic, 48x48 cm x 205.10.21 2021, relief on masonite board, acrylic, 144x144 cm09.11.21, Secrets of Red V - Hommage à Stażewski 2021, relief on masonite board, acrylic, 100x100 cm09.11.21, Secrets of Red X - Hommage à Stażewski 2021, relief on masonite board, acrylic, 100x100 cm22.02.22 2022, relief on masonite board, acrylic, 100x100 cm22.02.22 2022, relief on masonite board, acrylic, 100x100 cm25.10.22 2022, relief on masonite board, acrylic, 100x100 cm x 225.01.23 2023, relief on masonite board, acrylic, 100x100 cm31.01.23 2023, relief on masonite board, acrylic, 100x100 cm14.08.23 2023, relief on masonite board, acrylic, 100x100 cm14.08.23 2023, relief on masonite board, acrylic, 100x100 cm23.08.23 2023, relief on masonite board, acrylic, 100x100 cm23.08.23 2023, relief on masonite board, acrylic, 100x100 cm
10.05.16, Kompozycja nowa II 2016, relief na pilśni, akryl, 100x100 cm04.12.15, Kompozycja z B 2015, relief na pilśni, akryl, 100x100 cm24.11.16 2016, relief na pilśni, akryl, 64x64 cm x 918.11.15, Kompozycja z czernią 2015, relief na pilśni, akryl, 100x100 cmRelief No informationRelief No information25-26.12.18 2018, relief na pilśni, akryl, 100x200 cm x 3
Gemälde, Skulpturen, Enviroments, Vereiningung Polnischer Bildender Künstler in Deutschland katalog wystawy, Rathaus Dortmund: Dortmund 1994Jan Lenica – Andrzej Nowacki katalog wystawy: tekst Ewa Czerwiakowska, Avantgarde Galerie Kyra Maralt: Berlin 1997Konkrete Kunst und Abstraktion / Sztuka Konkretna i Abstrakcja / Concret Art and Abstraction katalog wystawy: tekst Bożena Kowalska, Związek Polskich Artystów Plastyków – Zarząd Okręgu Kraków: Kraków, 1999Relief No informationRelief No informationkonkret und konstruktiv: dialog – fläche – raum katalog wystawy: tekst Milenka Kant, Klaus–J. Albert, Klaus Peter Dencker, Kunstverein Wiligrad e.v.: Schloss Wiligrad 2001Bożena Kowalska, W poszukiwaniu ładu: artyści o sztuce katalog wystawy, Galeria Sztuki Współczesnej BWA w Katowicach: Katowice 2001Malarstwo abstrakcyjne – światło = Abstrakte Malerei – Licht katalog wystawy: tekst Bożena Kowalska, Karol Myśliwiec, Tadeusz Lewandowski, Jürgen Weichardt, Centrum Sztuki Galeria El: Elbląg, 2001Relief No informationGaleria 72. Kolekcja sztuki współczesnej 1972–2002 katalog wystawy: red. J. Barczyńska, I. Pradun, A. Gac, Chełm 2002diagonal in fläche und raum katalog wystawy: teksty Peter Volkwein, Peter Staechelin, Kunstverein Wiligrad: Schloss Wiligrad 2003Henryk Stażewski i dyskurs o racjonalizmie katalog wystawy: tekst Włodzimierz Nowaczyk, Państwowa Galeria Sztuki w Sopocie (PGS): Sopot 2003Relief No informationRelief No informationRelief No informationvertikal in fläche und raum – konkrete kunst aus europa katalog wystawy, Kunstverein Wiligrad: Lübstorf 2005Relief No informationRelief No informationRelief No informationPolský konstruktivismus / Polisch