Jakub Malinowski1985

Jakub Malinowski – Born in 1985, he graduated from the Faculty of Painting at the University of the Arts in Poznań. He works in painting and drawing. In 2016, he earned a PhD from the Faculty of Painting at the same university. He currently serves as an Assistant Professor (adiunkt) at his alma mater. He was a finalist in the Maria Dokowicz Award for the Best Graduation Project at the University of the Arts in Poznań in 2011. He has twice been awarded a scholarship by the University's Faculty of Painting, received a scholarship in Cluj-Napoca, and was awarded an honorable mention in the PTAW Competition 2025 in Ostrów Wielkopolski. The central theme of Jakub Malinowski's work is the relationship between public and private space, as well as the aestheticization and anaesthetization of reality. The motifs that interest him balance on the boundary between classical models and the grotesque.