Jarek

I was not always an artist. My initial preparation lies in the field of microbiology. In which, I am still teaching at the Université de Sherbrooke, in the French-speaking part of Canada. Yet, the artistic expression was never too far from my thoughts. Having a scientist father and an artist mother, I guess it was inevitable that those two fields somehow went hand in hand. For few years, after finishing my Master degree, I have worked as a freelance graphist, illustrator, and 3D animator. But, it was after finishing my postdoctoral studies in microbiology that I started painting. Since then, I created in acrylics, oils and mixed mediums on canvas and as prints on paper from digital art. Back to a student-side of reality, I am currently pursuing a graduate program in Contemporary Art at the Université de Sherbrooke.
Like a tree seeded then transplanted to grow new roots, I was born and raised in Poland, but I also lived in France, USA and Quebec. This is probably why, although I touched on different subjects and styles, my main interest lies in the question of how we perceive and interpret a reality around us and especially a reality associated with identity. In my artistic approach, I question this perception. It is the same for y...

Ph.D. in Microbiology (2000, Université de Montréal, Québec, Canada)

Graduate Program in Contemporary Art (presently, Université de Sherbrooke, Québec, Canada)

Sorry it is in French, one day I will have time to translate it.

2016 – Gagnant du « Prix Claude Métras » de la relève artistique, chez Raymond Chabot Grant Thornton (Sherbrooke).

2015 – « Bleu », exposition des membres de la Maison des arts et de la culture de Brompton (Brompton).

2015 – « Le violon d’Ingres », exposition (collective) Galerie de l’Université de Sherbrooke (Sherbrooke).

2015 – Concours « Art au parfum », Musée de la civilisation, (ville de Québec). Finaliste dans la catégorie coup de cœur du nez.

2015 – « Origines », exposition collective du groupe artistique Mondart, Centre culturel Pierre-Gobeil (Sherbrooke).

2015 – « Bulles d’exil », exposition lors du Festival cinéma du monde de Sherbrooke (Université de Sherbrooke, Sherbrooke).

2014 – « Tabou – une exposition qui dérange » (en tant qu’instigateur et organisateur) exposition collective du groupe artistique Mondart, Centre culturel Pierre-Gobeil (Sherbrooke).

2014 – « Exposition (collective) des petits formats », Galerie Artazo (Sherbrooke).

2014 – « Immi-té-gration », exposition collective du groupe artistique Mondart, Centre communautaire et culturel de l’arrondissement Jacques-Cartier (Sherbrooke).

2013 – « Exposition (collect...