Pracownia Wschodnia is an independent artist collective. We run an artist-run space unique on Warsaw's art map, built on the grassroots initiative of artists working across the visual arts.
Our foundation is two strands of activity. The first is cultural animation: organising events for a wide audience, running a gallery and art courses, publishing. The second is building a workshop base that lets local artists develop their own creative practice.
Pracownia Wschodnia is a non-profit organisation. It would not exist without the commitment and ground-up work of the people who make up the collective. Each of us has our own practice, some of us teach at various universities or work for a range of institutions, but we believe that by joining forces we can achieve more together, both for local culture and in the field of art.
Jan Cieślak
Biography
(b. 1990) He studied at the Faculty of Mathematics and Information Science of the Warsaw University of Technology (2009–2011) and at the Faculty of Painting of the Academy of Fine Arts in Warsaw (degree with distinction in the studio of Professor Wojciech Cieśniewski in 2016). He defended his doctorate at the Academy of Fine Arts in Warsaw in 2022.
Scholarships:
Rector of the Academy of Fine Arts in Warsaw scholarship for the best students (2014/15 and 2015/16)
Erasmus+ (2014/15), Newcastle University
Selected exhibitions:
Galeria Pracownia Wschodnia "O Jezu, Jasio znowu nie żyje" [Oh Jesus, Johnny's Dead Again] (Warsaw, 2022)
Galeria Fibak "Nic" [Nothing] (Warsaw, 2016)
participant in the exhibition Coming Out – best degree shows of the Academy of Fine Arts in Warsaw (2016)
Atrium Gallery, Newcastle University (United Kingdom, 2014)
He works in painting and printmaking.