Wojtek Klimeks paintings mostly depict urban landscapes in which figures are shown in seemingly everyday situations. By playing with light, arrangement and rearrangement of the composition with various picture elements often torn from their original context, he creates mysterious and surreal scenarios. Mixing opposites, arranging and merging different landscape elements from various locations and countries with things painted from his imagination, Klimek infuses the pictures with an unreal vibrancy.

 

His artworks in acrylic and oil represent melancholic image content, frozen and unfree figures in an indeterminate landscape. The pictures often show urban landscapes and the loneliness of modern man trapped in a dark, real world. His works are characterized by an effective combination of surreal and realistic elements, as well as shapes and inspirations from other cultures. Since 2012, he lives and works in Zurich.

 

 

1985

Wojtek Klimek was born in Danzig, Poland

 

2001 - 2002

History of Art, Technische Universität Berlin

 

2005 - 2006

Academy of Fine Arts in Cracow, Poland

 

2002 - 2008

University of Applied Sciences Hamburg, Department Design

 

2012

moved to Zurich, where he lives and works as an artist and illustrator

 

 

EXHIBITIONS

 

2015

Gallery INA DEDERER & FRIENDS, Zurich (group)

 

2015

Hinterkonti, Hamburg (group, with Johan Schäfer)

 

2013

Gallery Anne Mörchen, Hamburg (group, with Johan Schäfer)

 

2012

A|B|C Contemporary, Zürich (group, with Sebastian Pless)

 

2011 – 2012

Frappant, Hamburg (group, with Johan Schäfer)

 

2011

F14 Raum für Zeitgenössische Kunst, Dresden (group, with Johan Schäfer)

 

2011

Städtisches Museum Carl und Gerhart Hauptmann Haus, Szklarska Poreba, Poland

(group, with Johan Schäfer)

 

2011

Kontorhaus Brandshof, Hamburg (group)

 

2011

The Thought Gallery, Amsterdam (solo)

 

2011

Werkstatt für feine Räume, Hamburg (group)

 

2010

Kunstschwimmer, Berlin (group, with Johan Schäfer and Dragan Prgomelja)

 

2010

Landdrostei, Pinneberg (group)

 

2008

Junge Kunst aus Hamburger Hochschulen, Techniker Krankenkasse, Hamburg (group)

 

2007

Siemens AG, Hamburg (solo)

 

2007

Hinterkonti, Hamburg (group, with Johan Schäfer and Dragan Prgomelja)

 

2006

Kleefeld / Hamburg (group)

 

2005

Gemäldewerk, Hamburg (group, with Johan Schäfer)

 

2001 – 2002

Technische Universität Berlin

 

2005 - 2006

Academy of Fine Arts in Cracow, Poland

 

2006 - 2008

University of Applied Sciences Hamburg, Department Design