Constructivismus katalog wystawy, tekst Waldemar Andzelm, Dům umění: Ostrava 2011Widzieć jasno w zachwyceniu. Fangor / Nowacki. A clear vision in enchantment katalog wystawy, tekst Marta Smolińska, Państwowa Galeria Sztuki w Sopocie (PGS): Sopot 2011Sztuka konkretna / Konkrete Kunst. Kolekcja Heinza i Anetty Teuflów z Muzeum Sztuki w Stuttgarcie / Sammlung von Heinz und Anette Teufel im Kunstmuseum Stuttgart katalog wystawy: tekst Simone Schimpf, Heinz Teufel, Andreas Brandt, red. A. Nowacki, Państwowa Galeria Sztuki w Sopocie (PGS): Sopot 2011Ina Prinz, bunt un sinnlich: geometrische konstruktive Kunst aus der Sammlung Arithmeum Nicolai: Berlin 2014Konkret. Díla ze sbírek Heinze a Anette Teuflových, Jana a Líběny Světlíkových / Werke aus den Sammlungen Heinz und Anette Teufel sowie Jan und Líběna Světlík katalog wystawy, teksty Max Bill, Simone Schimpf, Petr Volf, Zdeněk Sklenář, red. M. Chovančíková, Ostrava 2014Z kolekcji Jana i Liběny Světlík katalog wystawy, [Warszawa 2015]Colours of Art. Z kolekcji Světlík Art Foundation / From the collection of Světlík Art Foundation katalog wystawy: teksty: Jan Světlík, Marta Smolińska, Jiří Jůza, Hana Šústková, Państowa Galeria Sztuki w Sopocie (PGS): Sopot 2017Magia kwadratu katalog wystawy: teksty Bogusław Deptuła, Paweł Drabarczyk, Krystyna Greub-Frącz, Maria Poprzęczka, red. Bogusław Deptuła, Paweł Drabarczyk, Państwowa Galeria Sztuki w Sopocie (PGS): Sopot 2017Relief No informationCienie reliefów katalog wystawy, Desa Unicum: Warszawa 2018Hotel Europejski. Kolekcja Sztuki / Art Collection red. A. Rottenberg, Warszawa 2018Relief No informationRelief No informationRelief No informationGaleria 72 – 50 lat kształtowania przestrzeni dla sztuki 1972–2022 / 50 Years of Shaping the Space for Art 1972–2022 katalog wystawy: teksty Jagoda Barczyńska, Lechosław Lameński, Jürgen Weichardt, Elżbieta Kościelniak, red. T. Maciszewska, tłum. M. Sady, Chełm 2022Relief No informationRelief No informationRelief No informationNowe pokolenie i klasycy z kolekcji Wojciecha Fibaka / The New Generation and Classics from the Wojtek Fibak Collection katalog wystawy: red. K. Stanisławski, A. Kompanowska, tłum. M. Ujma, Centrum Sztuki Współczesnej Znaki Czasu w Toruniu: Toruń 2024Espressione del momento. Wystawa prac Andrzeja Nowackiego katalog wystawy, tekst Hubertus Gaßner, Galeria Pryzmat: Berlin 1992Lato pełne deszczu. Reliefy Andrzeja Nowackiego katalog wystawy: tekst Bożena Kowalska, Galeria Amfilada: Szczecin 1996Andrzej Nowacki. Po drugiej stronie kwadratu. Reliefy, pastele, rysunki katalog wystawy: teksty Bożena Kowalska, Grzegorz Sztabiński, Międzynarodowe Centrum Kultury: Kraków 2001Relief No informationAndrzej Nowacki reliefy / reliefs: u progu nieskończoności / an der schwelle der unendlichkeit katalog wystawy: teksty Ewa Czerwiakowska, Hubertus Gaßner, tłum. E. Czerwiakowska, Państowa