Bartek Otocki (b. 1978), Untitled, from the series "Irreversible," 2021

oil, canvas, 105 x 130 cm, signed on the back

Diploma in painting in the atelier of Prof. Ryszard Hunger at the Faculty of Graphics and Painting, Academy of Fine Arts in Lodz (2003); Ph.D. at the Faculty of Painting, University of Arts in Poznan (2011); Habilitation at the Faculty of Painting, Academy of Fine Arts in Gdansk (2014). From 2003-2012, assistant, then assistant professor in the studio of painting and drawing at the Faculty of Textiles and Clothing of the Academy of Fine Arts in Lodz. Since 2012, he has led the drawing studio at the Faculty of Painting and New Media at the Academy of Art in Szczecin, and has been working as an associate professor since 2014. Painter and photographer, curator, juror of painting competitions. Author of four series of works: "Memory Portraits", "Alchemy of Illusion", "Is it safe/Is it safe?" and "Yang!". Participant in more than 50 individual and collective exhibitions, among others at the Contemporary Museum in Wroclaw, the Museum of the History of the City of Lodz, the BWA Bielska Gallery, the National Museum in Szczecin, the Polish Sculpture Center in Oronsko.