Alek Slon

Born 1975 in Warsaw, Poland
Lives and works in Warsaw, Poland

Alek Slon graduated from painting faculty of the Accademia di Belle Arti in Rome and from philosophy of the University of Warsaw. He is the co-founder of “Front Sztuki”, an artistic association and TA3 artistic tenement in Warsaw where he has his studio. He mainly creates oil paintings and drawings but recently also multimedia installations, animations and videos. His work reflects humanity’s primordial desire for structure. The imagines he performs are elements of the inner landscape – the domain of homo pictor described by Hans Jonas in his “The Phenomenon of
Life”.

Education:
2005-2010 – Accademia di Belle Arti di Roma, faculty: painting
1995 – 2000 – University of Warsaw, faculty: philosophy

Solo exhibitions:
Obsesión Cubana El Viaje – JNJ Information Center – Warsaw – 2017
Landscapes. – Apteka Sztuki – Warsaw – 2017
Dreams – TA3 Gallery – Warsaw – 2016
Vagabondando – Masovian Cultural Institute – Warsaw – 2016
Atlantide – LAZIENKOWSKA Gallery – Warsaw – 2015
Why Not? – Apteka Sztuki – Warsaw – 2015
Art on Vacation – Das Esszimmer – Bonn – Germany – 2015
Balloons – Gazeta Wyborcza headquarter– Warsaw – 2015
4 Rooms – Art Radzikowscy Gallery – Brodnica – 2015
I Like Drawing – TA3 Gallery – Warszawa – 2014
Oltremare – Blanca PINTO’s Studio – Bordighera – Italy – 2014
Porto Ercole – ZACISZE Cultural Centre – Warsaw – 2014
27X33 – GNW (Galeria nad Wisłą) – Torun – 2013
Mellow Blue – FAWORY Club – Warsaw – 2013
Via Serenissima – LAZIENKOWSKA Gallery – Warsaw – 2011

Main collective exhibitions:
Black on White – Monumental Gallery – Lisbon – 2018
Visions – Regional Museum – Krasnystaw – 2017
19/19 – 19 District – Warsaw – 2014
Stati d’Animo Italiani – Italian Cultural Institute – Warsaw – 2014
Rozmowy – DAP3 Gallery – Warsaw – 2013
The Travels – Railway Museum – Warsaw – 2013
Arte-di-su – La Sapienza University – Rome – Italy – 2009
Che cosa stai facendo? -Temple University – Rome – Italy – 2008

Awards:
Mural Aeropuerto – Casa-Museo Bofill-Atanes – Santo Domingo – CUBA 2017 – Primer Premio
Stati d’Animo Italiani – International Art Contest and Exhibition – Italian Cultural Institute – Warsaw
2013 – 3th award
Arte-di-su – International Art Contest and Exhibition – La Sapienza University – Rome – Italy – 2009 – honorable mention.

Art fairs:
Art Market Budapest 2018
POSITIONS Berlin 2017
Art Market Budapest 2017
Art Market Budapest 2016