Galeria Sztuki w Sopocie (PGS): Sopot 2017Andrzej Nowacki. Variace na černou / Variations on black katalog wystawy: tekst Milena Kalinovská, tłum. M. Neradová, Milan Dobeš Museum: Ostrava 2019Na krawędzi symetrii. Reliefy Andrzeja Nowackiego / On the Edge of the Symmetry katalog wystawy, teskt Darya Pyshynskaya, red. E. Czerwiakowska, D. Pyshynskaya, Galeria Beta16, Andrzej Nowacki: Warszawa 2023Relief No informationRelief No informationRelief No informationRelief No informationRelief No informationRelief No informationRelief No informationRelief No informationRelief No informationRelief No informationRelief No informationRelief No informationRelief No informationRelief No informationRelief No informationRelief No informationNa krawędzi symetrii. Reliefy Andrzeja Nowackiego. Wystawa w Galerii Beta 16 w Warszawie / On the edge of symmetry. Reliefs of Andrzej Nowacki, Exhibition at the Beta 16 Gallery in Warsaw, 2023-2024 No informationNowe pokolenie i klasycy z Kolekcji Wojciecha Fibaka
Znaki Czasu. Centrum Sztuki Współczesnej w Toruniu / New Generation and Classics from Wojciech Fibak’s Collection No informationPolská Abstrakce & Svět / Polská Abstrakce & Svět/ Polish Abstract & World, Galeria Gong, Ostrawa No informationRelief No informationJiří Šigur / Past and future presences
The Gallery of Fine Arts in Ostrava
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Born in 1953 in Rabka-Zdrój, the artist spent his youth in Krakow, where he became close with the milieu of the Academy of Fine Arts in the mid-1970s.
Having left Poland in 1977, he studied Scandinavian studies in Göteborg as well as German studies and art history in Innsbruck.
Between 1982 and 1984 he would visit the studio of Henryk Stażewski, whose work prompted the artist's explorations into geometric abstraction.
In 1984 he moved to West Berlin, where he dedicated himself to creative work.
In 1994, Nowacki was awarded a private scholarship in West Orange, N.Y., USA.
From the mid-1990s, he collaborated with Heinz Teufel, a collector and owner of Europe's leading concrete art gallery.
In Henryk Stażewski's studio, Warsaw 1982
With Getulio Alviani at the exhibition in Komart Gallery, Berlin 2012
In 1997–2001, Nowacki participated in the International Plein-Air for Artists Using the Language of Geometry, organized by Bożena Kowalska in Okuninka near Chełm and in Orońsko.
In 2001, he was awarded a scholarship by the Pollock-Krasner Foundation in New York.
In 2005, the artist travelled to Osaka to prepare his first exhibition in Japan. He spent 2006 in a studio on Anna Maria Island, Florida, USA, where he worked on reliefs for Seth Jason Beitler Gallery in Miami.
In 2015, Nowacki set up a new atelier at an erstwhile large industrial site in Dolní Vítkovice, Ostrava, where he worked until 2018.
Currently, the artist lives and works in Berlin.
