Waldemar MALAK (b. 1961)
On the edge of the forest, 2017.
oil on canvas, 150 x 114 cm
signed p. d. corner: 'Malak'
signed and described on the reverse: 'On the edge of the forest, 2017 | Waldemar Malak'.
In 1990 he graduated from the Faculty of Fine Arts at the Nicolaus Copernicus University in Toruń with a degree in painting in the studio of Prof. Jan Pręgowski.He presented his work at several individual and collective exhibitions at home and abroad (Germany, USA, Japan). He is involved in easel painting and has also designed stage sets and theatrical costumes. He participated in the Polish-American theatrical project "Ubu the Slave" in New York. He is a member of ZPAP Bydgoszcz District.
Individual painting exhibitions:
"Before", Gallery "Under the Blanks", Bydgoszcz, 1992; * Red Fox Club, Bydgoszcz, 1994 * "Pressure Tower", Bydgoszcz, 1992 * "Profiles" Pack Club, New York, 1998 * "Transition", Rücker Poland Gallery, Gifhorn, Germany, 2000 * "Transition", Theater Gallery, Bydgoszcz, 2001 * "Summer Impressions" Traveler Gallery, Bydgoszcz, 2001 * Municipal Art Gallery " Pressure Tower" Wilhelmshaven, Germany, 2002 * "Over the edge of the mirror" Akurat Gallery, Bydgoszcz, 2002 * "On the shore of the mirror" Gallery 3nastka, Bydgoszcz, 2002 * "On the shore of the mirror" Bistro Gallery, Wilhelmshaven, 2003 * MDK No. 1, Bydgoszcz, 2009 * "In search - nod of beauty" Gallery Nad Brda, Bydgoszcz, 2009 *"Painting in IMP" IMP Gallery, Greifswald, 2011 * Painting - installation "5 women" Sucha 129 2015, Performance "Guernica", Wyrzysk 2017 * Individual painting exhibition "Mountain waterfalls" Pressure Tower Gallery Bydgoszcz 2019.
Collective exhibitions:
II, III and IV Biennale of Art of Bydgoszcz * Post-competition exhibition "Woman in Art", BWA Bydgoszcz * Post-competition exhibition "Flowers" Old Kordegarda, Warsaw, 1993 * Post-competition exhibition "Flowers", Gallery "Piast" and "Mikimoto", Tokyo, Japan, 1994 *Participation in the exhibition " 21 artists from Bydgoszcz" Gallery T&.T" Norinberg, 1994 *Participation in charity action - art exhibition and auction for the benefit of the victims of the Osaka earthquake, Tokyo, 1995 *Participation in the 3rd Workshop. Painting Workshop "Image and Metaphor" in Gorzno, post-exhibition - Wozownia Gallery, 1996 * Participation in the exhibition " Painting and Sculpture of Polish Artists" Bremer Prasse-Club, Bremen, Germany, 1997 * Participation in the exhibition " Painting and Sculpture of Polish Artists" Haus Müller Gallery, Gandrkessee, Germany, 1997 * Participation in exhibitions. "Four artists from Bydgoszcz" Punkt Gallery, Gdańsk, Brama Gallery, Warsaw, Theater Gallery, Bydgoszcz, 2000 * Painting exhibition "Profiles", New York, 2008 * Collective exhibition "Presentations" Lubostroń 2010 * Auction for the benefit of the disabled "Butterflies for Ania", Młyn Hotel, Bydgoszcz 2011 * Collective exhibition "Presentations" Lubostroń 2010 * Painting exhibition "5 women" in the " Painting, Sculpture, Ceramics and Design" NG Gallery" Greifswald, 2016 * Post-exhibition ZPAP - "Ostromecko in the sharp", Common Gallery, Bydgoszcz 2017.
* Azerbaijan meets Poland in Berlin - Gelerie Berlin - Baku, Berlin, Germany 2018 * Painting, Pressure Tower Gallery, Bydgoszcz, 2018 * Eye never sleeps - painting exhibition, Bydgoszcz - Ostromecko, 2018 * Rock and Roll History of Industry and Art - painting,Stomil Bydgoszcz, 2018.
Scenography - theater:
Set and costume design for the plays: Ubu the King - 1995, Alice in Bed - 1996, The Tragedy of the Duchess of Amalfi - 1996, Ubu the Slave - 1997, Polish Theater in Bydgoszcz, directed by: Wieslaw Gorski
* Participation in Polish-American theater project - set and costume design for the play "Ubu the Slave", The Point Center, Bronx, Manhattan, New York, 1998, director: Wieslaw Gorski and Steve Shop * Set design and costumes for the play Trans-Atlantic, Dramatic Theatre in Elblag, 1999, director: Wieslaw Gorski * Set design and costumes for the play Macbeth, Juliusz Osterwa State Theater in Gorzow, 2002, director: Wieslaw Gorski * Performance "Meat" at the play "Ubu the King" with the ensemble of the Polish Theater from Bydgoszcz during the VI International Theater Festival MALTA, Poznań 1996.
