Jacek MAŚLANKIEWICZ, "Images of Saints I".

60x30, oil on panel

(Born 1955)

He has been painting since early childhood under the guidance of his Father, the painter Ireneusz Maślankiewicz. He studied in the studios of Jan Lis, Bohdan Urbanowicz, Rajmund Ziemski.

He received his diploma from the Academy of Fine Arts in Warsaw in 1979.
In 2013, he was awarded the Honorary Badge of "Merit to Polish Culture" by the Minister of Culture and National Heritage. In addition, he was awarded in 2017 at the Festival of Polish Contemporary Painting in Szczecin, received the first prize of the Maritime Museum in Gdansk in the "Colors of the Sea 2015" competition, and also the first place in 2018 in the Painting Competition on the occasion of the centenary of regaining independence organized by the Arthanza Foundation.

He was a member of the Cultural Commission of the Polish Olympic Committee. He was listed in the Compass of Polish Art and served as president of the Warsaw District of the Association of Polish Artists in 2010-2015.

He has 45 solo painting exhibitions and 229 group shows to his credit.

His works are in the museum collections of the Museum of Independence in Warsaw, the Andaman Modern Art Museum Krabi in Thailand, the City Museum in Gorzow Wielkopolski, the Museum in Lebork and the District Museum in Siedlce.

Galleries holding paintings by Jacek Maślankiewicz are: Vatican Collections - painting "Polish Landscape" - a gift to H.E. Pope John Paul II, Zachęta National Gallery of Art in Warsawa, Lumino Gallery in Perth, Australia, Silpakorn Fine Art University in Bangkok, BWA in Koszalin, Municipal Gallery in Kolobrzeg, A.L.A.M. Nuyten Gallery in the Netherlands.

He was the chairman of the Chapter of the Jan Cybis Award in 2011-2014, a member of the Chapter of the Cyprian Kamil Norwid Award, the Jury of the IOC Olympic Art Competition, a member of the Chapter of the Eugeniusz Eibisch Award for Young Artists, the Jury of the PKOl Olympic Laurel Competition and the VIDICAL Jury.