In the studio of Lars-Erik Falk, Sigtuna, Sweden 1998
Selected individual exhibitions:
1987 Pommersfelde Gallery, West Berlin 1992 Pryzmat Gallery, Krakow 1993 Sernov & Rose Gallery, Berlin 1994 Lederman Fine Art Gallery, New York 1995 Berinson Gallery, Berlin 1996 Kirchner Haack Fine Gallery, Miami
Amfilada Gallery, Szczecin 2000 Heinz Teufel Gallery, Berlin 2002 International Cultural Centre, Krakow 2003 Municipal Gallery Arsenal, Poznań 2004 Piekary Gallery, Poznań
National Museum, Szczecin 2005 KISSHO Fine Art Gallery, Osaka 2006 Seth Jason Beitler Fine Arts Gallery, Miami 2013 LETO Gallery, Warsaw 2017 National Art Gallery, Sopot 2019 Milan Dobeš Museum, Ostrava
AP Atelier Josef Pleskot, Prague 2021 Nanazenit Gallery, Warsaw 2023 Beta16 Gallery, Warsaw
Selected group exhibitions:
1989 Avantgarde Natan Fyodorovsky Gallery, West Berlin 1992 Polnisches Institut Berlin, Berlin 1996 Willy-Brandt-Haus, Berlin 1998 Münchenbryggeriet-Münchensalen, Stockholm 2000 Leonhard Klosa Gallery, Varrelbusch
Studio Gallery, Warsaw
Museum of Contemporary Art, Radom 2001 Art Center Gallery EL, Elbląg 2003 Center of Polish Sculpture, Orońsko
Seth Jason Beitler Fine Arts Gallery, Miami
Mondriaanhuis, Amersfoort, Holland 2004 Kaigondori Gallery, Contemporary Art Space, Osaka
Municipal Gallery Arsenal, Poznań
The City Art Gallery in Łódź
George L. Sturman Museum of Fine Art, Miami 2005 National Museum, Szczecin 2007 The Palace of Fine Arts, Krakow 2009 Komart Gallery, Bratislava
Märkisches Museum, Berlin 2010 Masovian Centre for Contemporary Art „Elektrownia”, Radom 2011 National Art Gallery, Sopot
Dům umění, Ostrava
BWA Contemporary Art Gallery, Katowice 2014 Milan Dobeš Múzeum, Bratislava 2017 Kunstmuseum Stuttgart
National Art Gallery, Sopot 2020 Milan Dobeš Museum, Ostrava 2022 National Art Gallery, Sopot 2024 Centre of Contemporary Art in Znaki Czasu, Torun
In the studio of Manfred Mohr, New York 1999
With Heinz Teufel in the studio of Horst Bartnig, Berlin 2000
With Hubertus Gaßner at the exhibition in Rochow Museum, Rochow, Germany 2003
Nowacki's exhibition at KISSHO Fine Gallery in Osaka, Japan 2005
Opening of the exhibition "Fangor / Nowacki" at the State Art Gallery in Sopot, Poland 2011
With Anette Teufel i Zdeněk Sklenář at the exhibition in Kunstmuseum Stuttgart, Germany 2011
With Rudolf Valenta, Milan Dobeš and Horst Bartnig in Komart Gallery, Berlin 2011
Nowacki during a guided tour of the exhibition "Concrete Art. The Heinz and Anette Teufel Collection" at the Kunstmuseum Stuttgart, Germany 2017
With Hubertus Gaßner, opening of the exhibition "Andrzej Nowacki. Reliefs" at the State Art Gallery in Sopot, Poland 2017
With Milena Kalinovska and Josef Pleskot, opening of the exhibition "Andrzej Nowacki. Variations on Black" at the Atelier Josef Pleskot, Prague, Czech Republic 2019
View of the exhibition "Andrzej Nowacki. Reliefs" at the State Art Gallery in Sopot, Poland 2017
On the Edge of the Symmetry exhibition catalogue: text Darya Pyshynskaya, ed. E. Czerwiakowska, D. Pyshynskaya, Beta16 Gallery: Warsaw 2023
PDF catalog Andrzej Nowacki. Variations on black exhibition catalogue: text Milena Kalinovská, Milan Dobeš Museum: Ostrava 2019
PDF catalog Andrzej Nowacki reliefy / reliefs: u progu nieskończoności / an der schwelle der unendlichkeit exhibition catalogue: texts Ewa Czerwiakowska, Hubertus Gaßner, State Art Gallery in Sopot: Sopot 2017
