Andrzej Nowacki (b. 1953, Rabka), "May 15, 2016," 2016

Provenance
private collection, Poland

Biography
The artist spent his early youth in Kraków, where, among other things, he participated in interior design projects and conservation work. In 1977, he left Poland. He studied Scandinavian studies at the University of Gothenburg, German studies, and art history at the University of Innsbruck. In the 1980s, he met two Polish abstract artists—Kajetan Sosnowski and Henryk Stażewski. He remained in contact with Stażewski for many years. In 1982, he moved to Düsseldorf, and in 1984 to West Berlin, where he devoted himself to his artistic work. In 1984, he began intensive experiments in painting. It was also during this time that he created drawings and pastels. The artist’s first solo exhibition took place at the Pommersfelde Gallery in West Berlin in 1987. A year later, he began creating his first reliefs. In 1992, the artist’s first exhibition in Poland was presented at the Pryzmat Gallery in Kraków. The artist’s subsequent exhibitions: 1995—a solo exhibition at the Berinson Gallery in Berlin; 1996—the solo exhibition “A Rainy Summer” at the Amfilada Gallery in Szczecin. Starting that year, the artist began signing his works with the date of their creation. In 1997, he participated in the 15th International Open-Air Workshop for artists working in the language of geometry, organized by Bożena Kowalska in Okuninka near Chełmno. In 1999, he traveled to the U.S. at the invitation of art collectors in New Jersey and created a new series of reliefs. In 2001, he received a one-year fellowship from the Pollock-Krasner Foundation in New York.