Sławomir Mściwoj Łukasz Gębczyński is a painter, graphic artist, illustrator, photographer, cook, bartender, and plantman born on January 7, 1984, in Szczecin, Poland. From 1999 to 2004, he attended the State Secondary School of Fine Arts in Szczecin, and from 2010 to 2015, he studied at the Academy of Fine Arts in Warsaw in the painting studio of Professor Jarosław Modzelewski.

Gębczyński made his debut in May 2015 during the Diploma Exhibition at Galeria Studio in the Palace of Culture and Science in Warsaw, as well as in the Best Diplomas of the Academy of Fine Arts exhibition in Gdańsk. He has been a member of the Warsaw District of the Association of Polish Visual Artists since 2016.

His artistic philosophy centers on the belief that "Art is not an escape, but an attempt to name and reveal the dangers hidden beneath the carefree and deceptively playful surface of consumer culture in the age of totalitarianism."

@pan_malarz

Rafał Kowalski (b. In Warsaw) studied at the Painting Faculty of the Academy of Fine Arts in Warsaw from 1994 to 1999. Since 1996, he has worked at the Painting Faculty of the Warsaw Academy, where he currently holds the position of University Professor, leading the Second Drawing Studio after receiving his postdoctoral degree (habilitation) in 2018.

Kowalski specializes in painting, drawing, and installations, with particular interest in exploring truth and falsehood in painting, the redefinition of artistic language, and fundamental concepts such as authenticity and originality. His work focuses on "falsifying" mechanical forms of image recording through painting, often incorporating themes from everyday life filled with references to collective memory, cultural symbols, and contemporary phenomena.

He has received scholarships from the Polish Cultural Foundation (2013) and the Ministry of Culture and National Heritage (2014).

rkowal@vp.pl

Jan Mioduszewski is a painter, performer, and installation artist who has used the pseudonym Fabryka Mebli (Furniture Factory) since 2002. He studied at the Academy of Fine Arts in Łódź (1994-1996) and the Academy of Fine Arts in Warsaw (1996-1999).

His work explores the concept of illusion in painting and spatial representation, creating quasi-functional objects that play with viewer perception while valuing absurdity and humor in art. Mioduszewski currently works at the Faculty of Painting at the Academy of Fine Arts in Warsaw, where he runs the Studio of Composition.

Notable achievements include a Balthus Foundation internship (2005) and a distinction in the Bielska Jesień painting competition (2005). Recent exhibitions include Emoticofisionomica at Fondation Bacalarte, Warsaw (2021), Una Exposición En Una Maleta at Galeria IK Projects, Lima, Peru (2019), Lust der Täuschung at Kunsthalle München (2018), Frank Stella and the Synagogues of Historic Poland at POLIN Museum, Warsaw (2016), Hunting and Gathering at Galeria lokal_30, Warsaw (2014), and EX-Y: Representation of Contemporary Masculinity at Cydonia Gallery, Dallas, USA (2014).

@jan.mioduszewski
https://archiwum.artmuseum.pl/pl/filmoteka/artysci/jan-mioduszewski

Marta Nadolle (b. 1989)  lives and works in Warsaw, creating art through painting, sculpture, embroidery, patchwork, and mosaic. Her work processes contemporary cityscapes as modern veduta, weaving immediate urban reality with inspirations drawn from folk culture. By combining these seemingly disparate elements, she crosses boundaries between central and peripheral, public and private.

Nadolle captures the emotional landscape of the metropolis, painting for populations whose desires extend beyond mere entertainment to encompass intimacy and emotional tranquillity. She graduated from the Academy of Fine Arts in Gdańsk and the Academy of Fine Arts in Warsaw, receiving an honors diploma in Painting in 2014.

Winner of the Paszporty Polityki Prize 2023 in Visual Arts, her works are held in collections at the National Museum in Gdańsk and the Museum of Warsaw. She has exhibited internationally at SVETOVA1 Gallery (Prague), Hedenius Gallery (Stockholm), LATARKA Gallery (Budapest), Office Baroque Gallery (Antwerp), Polish Institute (Bratislava), NADA Miami, Palace of Art at the National Museum in Gdańsk, Museum of Modern Art (Warsaw), Museum of Warsaw, and Leto Gallery.

@marta_nadolle

Paweł Nocuń (b. 1971) lives and works in Warsaw. He graduated from the Academy of Fine Arts in Warsaw's Faculty of Painting in 1999 with distinction and is currently employed as an assistant professor at the same institution, where he also acquired his doctoral diploma.

Working primarily in oil on canvas, Nocuń focuses on human feelings, emotions, and behaviors from both general and personal perspectives. His artistic choices often include references to and quotations from global visual heritage, creating works that bridge personal expression with universal themes.

@pawel_nocun
www.nocun.pl

Marta Paulat is a painter and creator of painting installations and objects who graduated from the Faculty of Painting at the Academy of Fine Arts in Warsaw in Professor Jarosław Modzelewski's studio. Her work focuses on the relationship between painterliness and space, creating painted objects that combine diverse materials, colors, and ready-made elements.

Using the human figure as a point of reference, Paulat develops formal explorations that begin with traditional figurative art and expand through abstraction. Her figures transform into hybrid, abstract forms that transcend boundaries between image and object, figure and abstraction, body and emotion.

Since 2010, she has taught Spatial Visual Structures and Intermedia Activities at the Faculty of New Media Art at the Polish-Japanese Academy of Information Technology.

@martapaulat

Marta Sobierajska is a Polish painter known for her minimalist yet realistic oil paintings. A 2015 graduate of the Academy of Fine Arts in Warsaw, she draws inspiration from the quiet poetry of everyday life—serene interiors, elements of nature, and the subtle, recurring presence of cats, which have become a signature motif in her work.

Her meticulously balanced compositions emphasize atmosphere, stillness, and the emotional resonance of space, inviting viewers into intimate, contemplative moments suspended in time. She has presented her work during Warsaw's Night of Museums and in solo exhibitions at local art cafés, with paintings appearing at leading contemporary art auction houses, including Art in House in Warsaw.

Based in Nowy Dwór Mazowiecki, Sobierajska divides her time between painting and office interior design, overseeing projects from initial concept through renovation to final completion.

@sobie_rayski