Szymon POLOCZEK (b. 1994), And waited though we were not there, 2023

oil, canvas, 80 x 100 cm, signed on the back

In 2019, he defended his Bachelor's Diploma with the title "Faces of Opposition" (Gallery of Contemporary Art BWA; Promoter: Prof. Dr. Józef Budka) in the Flat Print Studio at the Academy of Fine Arts in Katowice. In June 2022 he defended his master's degree at the Faculty of Painting in the studio of Prof. Zbigniew Blukacz at the Academy of Fine Arts in Katowice. Additional diploma: Under the direction of Prof. ASP Slawomir Brzoska Theoretical work: ad Dr. Roman Lewandowski.
Participated in the exhibition: Student Picture of the Year at the Academy of Fine Arts in Katowice (Rondo Art Gallery), in the post-competition exhibition at the Art Armory in Gdansk (2021), in the group exhibition at the Zajezdnia History Center (2021), in the post-competition exhibition of the painting competition Nowy Obraz / Nowe Spojrzenie (Old Paper Mill UAP), Schoen Palace Museum in Sosnowiec, Student Graphics of the Year 2018 and 2019. Finalist of the competition for a poster promoting the 100th anniversary of Poland's independence recovery - Katowice (Radio Katowice).

2021 Winner of the Wojciech Fangor National Student Painting Competition.

2022 Winner of the 5th All-Polish Leon
Wyczółkowski. (2nd place)

2023 Finalist of the Eibisch Prize 2023 competition.