PDF catalog Im Quadrat – Die inneren Klänge einer geometrischen Welt. Zeichnungen und Reliefs von Andrzej Nowacki / We wnętrzu geometrycznego świata. Rysunki i reliefy Andrzeja Nowackiego exhibition catalogue: Rochow-Museum Reckhan, Szczecin National Museum, text Hubertus Gaßner, ed. H. Smitt, S. Siebricht, Berlin 2003
info: sklep.muzeum.szczecin.pl Andrzej Nowacki. Through the square. Reliefs, pastels, drawings exhibition catalogue: texts Bożena Kowalska, Grzegorz Sztabiński, International Cultural Centre: Cracow 2001
PDF catalog Lato pełne deszczu. Reliefy Andrzeja Nowackiego exhibition catalogue: text Bożena Kowalska, Amfilada Gallery: Szczecin 1996
Espressione del momento. Wystawa prac Andrzeja Nowackiego exhibition catalogue, text Hubertus Gaßner, Pryzmat Gallery: Berlin 1992
The New Generation and Classics from the Wojtek Fibak Collection exhibition catalogue: ed. K. Stanisławski, A. Kompanowska, Centre of Contemporary Art in Znaki Czasu in Torun: Torun 2024
info: ksiegarniasztuki.pl Formy energii: Ziemski, Sosnowski, Nowacki exhibition catalogue, text Darya Pyshynskaya, ed. E. Czerwiakowska, SZOKART Gallery: Poznań 2023
A Quest for Perfection. Selected Works from the Wojciech Fibak Collection exhibition catalogue: ed. M. Piłakowska, State Art Gallery in Sopot: Sopot 2022
info: pgs.pl Darya Pyshynskaya, Relief and the Realm of Geometric Abstraction. The Art of Andrzej Nowacki and Its Sources doctoral thesis prepared under the supervision of prof. dr hab. Lechosław Lameński, Catholic University of Lublin 2022
catalog of works PDF Galeria 72 – 50 Years of Shaping the Space for Art 1972–2022 exhibition catalogue: texts Jagoda Barczyńska, Lechosław Lameński, Jürgen Weichardt, Elżbieta Kościelniak, ed. T. Maciszewska, Chełm 2022
info: mzch.pl In Honor of Heinz Teufel exhibition catalogue: texts Jan Světlík, Ewa Czerwiakowska, ed. H. Haflarová, E. Kijonková, Milan Dobeš Museum: Ostrava 2020
My Name is Red exhibition catalogue: texts Bogusław Deptuła, Maria Poprzęcka, Andrzej Draguła, ed. D. Pyshynskaya, State Art Gallery in Sopot: Sopot 2019
info: pgs.pl Sztuka formy. Obrazy wybrane z kolekcji Wojciecha Fibaka exhibition catalogue: text Max Mogan Gielniewski, The Fibak Collection Gallery: Warsaw 2019
info: galeriafibak.com.pl Hotel Europejski. Art Collection ed. A. Rottenberg, Warsaw 2018
The Magic of the Square exhibition catalogue: texts Bogusław Deptuła, Paweł Drabarczyk, Krystyna Greub-Frącz, Maria Poprzęcka, ed. Bogusław Deptuła, Paweł Drabarczyk, State Art Gallery in Sopot: Sopot 2017
info: pgs.pl Colours of Art. From the collection of Světlík Art Foundation exhibition catalogue: texts: Jan Světlík, Marta Smolińska, Jiří Jůza, Hana Šústková, State Art Gallery in Sopot: Sopot 2017
info: zdeneksklenar.cz Z kolekcji Jana i Liběny Světlík exhibition catalogue, [Warsaw 2015]
Konkret. Díla ze sbírek Heinze a Anette Teuflových, Jana a Líběny Světlíkových / Werke aus den Sammlungen Heinz und Anette Teufel sowie Jan und Líběna Světlík exhibition catalogue, texts Max Bill, Simone Schimpf, Petr Volf, Zdeněk Sklenář, ed. M. Chovančíková, Ostrava 2014
Ina Prinz, bunt un sinnlich: geometrische konstruktive Kunst aus der Sammlung Arithmeum Nicolai: Berlin 2014
info: arithmeum.uni-bonn.de Sztuka konkretna. Kolekcja Heinza i Anetty Teuflów z Muzeum Sztuki w Stuttgarcie / Sammlung von Heinz und Anette Teufel im Kunstmuseum Stuttgart exhibition catalogue: text Simone Schimpf, Heinz Teufel, Andreas Brandt, ed. A. Nowacki, State Art Gallery in Sopot: Sopot 2011
