Igor Dobrowolski
b. 1987 Poland
Through continuous attention and action on social issues and
humanitarianism, the artist
Igor Dobrowolski
has developed a new series of works recently, using metal media and
mirror treatment, carving on metal surfaces, and using mixed media
and polyester which creates three-dimensional crystals. The sorrow
and suffering in the past are sublimated into beautiful crystals.
Through the characteristics of the metal and special treatment, the
new series artwork is like the sun, shining brightly. The work is no
longer just sorrow, but with a strong hope and power.
“It is very important for me to include, in all of my works a
particle of hope, because I believe it’s going to be ‘better.’ Even
after the greatest tragedies.” – Igor Dobrowolski
Dobrowolski’s work has been exhibited in Miami, Warsaw, Wroclaw,
Berlin, Rzeszów and London and can be found in the private
collections of numerous celebrities including Channing Tatum, Gigi
Hadid, and Nicole Scherzinger. In recent years, artists have
actively cooperated with different fields. Besides the fashion
industry, Dobrowolski collaborated with internationally recognized
band 5 Seconds of Summer for a live painting masterclass.
Born in Jelenia Góra, Poland, Dobrowolski has long drawn from the
aesthetics of his childhood hometown for inspiration. Delicately
shaded large-scale paintings in monochrome hues are often layered
with overlapping body parts or dream-like imagery. Inspired by Dalí
and Escher as a child, Dobrowolski spent hours indoors sketching;
drawing from his family’s collection of art books which had a
profound influence on his practice.
“At that time, I was reading about what was going on in the world
and I was struck by the trauma, the pain, the suffering – I wanted
to do something. It was my way of expressing myself and I felt it in
my heart. I was just painting and sleeping. Painting and sleeping.
Trying to make a difference.”
Dobrowolski has been concerned about social issues and
humanitarianism for a long time. His creative forms include oil
painting, photography, and mixed media creation. Motivated by the
desire to convey true stories, Dobrowolski launched a series of
street art campaigns in different countries, using his art to
juxtapose Western consumerism with human suffering. Intent to arouse
people’s attention to social issues. In 2017, the artist created on
billboards, which combining photographic artworks evoked the
detrimental impact of fast fashion, try to guide the audience to
reflect on, value, reduce harm and help who or which directly and
indirectly affect under the world of the prosperous. In 2017, Igor
Berlin hosted another “Christmas in Yemen” event, through the
combination of contrasting the world, to show the long neglected
reality. “I just want to give a voice to the voiceless. Because for
many, the world is a merciless thing.”
There is one text from Russian writer
influent Igor a lot and artist try to reflect in his artworks.
“My faith has been tempered in Hell. My faith has emerged from the
flames of the crematoria, from the concrete of the gas chamber. I
have seen that it is not man who is impotent in the struggle against
evil, but the power of evil that is impotent in the struggle against
man. The powerlessness of kindness, of senseless kindness, is the
secret of its immortality. It can never be conquered. The more
stupid, the more senseless, the more helpless it may seem, the
vaster it is. Evil is impotent before it. The prophets, religious
teachers, reformers, social and political leaders are impotent
before it. This dumb, blind love is man’s meaning.
Human history is not the battle of good struggling to overcome
evil. It is a battle fought by a great evil struggling to crush a
small kernel of human kindness. But if what is human in human beings
has not been destroyed even now, then evil will never conquer.”
― Vasily Grossman, Life and Fate
Through continuous attention and action on social issues and
humanitarianism, the artist Dobrowolski has developed a new series
of works recently, using metal media and mirror treatment, carving
on metal surfaces, and using mixed media and polyester which creates
three-dimensional crystals. The sorrow and suffering in the past are
sublimated into beautiful crystals. Through the characteristics of
the metal and special treatment, the new series artwork is like the
sun, shining brightly. The work is no longer just sorrow, but with a
strong hope and power. “It is very important for me to include, in
all of my works a particle of hope, because I believe it’s going to
be ‘better.’ Even after the greatest tragedies.”
Dobrowolski’s work has been exhibited in Miami, Warsaw, Wroclaw,
Berlin, Rzeszów and London and can be found in the private
collections of numerous celebrities including Channing Tatum, Gigi
Hadid, and Nicole Scherzinger. In recent years, artists have
actively cooperated with different fields. Besides the fashion
industry, Dobrowolski collaborated with internationally recognized
band 5 Seconds of Summer for a live painting masterclass. In 2020, the artist held the first Asian solo exhibition
at GIN HUANG Gallery, which has received great response and support.
CV
2023
- Art Taipei 2023, Taipei, Taiwan
- One Art Taipei, Taipei, Taiwan
- Solo Exhibition｜Inner States, G-allery Gallery, Berlin
- Solo Exhibition｜11th Commandment, Gin Huang
Gallery,Taichung,Taiwan
2022
- One Offs NFT 2022, W Taipei, Taipei , Taiwan
- Art Taipei 2022, Gin Huang Gallery, Taipei, Taiwan
- Art Taichung 2022, Taichung, Taiwan
- Art Central 2022, Hong Kong
- ART SOLO 2022, Taipei, Taiwan
- INNER STATES, Gin Huang Gallery, Taichung, Taiwan
- Art Tainan 2022, Tainan, Taiwan
- Group Exhibition｜Black Cod Gallery, Belgium
2021
- Gin Huang Gallery, Taichung, Taiwan
- Art Taipei 2021, Taipei, Taiwan
- Art Tainan 2021, Tainan, Taiwan
- Solo Show, Gin Huang Gallery, Taichung, Taiwan
2020
- Re-Love, Gin Huang Gallery, Taichung, Taiwan
- Urban Art Storm, Centurion House, Taipei, Taiwan
- Art Formosa 2020, Taipei, Taiwan
- Summer contemporary, Maddox Gallery London
- Day of future present, Plan X Art Gallery, Italy
2019
- Art Milami Fair, Miami
- Spring contemporary, Maddox Gallery, Los Angeles
2018
- Love and other crimes – Mayfair
- Summer Contemporary – Shepherd Market
- Summer Contemporary – Mayfair
- Summer Contemporary – Westbourne Grove
- Spring Contemporary
2017
- Solo Show, Berlin – Igor Dobrowoski
- Solo Show Wrocaw – Igor Dobrowolski
- Art Fair, Rzeszów – Art United Fair
2016
- Art Fair, Rzeszów – Art United Fair
- Solo show, Warsaw Poland
Street Art Project
- Christmas in Yemen
- Fast Fashion
- Who Care
- War Child, Child without a Mama
- Ronald
- Dreams, Desires
- MC
- Less
- Now I Feel Better
- Sick Future
- Last Christmas
- This Place Must be Messed Up
- Free Palestine
