Maciej KOSTECZKA (b. 1988), Figure on the floor, 2024

pencil, paper, 14.4 x 10.3 cm, signed p.d.: hellokostek logo and on the back

Maciej Kostek Kosteczka - Actor, dancer after the Krakow PWST (now AST) - graduated from the Dance Theater Department in Bytom. Cultural studies specialist, corporate employee. Passionate about painting, graphic design and handicraft creation known as hellokostek. He is self-taught using tutorials on Youtube, and has been training under the tutelage of Paulina Kwietniewska and Maciej Kus since 2021.

A participant in the International Summer Program - a Robert Wilson Fellowship at the Watermill Center in New York.

On his performative path he has collaborated with Jan Komasa, Jerzy Stuhr, Blazej Peszek, Mikołaj Mikołajczyk, Anna Piotrowska, Ewelina Marciniak, Dominika Knapik, Juliusz Słowacki Theater (Krakow), Rozbark Theater (Bytom), Uckermärkische Bühnen Schwedt (Schwedt), Silesian Theater (Katowice), Malta Festival Foundation (Poznań).

His painting premiere was an exhibition entitled "Siewierz - 513W13R2". He presented his latest works during the "Rogue Planet" exhibition, and is currently working on a new series: "Love."

Kostek teaches acting classes at the Elephants on the Balcony Foundation, collaborates with galleries in Warsaw and Amsterdam and his dream is to create a mural.