Wojciech Skiba

Large format works on canvas of mixed media, mostly oil paint.
They are characterized by dense compositions, which are sometimes difficult to grasp with our eyes if we look too briefly. When we take a closer look we can see that the seeming chaos consists of very expressive but also carefully worked out beautiful combinations of color and form. These are paintings which need to be viewed from both, far and near. It’s wonderful to look from a distance to appreciate the whole composition and it is fascinating to contemplate the fragments and study how they merge into a complex but thoroughly planned work. These are truly contemplative paintings, we can lose sight in them for hours and still each time discover something new. Formal experiments, juxtaposition of colors, traces, dispersions, discontinuities, collisions, noise of expression, transitions from abstraction to figurativeness, motifs repeated in several paintings such as words, inscriptions, symbols or figures. One may find the occasional quotations from culture, the history of painting or the life of the artist. But easy interpretations are not offered even once the references are found. All the associations and circumstantial readings are welcome. It’s important to not be a...

independent artist.

06.2025 - 6th Avant Art Festival Berlin, NADAN Gallery, Berlin. Exhibition ELIXIR.
04.2025 - Kunsttankstelle Ottakring, Wien.
05.2002 Opus Gallery Wrocław, Poland
06.2003 BWA Gallery Wrocław, Poland - Group Exhibition
26.07.2004 Bezdomna Gallery, Browar Mieszczański, Wrocław, Poland - Group Exhibition
06.12.2007 PGR ART, Gdańsk, Poland - Solo Exhibition
18.04-03.05.2008 Olympia Gallery, Kraków, Poland - Solo Exhibition