"Paradoksalnie, życie wciąż zaskakuje mnie, albo i nie" [Paradoxically, Life Keeps Surprising Me. Or Maybe Not] - diploma exhibition by Antek Lisowski, presenting paintings that culminate his studies at the Warsaw ASP. The artist explores issues of identity, asking whether a series of formally varied paintings can maintain coherence in content. Painting practice meets performance; Lisowski seeks to establish a dialogue between both fields of his creative work. Assuming the alter ego Zenon Niezgoda, he engages the audience in a search for meaning in the space between the canvases.

Antek Lisowski

Born in 1996. Since June 2021, he is a graduate of the Faculty of Painting at the Warsaw ASP. He defended his diploma with honours under Professor Jan Mioduszewski. Currently, he is studying "social arts" at the Institute of Polish Culture at UW. Professionally, he teaches art-related classes in two Warsaw secondary schools.

He is a finalist of the 19th and 20th editions of the Artystyczna Podróż Hestii competition, and his diploma was nominated for the exhibition "Najlepsze Dyplomy Akademii Sztuk Pięknych" [The Best Diplomas of the Academies of Fine Arts] organised by the Gdańsk ASP. His works have been exhibited at Raster gallery, Laboratorium CSW, and the Museum of Modern Art in Warsaw.