Tomek Baran
Tomek Baran, born in 1985 in Stalowa Wola, lives and works in Cracow. He is a graduate from the Academy of Fine Arts in Cracow in 2010, Departament of Painting. He made a debut in F.A.I.T. Gallery in 2008 during the Campaign for Revaluating Abstraction.
His solo exhibitions took place among others in: Bunkier Sztuki, Cracow (2012); BWA Art Gallery, Olsztyn (2016); Center for Creative Activities, Ustka (2015); Platán Gallery, Budapest (2015); Austrian Cultural Forum, Warsaw (2014); Żak | Branicka Gallery, Berlin (2018). He participated in a number of group exhibitions in Poland and abroad among them: State Art Gallery, Sopot (2019); TRAFO Center of Contemporary Art, Szczecin (2017); Stefan Gierowski Foundation, Warsaw (2017); XVI International Painting Triennial, Vilnius (2016); Polnisches Institut, Berlin (2016); MOCAK Museum of Contemporary Art, Cracow (2015); Miroslav Kubik Gallery, Litomyšl (2015); Labirynt Gallery, Lublin (2015); Boccanera Gallery, Trident (2015); Museum of Modern Art, Warsaw (2014). In 2010 he had the residence in Montrouge, France and received the honourable mention of Strabag Artaward and had residence in Vienna (2012). He was the recipient of ‘Młoda Polska’ Fellowship from Ministry of Culture and National Heritage of the Republic of Poland.
His works are part of collections in the National Museum in Gdańsk; Bunkier Sztuki, Cracow; ING Polish Art Foundation; Strabag Artcollection, Vienna.
Exhibitions in the gallery: Minus Painting, #808080, Tomek Baran, Peter Grzybowski. Malatura, Claustro
Moskwa Queer U!, 2022, aluminum, ploycarbonate, oil, spray, 141 x 62 x 33 cm
RZZA, 2022, glass, oil, enamel on mdf board, 57 x 48 cm
Goast 3, 2017-22, oil, acrylic, spray, poliester,aluminium, wood, 90 x 70 cm
M, 2022, enamel, spray, hdf board, cotton on wooden stretcher, dimensions variable
Good night Robert, 2018-2022, spray, acrylic, metal, plywood, 35 x 54 cm
Layers, 2017-2022, oil, enamel, pencil, wood on canvas, 71 x 81 cm
Grey, 2022, oil on 12 beer cans on mdf board, 60 x 50 cm
Untitled, 2020, enamel, acrylic, glue, spray, cotton and plywood on wooden stretcher, 130 x 98 cm
Giantess, 2018-2022, akryl, silikon, spray, tkanina, bone glue, oil, 210 x 160 cm
Night Shower, 2017-2022, oil, spray, alkyd enamel, aluminum, cottonbone glue, wooden frame, 161 x 101 cm
Untitled, 2021-2022, glass, wood, cotton, aluminum led lamp, oil, enamel, acrylic, 202 x 97cm
Babalu, 2022, gum, aluminium, embossed leather, glue, metal, cardboard, 100 x 75 cm
Untitled, 2020, oil, acrylic, structural plaster on canvas, 68 x 55 cm
Blinded by the Lights, 2021, olej, enamel on clapboard, 83 x 54 cm
Untitled, from the cycle Strings, 2020, enamel and spray on canvas, 2x 60 x 50 cm
Untitled, from the cycle Strings, 2020, enamel and spray on canvas, 160 x 140 cm
Untitled, from the cycle Strings, 2020, enamel and spray on canvas, 190 x 130 cm
Untitled, from the cycle Strings, 2020, enamel and spray on canvas, 60 x 65 cm
Untitled, 2019, spray, pencil, acrylic on wooden panel, 54 x 36 cm
Untitled, 2020, spray, concrete paint, acrylic on wooden panel, 61 x 60 cm
Untitled, 2020, spray and concrete plaster on canvas, 80 x 60 cm
Untitled, 2019, alkyd enamel and spray on polycarbonate board, 200 x 134 cm
Untitled, 2019, oil, bronze-shavings spray, enamel on canvas, 250 x 68 x 26 cm
#4e4a3e, 2019, oil, urethan-alkyd paint, lacquer on canvas, 90 x 190 x 3 cm
#546e58, 2018, urethane enamel on canvas, 120 x 108 x 5 cm
#b55d8a (poliptych), 2018, alkid enamel, oil spray on canvas, 4x 52 x 34 cm
Untitled, 2019, bronze-savings lacquer, acrylic on canvas, 200 x 190 x 18 cm
Untitled, 2020, alkid enamel, spray, acrylic on canvas, 90 x 70 x 4 cm
#f5f6f8, 2018, olej, spray z opilkami brazu, emalia, plotno, 60,5 x 60,5 cm
#23355d, 2019, spray z opilkami brazu, emalia, plotno, 150 x 115 cm
#c2c1c7, 2019, olej, emalia, plotno na plycie hdf, 40 x 60 x 3 cm
#66653d, 2018, emalia, spray, plotno, 75 x 75 cm
Ellipsis 4, 2018, silikon, akryl, emalia, plotno, 90 x 80 cm
#a0a0a2, 2018, emalia, plotno, 140 x 120 cm
#aaa559, 2018, enamel on canvas, 50 x 60 cm
Untitled, 2018, enamel on canvas, 118 x 88 x 4 cm
#73654b, 2019, lakier, spray z opilkami brazu, plotno, 20 x 30 cm
Ochre black and white, 2017, enamel and acrylic on canvas, 40 x 45 cm
Untitled, 2017, enamel on canvas, 150 x 160,5 cm
Untitled, 2015, d1d1d1, mixed media on canvas, 180 x 123 cm
#86462c, 2016, enamel on canvas, 165 x 140 cm
#2c1b25 (diptych), 2014, left enamel on canvas, 180 x 133 x 6 cm, right: linen on wood, 126 x 4 cm
#070c12, 2014, enamel on canvas, 204 x 115 x 4 cm
#011f77, 2014, enamel on canvas on wooden stretcher, 200 x 90 x 4 cm
#6f716e (dyptyk), 2014, enamel on canvas on wooden stretcher, 2x 200 x 80 x 4 cm
Inspiration 15, 2012, oil on canvas, 140 × 105 cm
untitled, 2012, gouache on paper, 150 × 115 cm
untitled, 2012, gouache on paper, 150 × 115 cm