Marcin Paprota

Marcin Paprota (born 1979, Wałcz) is a painter and visual artist.

The artist primarily works with oils and spray paint on canvas, creating in the style of expressive realism. His brushstrokes are bold, intertwining ecological activism with moving human truths. His art calls for sensitivity to nature amidst human recklessness. He draws inspiration from literature, personal experience, and observations of society.

His work is distinguished by its large formats and impasto texture. His works balance between realism and abstraction, emphasizing the tension between everyday life and the inner world.

His paintings are in private collections across Europe (12 works in Vienna). He currently lives and works in Dungarvan, Ireland.

From 1998 to 2001, he studied at the Teachers' College in Wałcz under the patronage of the Academy of Fine Arts in Poznań (now the University of Arts). He developed his talent in the painting and drawing studio of Professor Andrzej Zdanowicz.

SELECTED INDIVIDUAL EXHIBITIONS:

2015 – Luminaci, Community Centre, Wałcz, PL (exhibition of oil paintings and reliefs connected with fluorescent happening in the uv black light)

SELECTED COLLECTIVE EXHIBITIONS:

2025 - 2nd International Art Review From the Mountains to the Sea, Siemczyno Palace, PL
2022 - Erotic Art London, Bargehouse, London, UK
2019 - The Old Market House Arts Centre, Dungarvan, IE
2019 - Poland - Eire Festival 2019, Cork City Hall, Cork, IE
2017 - 7th Poznań Salon Robinsonada, PBG Gallery Skalar Office Center, Poznań, PL
2017, 2016, 2015 - Pilski ART Salon - Review of Works by Artists from the Piła Region, Office of Artistic Exhibitions and Services, Piła, PL
2017-2016 - 4th Painting Triennial ANIMALIS 2017, Municipal Art Gallery MM, Chorzów, PL
2016-2015 - 3rd Piotrków Art Biennial, Artistic Activities Centre, Piotrków Trybunalski, PL
2016, 2013, 2011, 2010 – ZAP Artists' Review, Labirynt Gallery, Piła, PL