info: pgs.pl Fangor / Nowacki. A clear vision in enchantment exhibition catalogue: text Marta Smolińska, State Art Gallery in Sopot: Sopot 2011
PDF catalog Bożena Kowalska, Fragmenty życia. Pamiętnik artystyczny 1967–1973. Moja kolekcja – dary od przyjaciół exhibition catalogue: Mazowieckie Centrum Sztuki Współczesnej "Elektrownia": Radom 2010
info: sklep.mcswelektrownia.pl A. Nowacki, Farbgeflüster "PolenPlus.eu", 2007, nr 3, s. 66-68
Andrzej Nowacki exhibition catalogue, The Palace of Fine Arts in Krakow: Krakow 2007
vertikal in fläche und raum – konkrete kunst aus europa exhibition catalogue, Kunstverein Wiligrad: Lübstorf 2005
Przemysław Jędrowski, Colours of Energy „Arteon” nr 4(60) 2005, s. 20-21
Włodzimierz Nowaczyk, Reliefy i rysunki „Exit: nowa sztuka w Polsce” nr 4(60) 2004, s. 3618-3621
20 plenerów pod znakiem geometrii / 20 Pleinairs im Zeichen der Geometrie ed. B. Kowalska, Gallery El: Elbląg 2004
info: sklep.galeria-el.pl Henryk Stażewski i dyskurs o racjonalizmie exhibition catalogue: text Włodzimierz Nowaczyk, State Art Gallery in Sopot: Sopot 2003
info: galeria-piekary.com.pl diagonal in fläche und raum exhibition catalogue: texts Peter Volkwein, Peter Staechelin, Kunstverein Wiligrad: Schloss Wiligrad 2003
Galeria 72. Kolekcja sztuki współczesnej 1972–2002 exhibition catalogue: ed. J. Barczyńska, I. Pradun, A. Gac, Chełm 2002
Joanna Zawierucha, Medytacja w kwadracie „Art & Business. Sztuka Polska i Antyki” nr 3 2002, s. 66-67
Malarstwo abstrakcyjne – światło / Abstrakte Malerei – Licht exhibition catalogue: text Bożena Kowalska, Karol Myśliwiec, Tadeusz Lewandowski, Jürgen Weichardt, Centrum Sztuki Galeria El: Elbląg, 2001
info: sklep.muzeum.szczecin.pl Bożena Kowalska, W poszukiwaniu ładu: artyści o sztuce exhibition catalogue, Galeria Sztuki Współczesnej BWA w Katowicach: Katowice 2001
konkret und konstruktiv: dialog – fläche – raum exhibition catalogue: text Milenka Kant, Klaus–J. Albert, Klaus Peter Dencker, Kunstverein Wiligrad e.v.: Schloss Wiligrad 2001
Bożena Kowalska, Nieskończoność szuka swojego początku. O malarstwie Andrzeja Nowackiego „Format. Pismo artystyczne” nr 38/39 2001, s. 43-44
Polish analitical abstraction 1994–1999 exhibition catalogue: texts Zbigniew Makarewicz, Jan Chwałczyk, Beata Frydryczak, ed. Jan Chwałczyk, BWA Wrocław Galleries of Contemporary Art: Wrocław 1999
Concret Art and Abstraction exhibition catalogue: text Bożena Kowalska, The Association of Polish Artists and Designers: Krakow, 1999
Jan Lenica – Andrzej Nowacki exhibition catalogue: text Ewa Czerwiakowska, Avantgarde Galerie Kyra Maralt: Berlin 1997
Gemälde, Skulpturen, Enviroments, Vereiningung Polnischer Bildender Künstler in Deutschland exhibition catalogue, Rathaus Dortmund: Dortmund 1994
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The article about Andrzej Nowacki's work on the portal dedicated to concrete art „Arte Concreta – Ein Blog für Konkrete Kunst und mehr…”:
Participation in the exhibition: Jiří Šigut / Past and future presences The Gallery of Fine Arts in Ostrava
22 I – 23 III 2025
The Gallery of Fine Arts in Ostrava showcases the work of Czech artist Jiří Šigut (*1960) from 1985 to the present. The starting point for the artist's experiments is a reflection on the photographic medium and the ways it is experienced in space and time. Šigut's paintings are a unique record of the perception of digital photography through its detailing and artistic transformation in the tradition of concrete art.
