Arobal
Two Lilies' Scent
2020, pencils on paper, 59 x 42 cm
Blue Red Flowers on Fire
2021, pencils on paper, 59 x 42 cm
Musky
2020, pencils on paper, 59 x 42 cm
Laurel Branch on Fire
2021, pencils on paper, 59 x 42 cm
Dangerous Pleasures
2020, pencils on paper, 59 x 42 cm
Whole Burnt Flowers 1
2021, pencils on paper, 84 x 59 cm
Whole Burnt Flowers 2
2021, pencils on paper, 84 x 59 cm
Whole Burnt Flowers 3
2021, pencils on paper, 84 x 59 cm
Whole Burnt Flowers 4
2021, pencils on paper, 84 x 59 cm
Whole Burnt Flowers 5
2021, pencils on paper, 84 x 59 cm
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
“Drawing Tutoring”, Galeria Biała, Lublin
“Meet the new artists”, Artoteket, Copenhagen
2015
“ Inside out. Polish graphic design and illustration in the making”, Wanted Design, New York
“Transfestiwal*: Dafne/Daphne”, Onamato Gallery, Krakow
2014
“Public space, space of common presence", Trafostacja Sztuki, Szczecin
2013
“Bajeczne są rzeczy przyziemne, kiedy dotknie je ręka geniusza”, Kordegarda Gallery, Warsaw
“Illustrative 16th Biennale of Illustration and Graphic Art”, Berlin
“Niezwykły Świat”, Galeria Grafiki i Plakatu, Warsaw
2012
“Dług/Debt”, Living Theatre, New York
2011
“Dramaturgia plakatu”, Muzeum Grafiki i Plakatu w Wilanowie, Warsaw
2010
“Ilustracja PL”, Sinfonia Varsovia, Warsaw