Darek Pala

Painter, graphic artist, sculptor, creator of spatial installations, born in Częstochowa 1967. He graduated from an art high school in his hometown. He studied at the Academy of Fine Arts in Cracow at the department of graphic art-lithography under Prof. Roman Zygulski. He received his diploma in 1992. In 1993 he settled in Warsaw,where he became associated with ART Gallery. In 1998 he moved to the United States, from where he returned in 2009. He paints figural compositions, still lifes, abstractions, as well as creates spatial forms from wood, plexiglass, metal. The hallmark of his art is strong contrasting colors, most preferably three primary colors. It was on this triad that he built the distinctive aesthetics of his paintings. The once-dominant anecdotal genre scenes have recently been supplanted by simpler paintings and monotypes that tend toward abstraction. The still lifes that are still being created have not changed that far.
Lately, he has been absorbed in creating spatial forms bordering on painting and sculpture.
Author of dozens of solo exhibitions in Europe and the US.

2011 – Pala Art Projects Foundation
www.fpap.pl

Biography:
1967 – born in Częstochowa, Poland
1998 – 2009 – Miami, Florida, USA
I currently live in Warsaw, Poland

Education:
1982-1987
Art High School named after him. J. Malczewski in Częstochowa, Poland
1987-1992
Academy of Fine Arts – Krakow, Poland
Faculty of Graphic Arts – lithography, Dr. Roman Żygulski Diploma in the Studio of Lithography under Prof. Roman Żygulski / annex from Painting under Prof. Roman Żygulski. Zbyslaw Maciejewski at the Academy of Fine Arts in Krakow
www.asp.krakow.pl
2015
Doctor of Fine Arts degree in the artistic discipline – fine arts on the basis of a theoretical thesis enriched with 16 objects – paintings entitled; Influence of Painting Means on the Spatial Form of the Work of Art at the Adam Mickiewicz University of Technology and Humanities. Kazimierz Pulaski in Radom under the supervision of Ms. Prof. Ph. Hanna Wojdala- Markowska. Exhibitions: 2022 – “Man and Nature”, 3one33, Warsaw, Poland.