In addition to the artist’s works, the exhibition presents works by such artists as Beti Bricelj, John Cage, Milan Dobeš, Camille Graeser, Richard Paul Lohse, Manfred Mohr, Andrzej Nowacki and Bridget Riley.
Exhibition open from January 22 to March 23, 2025
Curator: Petr Vaňous
The Gallery of Fine Arts in Ostrava / Galerie výtvarného umění v Ostravě
Jurečkova 9, 702 00 Ostrava 1
Participation in the exhibition: New Generation and Classics from Wojciech Fibak’s Collection Centre of Contemporary Art Znaki Czasu in Torun
28 VI 2024 – 5 I 2025
The exhibition „New Generation and Classics from Wojciech Fibak’s Collection” showcases over 200 works by Polish artists of the 20th and 21st centuries. It features pieces by renowned figures such as Andrzej Wróblewski, Magdalena Abakanowicz and Wojciech Fangor, alongside works from younger artists, including Ewa Juszkiewicz, Karolina Jabłońska and Agata Kus. The exhibition highlights the dialogue between generations, emphasizing both differences and unexpected connections in their art.
Exhibition open from June 28, 2024 to Januar 5, 2025
Curator: Krzysztof Stanisławski
Centre of Contemporary Art Znaki Czasu
ul. Wały gen. Sikorskiego 13, Toruń
Participation in the exhibition: Polská Abstrakce & Svět / Polish Abstract & World Gong Gallery, Ostrava
12 III – 18 VIII 2024
The exhibition draws on the Polish artistic tradition from the 1920s to the present, while placing it in an international context.
Works by leading representatives of the Polish avant-garde - Henryk Stażewski, Władysław Strzemiński, Henryk Berlewi – are shown in dialogue with works by prominent Western artists such as Albert Gleizes, Hans Arp, Theo van Doesburg, Auguste Herbin, Sonia Delaunay and Jean Gorin.
Polish art of the second half of the 20th century is presented by artists such as Wojciech Fangor, Kajetan Sosnowski, Jerzy Nowosielski and Ryszard Winiarski.
The exhibition shows an extensive cross-section of Nowacki's work, over 20 reliefs – from his early geometric compositions to his most recent works.
The exhibition open from March 12 to August 18, 2024
Curators: Jan Světlík, Zdeněk Sklenář
Gong Gallery
Ruská 2993, 700 30 Ostrava-Vítkovice
Individual exhibition: On the Edge of the Symmetry. Reliefs of Andrzej Nowacki Beta16 Gallery in Warsaw
2 XII 2023 – 5 IV 2024
The exhibition „On the Edge of the Symmetry. Reliefs of Andrzej Nowacki” at the Beta16 Gallery presents the artist's works from recent years.
„The magic of Nowacki’s reliefs consists in the balance which is nurtured ever so subtly between order and its dynamic disruption. In many of his recent paintings, the symmetrical structure of the composition is broken by the rhythmical gradient of colours on the sides of the slats.
The painting becomes the quintessential moment of 'being on the edge', of balancing in a short-lived symmetrical equilibrium between one and another facet of the painted relief.”
The exhibition open from December 2, 2023 to April 5, 2024
Beta16 Contemporary Art Gallery
ul. Wilcza 18, 00-532 Warsaw