Puro Art
Collection
The PURO art collection plays an integral role in each of our hotels. It draws upon the breadth of the visual arts – comprising a variety of pieces that differ in form – to present the talents of creatives whom we admire and support. The selected works exist in dialogue with the cities in which they are situated, inviting guests and the local community to explore and learn more about the surrounding culture. The collection is open for all curious minds to embrace.
Jakub Woynarowski
Jakub Woynarowski is an interdisciplinary artist, designer, and independent curator tied to Krakow. He is a graduate and lecturer at the Academy of Fine Arts in Krakow. He makes projects in-between theory and visual practice. He rewrites art history, looking for the ideas of modernism and the ava...
Marta Antoniak
Marta Antoniak is a visual artist, a lecturer tied to Krakow. She is a graduate of the Faculty of Painting of the Academy of Fine Arts in Krakow. She presently holds a PhD and is an academic teacher at her alma mater. She has had many solo exhibitions and participated in several dozen collective...
Łukasz Patelczyk
Łukasz Patelczyk is a painter and visual artist tied to Gdańsk, where he graduated from the Academy of Fine Arts. He has won many awards for young artists, including the main prize in the Hestia Art Journey, distinctions in the Geppert competition, the First International Madessque Painting Compe...
Karolina Bielawska
Karolina Bielawska is a painter and visual artist tied to Warsaw. She graduated from the Academy of Fine Arts in Warsaw. She works in abstract painting, which she joins with drawings, objects, and installations. She mixes various painting techniques and materials, such as plaster tiles, enamel, a...
Tomek Baran
Tomek Baran is a painter and an object and installation artist tied to Krakow. He took his diploma from the Academy of Fine Arts in Krakow, in the Faculty of Painting. He comes from Stalowa Wola, a steelworking town, whose industrial architecture had an influence on his work. In his minimalist ar...
Szymon Rogiński
Szymon Rogiński is a photographer, an acting graduate of the School on Wheels of the Derevo Theatre (Germany, Holland) and Art Photography Studies in Gdańsk. He worked at the Photography Department of the National Museum in Gdańsk and the Gazeta Wyborcza photography studio. His photographs have a...
Tomasz Kowalski
Tomasz Kowalski is a painter, drawer, a creator of collages, machine-objects, installations, and videos who lives in Warsaw and Berlin. He graduated from the Academy of Fine Arts in Katowice. As a student, he joined the group of artists represented by Berlin’s prestigious carlier-gebauer gallery....
Iza Opiełka
Iza Opiełka is a visual artist and painter with ties to Wrocław, where she graduated from the Academy of Fine Arts. She was a finalist in the Best Academy of Fine Arts in Wrocław Diploma Projects. Her canvases have been shown at exhibitions in Krupa Gallery, BWA Wrocław, Wrocław’s Municipal Galle...
Bartłomiej Chwilczyński
Bartłomiej Chwilczyński is a visual artist and graphic designer tied to Krakow. He makes lithographs and paintings, drawings, and objects. In 2012 he graduated from the Department of Printmaking at the Academy of Fine Arts in Krakow, and in 2019 took his PhD. At present, he lectures at a lithogra...
Mateusz Szczypiński
Mateusz Szczypiński is a painter, a visual artist living and working in Krakow.
Wojtek Moskwa
Wojtek Moskwa is a visual artist and documentary photographer tied to Warsaw. He graduated from the Gdańsk University of Technology in the Faculty of Management and Economics. After two years he abandoned work in his profession to commit himself to his passion, photography. He takes black-and-whi...
Paweł Fabjański
Paweł Fabjański is a visual artist and photographer. He graduated from the Łódź University of Technology and from the Film School in Łódź, where he runs a commercial photography studio. He is represented by three agencies: ShootMe, Take Productions, and Pink Productions. His practice focuses on c...
Karolina Jonderko
Karolina Jonderko is a photographer and visual artist tied to Łódź. She graduated in photography from the Faculty of Cinematography at the Film School in Łódź. She is a member of the Napo Images photography agency. She has won many prestigious awards, including: FotoVisura Spotlight Grant, LUCEO...
Malwina Niespodziewana
Malwina Niespodziewana is a visual artist, graphic designer, drawer, and creator of spatial installations and objects tied to Krakow. She studied at the Academy of Fine Arts in Krakow, where she also defended her PhD. She presently works at the Pedagogical University in Krakow, where she did her...
Aleksandra Prusinowska
Aleksandra Prusinowska is a painter, graphic designer, and lecturer tied to the Tri-City Area. In 2010 she took her diploma from the Faculty of Painting at the Academy of Fine Arts in Gdańsk, and in 2018 she defended her PhD. She won the Hestia Art Trip in 2010. At present, she is an assistant pr...
Karol Pomykała
Karol Pomykała is a visual artist, graphic designer, and lecturer. He graduated from the Faculty of Arts at the Marie Curie-Skłodowska University in Lublin, where he took his diploma from the studio graphics workshop, and later did a PhD. At present he lectures at his alma mater and runs studio g...
Paweł Matyszewski
Paweł Matyszewski is a visual artist and painter. He graduated from the Painting Department at the Academy of Fine Arts in Poznań. In 2021 he took his PhD in Interdisciplinary Doctoral Studies at the Multimedia Communications Department, University of the Arts in Poznań. Matyszewski's work often...
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"I treat the picture like an object. It’s not just its surface that interests me, but also its spatiality and material, which usually gets pushed to the sidelines" says Bartosz Kokosiński in the second episode of "Behind the Art" video, produced by PURO.
On the 9th of November we’ll find out the winners of the 46th edition of the Bielska Jesień. One of the most important art competitions in Poland, Bielska Jesień has been promoting contemporary art and setting trends in the art market for more than 60 years.
Warsaw Gallery Weekend (WGW) is an event we look forward to all year. During the last weekend of September (28th of September to 1st of October), visitors can view contemporary art exhibitions at 37 independent galleries scattered around Warsaw. We talk to the person who knows all about WGW. Joanna Witek-Lipka, director of WGW, has been running the event for the past five years.
For years, Prague has been a fashionable destination for a city break or a weekend trip. The city is back on its feet after the lockdowns and the phases of the pandemic. The tourists come for the beautiful architecture (Gothic and Baroque churches, modernist buildings), the colorful history, cuisine, the beer-brewing tradition, and the locals’ laid-back attitude. For some time now we have seen a growing interest in Czechia, and in Prague in particular, among contemporary art lovers. The local art scene, art institutions, and private galleries are vibrant and quite active, and the city itself is buzzing with visual arts and electronic music.
"I get inspiration for painting as if I’d like to eat what I see. The physicality of the picture is important, as is the fact that the outcome of my work is an object" says Magdalena Karpińska, the heroine of the first episode of "Behind the Art" video, produced by PURO.
Copenhagen is a city where everyone finds something to please them. It is fragrant with cardamon buns, coffee, and the sea. It is famed for its starred restaurants, minimalist design and architecture, as well as its museums with impressive art collections from around the world. It is also a city designed for people: it has bike paths, beaches right downtown, and network of picturesque canals. All this makes Copenhagen is special place, always ready to be rediscovered.
