Rafał Knop

Rafal Knop - born in 1970 r. in Zywiec Poland.

Rafał Knop is a painter, passionate about the art of antiquity and surrealism, who loves Tuscany. For several years, he has divided his time between Poland and Tuscany, where every year he organizes artistic Plein-Airs for amateur and professional artists and and Residenza d'Arte.

A painter who in his paintings transforms the tendencies of the era - hasty, thoughtless and bright, in which reality becomes an imitation and a pretense. Drawing directly from commercialized culture (swimming pool as an indicator of luxury and a symbol of escapism), it goes beyond its borders, expressing the desire for silence. His paintings are idyllic shots of women's bodies, minimalistic captures of props such as a lonely palm or an unfurled umbrella, but also sublimated, futuristic architecture with elements of huge windows, labyrinths, stairs leading to nowhere, and finally furniture - empty tables, chaise longues and chairs (the presence of the absent) . The aura of the works is created by their light and colors, maintained in shades of ultramarine, pale purples, whites and powdery roses. The immobility of these irrationally sensual performances remains in the memory for a long time, evoking extreme...

1990 r. - He completed art school in Bielsko - Biala
1992 r. - He began his studies at the Academy of Fine Arts in Poznan, in Poland, faculty of painting in the studio of prof. J. Walczak.

2025.11 - SWIMMING POOL Exhibition, Bator Art Gallery, Szczyrk, Poland
2025.10 - 3rd National Painting Plein Air "New Horizon" Exhibition Hotel Rejs, Ustka, Poland
2025.09 - XLV International Art Symposium Hotel Star Dadaj, Poland
2025.05 - Residenza d’Arte BUONCONVENTO, Tuscany, Italy
2024.12.5 – Against the Sun Exhibition, Residenza d’Arte BUONCONVENTO, Carmen Tarcha Gallery, Warsaw
2024.10.12 – Miniatures from Buonconvento Exhibition, Residenza d’Arte Zofia Weiss Gallery, Krakow
2024.06 – 3rd Żywiec Art Salon Exhibition, Old Habsburg Castle, Żywiec, Poland
2024.05 – Exhibition New Horizon 2, Hotel Rejs, Ustka, Poland
2023 - 08. DESA UNICUM Hotel Sofitel Grand, Sopot, Poland Auction exhibition
2023.06 Exhibition Residenza d'Arte Toscana, Buonconvento Italy
2023.05 Exhibition Farm of Creative Initiatives Swolowo, Poland
2022.12 DESA UNICUM auction exhibition Warsaw Poland
2022 - 5th Bielsko Festival of Visual Arts Gallery BWA Bielsko-Biała
2022.04 DESA UNICUM auction exhibition Warsaw Poland
2022.03 - DESA UNICUM auction exhibition Warsaw Poland
2020 -ARTE DAL MONDO Ragusa Sicily, ITALY
2019 - Vlask Gallery Sfeer 03.2019 Flanders Expo, BELGIUM
2018 - 4. Bielski Festival of Visual Arts - Gallery BWA Bielsko - Biala
2017 - Plein Ai...