Mariusz Żabiński (b. 1956, Warsaw)
Lovers in a Café
oil on canvas
Dimensions: 100 × 80 cm
signed lower right: Marius
Provenance: the artist’s studio; Vermot & Associés, Paris
Mariusz Żabiński (b. 1956, Warsaw) – a Polish painter who has been active on the international art scene for many years, primarily associated with France and Belgium. A graduate of the Academy of Fine Arts in Warsaw. His work focuses on figurative painting, which reflects influences of Cubism, the geometrization of form, and decorative colorism.
After settling in France, he expanded his exhibition activities throughout Europe. Documented presentations of his work include, among others, Oslo in 1983, Strasbourg in 1985, and Brussels in the second half of the 1980s. In the 1990s, he exhibited in Charleroi, Brussels, Genk, and Liège, among other places. In 1998, his work was presented at the Nishigaoka Gallery in Sendai, Japan, and in 2000, he exhibited in Monte Carlo.
In the following decade, Żabiński’s activities also extended to the United States. In 2005, he exhibited at the Interart Gallery in New York. In the years that followed, his works were shown in the U.S., China, Hong Kong, Singapore, Monaco, and Paris, among other places.
In 2015, he participated in the 10th Florence Biennale. The Biennale’s official archives confirm his participation as an artist representing Belgium. Records from the Vermot & Associés auction house also indicate that he received a joint fifth prize in the painting category there.
