Dan Zyzniewski

Where science offers structure, painting offers pulse — a direct manifestation of the human mind in its rawest, most intuitive form. His works emerge from a deep fascination with how emotion becomes a color, how light transforms matter, and how one person’s inner vision can echo within the imagination of another.

Zyzniewski treats paint as a sculptural substance. Thick layers of oil, often shaped with a palette knife, create surfaces that catch and bend light, turning color into a living phenomenon. “My mental impression becomes someone else’s,” he says — a transfer of sensation that lies at the heart of his practice.

A dialogue between impression and expression runs throughout his art. Drawing inspiration from the great avant-garde movements of the twentieth century — Abstract Expressionism, Fauvism, and early modernist color experimentation — he blends bold gesture with sensitivity to natural forms. Mountains, sea horizons, minerals, and flowers become catalysts for a visual language that is both physical and emotional.

Working primarily alla prima, Zyzniewski paints quickly and instinctively, allowing the painting to crystallize in a single intense session. What results is not just an image but an event — a vivid encounter be...

Graduated in Interdisciplinary Humanistic Doctoral Studies at University of Warsaw.

MApsy (specialisms: Clinical Neuropsychology; Psychotherapy and Sexual Therapy)

MA Art History, University of Warsaw

I've also studied Theatrology in Aleksander Zelwerowicz National Academy of Dramatic Art in Warsaw.

Mar. 31 - Apr. 25, 2026 - Golden Duck Gallery, Budapest

Mar. 22 - Apr. 4, 2026 - City Gallery, Vienna, Austria

Feb. 25 - Mar. 1, 2026 - LumiNoir Art Gallery, London

Feb. 10 - Mar. 21, 2026 - Golden Duck Gallery, Budapest, Hungary

Feb. 1-28, 2026 - Galerie Le Chien d'Or, Quebec, Canada

Jan. 2-30, 2026 - Thomson Gallery, Zug, Switzerland

Jan. 2-30, 2026 - Andakulova Gallery, Abu Dubai

Jan. 2-30, 2026 - Nicoleta Gallery, Berlin

Dec. 2025 - Art Fair Miami, USA

Dec. 1-31, Casa del Arte, Palma de Mallorca, Spain

Dec. 12-22 - Venice International Art Fair, Venice, Palazzo Albrizzi Capello, Italy

Nov. 5-8. 2025 - Cologne Art Unframed, Koeln, Germany

Nov. 1-30.2025 - Thomson Gallery, Zug, Switzerland

Nov. 30 - Dec. 10. 2025 - City Gallery, Vienna, Austria


Oct. 24-Nov.6. 2025 - Contemporary Venice Itsliquid
International Art Fair, Palazzo Albrizzi Capello

Oct. 10-12. 2025 - ArtMuc Autumn 2025, Munich, Germany

Oct. 17-19. 2025 - Paris Carrousel du Louvre, Paris, France

Oct. 17-Nov.9.2025 - Golden Duck Gallery Budapest and Golden Duck USA New York and Opera Gallery Vienna

2-26 September 2025 - Golden Duck Gallery, Budapest, Hungary ("Entrance to The Tunnel", "Floating Above La Reina Beach" paintings, stationary and virtu...