Piotr Ambroziak

Ambroziak`s neo-expressionist paintings are predatory art of gesture. The artist discovers again the power of colour and spontaneous gesture which are full of expression. For him it`s a new way to express himself. His art doesn`t use symbols and ideas but focuses on jiggy gesture (without any painting rules).
His works are inspired by urban space which is full of information and doubtful meanings. It is also a “wastepaper bin” for culture. His works are painted with a thick layer of paint, damp patches with elements made of spray paint. They are similar to scratched walls of urban jungle full of graffiti pictures.
Ambroziak`s paintings which are like these graffiti become palimpsests, so you can`t recognize the meanings of the layers. In this urban cave the message emotion and impulse matters. So Ambroziak becomes a urban shaman and vandal, who attacks the canvas.

text : Michalina Sablik

Piotr Ambroziak (born 1971) studied at the Department of Graphics and Painting in the Academy of Fine Arts in Łodz. In 1996 he graduated with a Master’s Degree with honours at the Studio of Wood Engraving run by Professor Andrzej Bartczak (Anex in additional studies in photography supervised by Prof. Ireneusz Pierzgalski). He was also a student of Prof. Juliusz Narzyński in the Studio of Painting. In 1995 he received a scholarship from the Polish Ministry of Culture and Art. He has participated in numerous exhibitions home and abroad. His works are present in numerous Polish and foreign collections.
At present he is a graduate at the University of Art in Poznań in the faculty of Painting and Drawing in the studio of Prof. Dominik Lejman.

2017 – Spittnig Paint, Gallery Arts Pharmacy, Warsaw
2017 - The pressure of existence II, Gallery Bohema New Art , Warsaw
2017 - The pressure of existence, Gallery Rotunda, UAP, Poznan
2015 - Angels and aliens, Gallery Arts Pharmacy, Warsaw
2015 - The dark side 2... - Gallery, BWA Kielce
2014 - Full Moon - Gallery Ptapty. Polish Theatre in Poznan
2013 - Arche - Gallery Imaginarium, Lodz
2013 - The dark side... - Gallery, BWA Kielce, Busko-Zdroj
2013 - Roots of Art - Gallery Frame, International Night of Museums, Warsaw
2012 - CUSTOM - Opus Gallery, Lodz
2011 - Memotion XXX - Lufcik ZPAP Gallery, Warsaw
2010 - Piotr Ambroziak - IMPART Art Center, Wroclaw



Collective Exhibitions selected
2016-2017 - Animal, Gallery, Bardzo Biała, Warszawa
2016 - V International Biennial of Painting "Quadro-Art", Łódź
2016 - Trauma Square- Exhibition PhD, Wrocław, Poznan
2016 - 25 Festival of Polish Contemporary Painting, Szczecin
2015- "Bałuty XXX", object art, gallery street. Lodz
2015- "Third Piotrkowskie Biennale" paintings, ODA, Piotrkow Trybunalski
2015 - Traces " YOUNG AT ART, Gallery DAP 1, Warsaw
2014 - Getto XXI – Monopolis, Lodz
2014 - Exhibition in the framework of XIII Festival Open Exhibition - painting, Lod...