Paweł Dutkiewicz’s understated approach to painting continues to point to the internal and results in a ruminative experience, encouraging viewer introspection.
Based in Kraków, Poland, Paweł Dutkiewicz has rich experience as a professor working with students of the Academy of Fine Arts in Kraków and the University in Katowice.
His work has been shown in several important institutions, among them: Zacheta National Art Gallery, Warsaw, Poland; Galeria Foksal, Warsaw, Poland; The Schindler Factory, Krakow, Poland; Galeria Krzysztofory (established by Tadeusz Kantor in 1957), Krakow, Poland; Lichtblicke Institute of Polish Culture in Berlin, Germany; and Baltic Gallery of Contemporary Art, Slupsk, Poland. Dutkiewicz is a grant recipient of the Polish Ministry of Art and Culture, and his work can be found in numerous corporate and private collections across Europe and the United States.
"When painting, color must be considered a very precise tool, similar to a classical musical instrument, as complicated to use as an organ or piano. The content of a painting is conveyed through the color choices, i.e., through the juxtaposition of colors and the relationship between colors, just as in a piece of music, where abstract, individual sounds, and even the silence between them, together create the content of the piece." - Paweł Dutkiewicz, 2021