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. 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
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 avant-garde in earlier cent...
Wojciech Ireneusz Sobczyk
Visual artist tied to Krakow, where he studied printmaking at the Academy of Fine Arts. He received a PhD from his alma mater, and presently works as an assistant professor at the Pedagogical University in Krakow. He received a scholarship from the Academy of Arts, Architecture and Design in Prag...
Małgorzata Szymankiewicz
Painter, visual artist, and professor with links to Poznań and Szczecin. She graduated from the Academy of Fine Arts in Poznań. In 2019 she took her post-Doctorate at the Academy of Fine Arts in Katowice. She is presently a professor at the Academy of Fine Arts in Szczecin, where she assists in a...
Marta Antoniak
Visual artist, 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 ones in Poland and abr...
Dawid Czycz
Dawid Czycz is a painter and visual artist who lives and works in Krakow. In 2011 he graduated from the Academy of Fine Arts in Krakow.
Łukasz Patelczyk
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 Competition, and the Bielsk...
Tomek Baran
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 artistic practice h...
Maurycy Gomulicki
Visual artist, designer, photographer, collector, pop-culture anthropologist, and the creator of sculptures and neon installations. He studied at the Academy of Fine Arts in Warsaw, Universitat de Barcelona, Nuova Accademia di Belle Arti in Milan, and Centro Multimedia del Centro Nacional de las...
Michał Szlaga
Documentary photographer connected to Gdańsk. He graduated in photography and intermedia studies at the Academy of Fine Arts in Gdańsk, where he presently lectures. He was a winner at the first International Photo Awards in New York in 2007. He has also won at Grand Press Photo on several occasio...
Karolina Bielawska
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, and varnishes. She was a...
Paweł Matyszewski
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 explores motifs c...
Krzysztof Mętel
Visual artist and painter based in Poznań. He graduated from the Painting and Drawing Department and completed his PhD studies at the University of the Arts in Poznań. Currently, he works at his alma mater, jointly running a painting studio. Since 2021, he and Mateusz Piestrak have been in charge...
Tomasz Kowalski
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. The critic Jakub Ban...
Piotr Łakomy
Visual artist, painter, and a creator of installations. He graduated in painting from the Institute of Fine Arts at the Zielona Góra University. Known for his art objects that blur the boundary between paintings and sculptures, A vital aspect in Łakomy’s work is his use of the proportions of the...
Tomasz Szerszeń
Visual artist, photographer, anthropologist, and art scholar. He graduated in photography from the Film School in Łódź and from Interdepartmental Individual Humanities studies at Warsaw University, and holds a PhD in art studies. He sits on the board of editors for Konteksty magazine, co-founded...
Anna Barlik
Visual artist and sculptor tied to Warsaw. She studied jewelry design at the Academy of Fine Arts in Łódź, and then sculpture at the Academy of Fine Arts in Warsaw. In 2008 she received a scholarship for the Universität der Künste in Berlin. She did post-diploma urban studies at the Warsaw Univer...
Nicolas Grospierre
Visual artist and photographer tied to Warsaw. He has studied political science and sociology in Paris and London. His work focuses on documentary projects that explore collective memories and hopes connected with modernist architecture. Another side of his practice is conceptual photography, str...
Iza Opiełka
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 Gallery, during the SU...
Magdalena Karpińska
Visual artist, a painter and illustrator tied to Warsaw. She graduated from the Academy of Fine Arts in Warsaw. She mainly paints, draws, and works on textiles, mostly silk. She explores how nature carries emotions, symbols, religions, and politics. She treats works as visual puzzles. The forms i...
Mateusz Szczypiński
Mateusz Szczypiński is a painter, a visual artist living and working in Krakow.
Marta Bożyk
Marta Bożyk is a graphic designer, visual artist, and a lecturer tied to Krakow. In 1998 she graduated in printmaking from the Academy of Fine Arts in Krakow
Mariusz Tarkawian
Painter, print maker, and drawer. In 2009 he graduated from the Faculty of Arts at Marie Curie-Skłodowska University in Lublin. He observes, records, and comments on reality with pencil, chalk, and pen, making thousands of quick sketches to note events, thoughts, references, reviews, and fantasie...
Bartłomiej Chwilczyński
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 lithography studio at his alma mater....
Karol Pomykała
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 graphics and graphic...
Paweł Fabjański
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 combining creative and...
Kacper Kowalski
Photographer, architect, and pilot tied to Gdańsk. He specializes in landscape photographs from a bird’s-eye perspective. He has received many prizes, including three World Press Photo awards, and six Picture of the Year International awards. He has written such photography books as Side Effects...
Sonia Szóstak
Photographer who works between Warsaw and Paris. She graduated from the Film School in Łódź, majoring in cinematography. She mainly works in portrait, fashion, and creative photography. Szóstak’s work has been published in such cult periodicals as Vogue Polska, Vogue Italia, Vogue Portugal, and R...
Karolina Jonderko
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 Student Award, Grand Pr...
Nawer
Nawer is a painter, architect, designer, and street-artist located in Krakow. He is among the first artists who began doing street art in the mid 1990s.
Tomasz Wysocki
Photographer, graduate of the Film School in Łódź. He mainly works in creative photography, which gives him the opportunity to invent imaginary worlds, without post-production. Wysocki has taken part in many collective exhibitions, such as 45 frames from PhotoVogue, organized by the editors...
Wojtek Moskwa
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-white documentary and...
Dominik Tarabański
Photographer and designer living in New York. He mainly does portrait, fashion, and creative photography. He finished photography studies at the Faculty of Cinematography at the Film School in Łódź. He has presented his works in exhibitions around the world, and has collaborated with the Metropol...
Aleksandra Prusinowska
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 professor in the linoleum prin...
Malwina Niespodziewana
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 Post-doctorate. She is a fou...
Szymon Rogiński
Photographer, graduate of acting at 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 appeared in numerous p...
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The fall season is undoubtedly the busiest period for the arts community, returning after the vacation period with a full institutional program. Here is an overview of the most interesting cultural events from all corners of Poland, for the end of this year and the beginning of the next one.
Imagine walking through a forest and coming across a sculpture by Tony Cragg, perfectly integrated into nature. A little bit further, red with white dots tentacles by Yayoi Kusama protrude from the water. There is a place about an hour's drive from the centre of Oslo where such views really do exist. Kistefos is a spectacular intervention of art into Norway's wilderness.
Warsaw, like any proper capital city and art center, never sleeps, and is always in developing vibrantly. Though the famous pavilion of the Museum of Modern Art on the Vistula is vanishing, having spent the last few years as a great place for a stroll in the spring and summer, there are many new and exciting adventures before us.
"The motifs in my work are destruction, the decay of reality, pathological and toxic relationships between people" says Jakub Gliński in the third episode of "Behind the Art" video, produced by PURO.
Until 24 November, the Polish Pavilion at the Venice Art Biennale is hosting an audiovisual video installation by the Ukrainian collective Open Group. "Repeat After Me II" is a portrait of witnesses to the war in Ukraine. The video works on display were created in 2022 and 2024. We talk to Marta Czyż, curator of the exhibition.
"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.