2021 – Warsaw Art Fair vol 18
2021 – 3 x P – PALA- PAŁUCHA- PATRIX / PAINTING
2020 – Natural State? – Praga Sugars – Warsaw, Poland
2019 – Painting by Darek Pala – Stołeczna Estrada and Wiele Sztuki Gallery – Warsaw, Poland
2019 – “Identity – Experience of Place”- Jewish Community Center of Krakow – JCC – Krakow, Poland
2019 – “Various Shapes – Traces and Maps”. – Union of Polish Artists ZPAP – Warsaw, Poland
2019 – “One Hundred Years” Museum of Blonie Land – Blonie, Poland
2018 – Warsaw Art Fair – vol16 – Warsaw, Poland
2018 – “Blu River”-Nieporęcka – Night of Museums – Warsaw, Poland
2018 – “Linear Algorithm – Girl Face” – Kawalyksztuki Gallery – Warsaw, Poland
2018 – “Structure of a Trace – Experience of a Place” Gallery of Good Art – Czestochowa Museum – Czestochowa, Poland
2017 – Warsaw Art Fair vol 15 – Warsaw, Poland
2017 – Warsaw Art Fair vol 15 – Warsaw, Poland
2017 – “High State”. – Art Pharmacy Gallery- Warsaw, Poland
2017 – “Sea – Landscape” – Gallery -1 Polish Olympic Committee – Warsaw, Poland
2017 – “Painting” – Zamek Gallery – Szczecinek, Poland
2016 – Art Budapest – Budapest, Hungary
2016 – “Quintessence and Other Zywioły” – Municipal Gallery of Art – Częstochowa, Poland
2016 – “Fal – Protection” – Art Pharmacy Gallery – Warsaw, Poland
2015 – “Influence of Painting Means on the Spatial Form of the Work” Mazovian Center for Contemporary Art “Elektrownia”. – Radom, Poland
2015 – “Kotffice” Wilanowski Cultural Center – Warsaw, Poland.
2015 – “Colors / Words” Tender Barbarian – Bookstore – Warsaw, Poland
2015 – “Six New Paintings”. – Hotel Bristol – Warsaw, Poland
2015 – “Ocean on Paper- Brandplace – Warsaw,Poland.
2013 – Limited Edition Gallery “Bridges” – Warsaw, Poland
2013 – “Electric Colors” Retrospective 1992-2013 – Soho Factory – Warsaw, Poland
2012 – Fernando Herencia Gallery “Polish Art”. – Madrid , Spain
2012 – “RE: Praga – Stool 3” – Nieporęcka 12 – Warsaw, Poland
2012 – “Trees for Warsaw”. – BUW-Ogrody -Warsaw, Poland
2011 – “Sto Lat” Imka Theatre – Warsaw, Poland
2011 – “One Hundred Years” Jewish Community Center in Krakow – Krakow , Poland
2011 – Cafe Wiatraki – “Awakening, Waiting” Warsaw , Poland
2011 – “Common Day” – Cafe Wiatraki – Warsaw, Poland
2010 – “One Hundred Years” Gallery Warehouse- Art Warehouse – Warsaw, Poland.
2010 – RE: Prague – “Earth-Landaing of Light” – Warsaw, Poland.
2009 – Parkersburg Art Center – Parkersburg, West Virginia , USA.
2009 – Konduktorownia Gallery – Between” – Czestochowa, Poland
2009 – “Between” – Rondo 1 Business Center – Warsaw, Poland
2008 – Miami Center lobby “VIno”, Florida, USA
2008 – International Galleries of Jan Siuta – Krakow, Poland
2007 – Grodzka Gallery “Expression of Mood”- Krakow, Poland
2007 – Coral Gables Country Club – Coral Gables, Florida USA.
2006 – Off the Map Gallery “Beach Relations”. – Miami, Florida, USA
2006 – Mary G. Hardin Center for Cultural Arts – Gadsden, Alabama, USA.
2005 – Wirtz Gallery First National Bank of South Miami – Miami, Florida.
2005 – Vero Beach Museum of Art – Vero Beach, Florida
2005 “Beaches of Sanibell” – Art Gallery – Warsaw, Poland
2004 – Nevin Kelly Gallery, Washington DC
2004 – Gallery 4 Star Indianapolis, Indiana
2004 – Cafe Kulturalna “Viva Topless” Warsaw, Poland
2003 – Continents Gallery Warsaw, Poland
2002 – Tulsa Garden Center OK, USA
2002 – District Museum – Częstochowa, Poland
2002 – Art Gallery “Aquarium” Warsaw, Poland
2000 – Art Gallery “Made in the USA”. – Warsaw, Poland
1999 – Union Planters Bank – Miami, Florida
1999 – Gallery Vent d’Est – Bordeaux, France
1998 – Helsingin Kaapeli Tehda – Helsinki, Finland.
1998 – Gallery Vent d’Est – Bordeaux, France
1998 – Ephemeral Gallery / Tomasz Colin – Painting / Darek Pala Warsaw, Poland
1998 – Art Gallery “Pala Adieu” – Warsaw, Poland
1997 – Gallery East Art Kunsthandel – Berlin, Germany.
1997 – Art Strasbourg – Strasbourg, France
1996 – Hotel Bristol – Warsaw, Poland
1996 – Gallery M20 – Hamburg, Germany
1996 – Gallery Espace Degree – Luxembourg
1996 – Gallery Albion Putti – Groningen, Netherlands
1996 – Art Strasbourg – Strasbourg, France
1995 – Heissner & Struck – Hamburg, Germany
1995 – Gallery Lim – Warsaw, Poland
1995 – Avero-Toren- Leewarden, Netherlands
1994 – Gallery Zlotos – Karlsruhe, Germany
1994 – Gallery Espace Degree – Luxembourg
1994 – Euro RSCG – Warsaw, Poland
1993 – Ground Zero – Warsaw, Poland
1993 – Gallery Zlotos – Karlsruhe, Germany
1993 – Gallery Frizen – Herford, Germany
1993 – Chameleon Gallery – Częstochowa, Poland
1993 – Art Gallery ” Painting”. – Warsaw, Poland
1992 – Gallery Plastyka – Cracow, Poland
1991 – Gallery Strawberry Fields – Cracow, Poland