Paul Dmoch

I was born in Warsaw in 1958. Even as a child, I remember being obsessed with light. On sleepless nights in my room, I would watch the movement of car lights reflecting from the wall to the ceiling and back. Years later, I was astonished when I saw Rembrand's use of light for the first time. I remarked, ''This is the LIGHT''. At the time, I also believed in fairytales, in the magical worlds I had heard about. I loved to visualise them in my mind. Later on, I understood that all those worlds I created in my mind simply did not exist. I was very disappointed. But then, when I was 12, one of my teachers helped me to discover my passion for architecture. While studying architecture, I realised that I had found what I had been looking for. As architect, I thought I would be able to create a fantastic world with structure, where light could play on forms. Unfortunately, I soon discovered that there were many problems that had nothing to do with architecture, problems related to law, money, foolishness of investors, and so on. I became disillusioned with my career.I had never thought of becoming an artist, but I soon realised that painting would offer me the same opportunities to create my own world of light and to share my love to archit...

Ce qui dans un sujet d'architecture m'attire, n'est pas le style architectural en question, mais l'impression de la lumière qu'il donne et comment il révèle les volumes et les courbes. J'aime découvrir (par l'aquarelle) l'âme d'un intérieur architectural. J'y pressens, entre la lumière et l'obscur, avec beaucoup de certitude, le secret de toute départ, de toute naissance.
Pour moi, la lumière en contraste avec l'obscurité, met en évidence le combat perpétuel entre ces deux eléments de base de l'existence humaine.

EXPOSITIONS INDIVIDUELLES

1985 - Frankfurt - Etagengalerie der Ev. Erwachsenenbildung
1993 - Bruxelles - Galerie Bielinska
1995 - Bruxelles - Galerie Bielinska - Baroque et Art Nouveau
1997 - London - PCI
2000 - Bruxelles - Galerie Bielinska
2001 - London - Albemarle Gallery
2002 - Bruxelles - Galerie Bielinska
2004 - Arnhem - Ewa Walinska Galerie
2004 - Arnhem - Ewa Walinska Galerie - Delft
2005 - Arnhem - Ewa Walinska Galerie - Reis door Europa
2006 - Arnhem - Ewa Walinska Galerie
2007 - Arnhem - Ewa Walinska Galerie - Italiaanse Beelden I
2008 - Arnhem - Ewa Walinska Galerie - Italiaanse Beelden II
2009 - Arnhem - Ewa Walinska Galerie - Reis door Europa
2010 - Arnhem - Ewa Walinska Galerie - Z...