Arobal

Bartek Arobal Kociemba (1984) is a polish visual artist and teacher of meditation in the tradition of Shambhala Buddhism. Since 2005 he has been recognized as a leading polish illustrators engaging in various collaborations with editors, magazines, theatre, and various other institutions, parallel to which he pursued his independent career as a visual artist. In his works he uses paper, crayons, pencil and paint and other mediums to create portraits of humans and plants, moody landscapes and visual stories about human connection to oneself, other beings and nature. Over the last years his initial illustrating and portraiture background has expanded into working with animation, spatial installation and sculpture.

Selected Exhibitions:

2022

Flowers Burning, Overtrappen Gallery, Copenhagen, Denmark

Tak Tak, VLP Gallery, Copenhagen, Denmark

Plavalaguna, Leto Gallery, Warsaw Poland

2021

Whole Burnt Flowers, Galeria Miejska Arsenał, Poznań, Poland

Art Showcase, Accademia di Danimarca, Rome, Italy

In the Twinkling of an Eye, Szydlowski Gallery, Warsaw, Poland

Paper Positions, Jarmuschek + Partner Gallery, Berlin, Germany

Be Queer! Be Real!, CU 46 online gallery, Barcelona, Spain

2020

“Vi Lever På Polsk”, VLP gallery, Copenhagen, Denmark

2019

"Creative Sick States CANCER HIV AIDS" Galeria Miejska Arsenał, Poznań

“That What is Hidden”, Muzeum Śląskie, Katowice

2018

“The Books of Pan Tadeusz as seen by contemporary artists”, Pan Tadeusz Museum, Wrocław

2017