Artist Biography
Kamil Swiatek is a multi-disciplinary artist from Toronto, Ontario who has been painting since the late 1990s. Swiatek explores the theme of identity through the subconscious mind as an internal landscape. Painting, photography, drawing, sculpting, writing short stories, poetry and film help him understand and examine the inner workings of the subconscious.
He graduated in 2018 with a Bachelor of Fine Arts in Drawing and Painting with a minor in Photography from the Ontario College of Art and Design University. He has shown his work in local galleries in Toronto and the surrounding areas.
Artist Statement
I explore the spontaneity, movement and transcendence of a moment, capturing the present as it fully engulfs as a landscape of the human subconscious. Sensory processes are heightened and intensified. A tranquil stillness emerges and I’m elevated into a meditative state that delves below the surface of awareness; an uncharted environment of identity.
Working intuitively, I embrace a certain loss of control as the sensation of time and space dissolve; an escape of rational control into the subconscious. This metamorphosis into the depths of identity is communicated visually through mark making, texture and colour.
Curriculum Vitae
EDUCATION
2018
Bachelor of Fine Arts, Drawing and Painting Major, Photography Minor, OCAD University, Toronto, ON
2003
Regional Arts Program, Visual Art Major, Cawthra Park Secondary School, Mississauga, ON
SOLO EXHIBITIONS
2013
Movement In The Right Direction, Sovereign House, Oakville, ON
2012
Tactile Quality, Sovereign House, Oakville, ON
SELECTED GROUP EXHIBITIONS
2024
Expression 2024, John Mann Gallery, St. Catharines, ON
Square Foot Exhibition, John Mann Gallery, St. Catharines, ON
2023
Artists of Halton & Peel Juried Exhibition 2023, Joshua Creek Heritage Art Centre
Petite Art Show 2023, Online Exhibition
Friends of Joshua Creek Exhibition, Joshua Creek Heritage Art Centre
2019
Artworks 2019 Exhibition, OCAD University, Toronto, ON
2018
Northern Tendencies, Propeller Gallery, Toronto, ON
Moving Within While Looking Out, Beaver Hall Gallery, Toronto, ON
Experiencing Perspectives, Mercedes-Benz Financial, Mississauga, ON
GradEx 103, OCAD University, Toronto, ON
The Big Draw Auction Event, OCAD University, Toronto, ON
Upstart Exhibition, The Super Wonder Gallery, Toronto, ON
2015
The Billion Dollar War Exhibition, Super Wonder Gallery, Toronto, ON
Super Naughty Exhibition, Super Wonder Gallery, Toronto, ON
2014
OCAD U Student Showcase, Umbra Store, Toronto, ON
2013
Oakville Artists Fall Show, The Queen Elizabeth Park Community and Cultural Centre, Oakville, ON
Sunnyside Beach Juried Art Show, Sunnyside Pavilion, Toronto, ON
2011
Doors Open Exhibition, Sovereign House, Oakville, ON
Wine and Jazz Exhibition, Sovereign House, Oakville, ON
Visual Arts of Mississauga Juried Art Exhibition, Art Gallery of Mississauga, Mississauga, ON
PUBLICATIONS
2018
Experiencing Perspectives Catalogue, Mercedes-Benz Financial. Print.
PRAXIS Catalogue, OCAD University. Print.
2016
Working Memory. “Window”, McLean Foundation Award. Print
2013
Sunnyside Beach Juried Art Catalogue, Art Initiatives Gallery. Print and Web <https://www.yumpu.com/en/document/view/41126860/sunnyside-beach-art-initiatives>
The Kiss, Blumenthal, Scott E., Loose Leaves Publishing. Print
BIBLIOGRAPHY
2022
Płaza-Skowron, Małgorzata. “Malarstwo Konieczne do Życia Jak Oddech”, Tygodnik Nadawiślański [Tarnobrzeg], 30 June 2022, p. 13. Print.
Swiatek, Kamil. Interview. Conducted by Małgorzata Płaza-Skowron, 22 June, 2022.
2020
CUTO Podcast. “Podcast – Art and Spirituality With Kamil Swiatek.” YouTube, 31 Mar. 2020, Web. <https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ij-egIcJa84>
CUTO Podcast. “5 Trending Artists of Toronto – May 2020.” YouTube, 29 May 2020, Web. <https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2-nXC1djxRU>
2014
Blumenthal, Scott. Personal Interview. 29 Oct. 2014. Web. <https://cpa.ds.npr.org/wfdd/audio/2014/10/Scott_Blumenthal_2.mp3?utm_content=buffer9b610&utm_medium=social&utm_source=twitter.com&utm_campaign=buffer>
“About the Cover.” scotteblumenthal.com. Web. <https://www.scotteblumenthal.com/about-the-cover>
2013
Swiatek, Kamil. Breakfast Television. Interview by Dina Pugliese. City TV, 31 May 2013. Television.
Kurek, Dominik. “Artist Kamil Swiatek Paints in Front of an Audience.” Oakville Beaver [Oakville], 21 August 2013. Print and Web. <https://www.insidehalton.com/news-story/4040348-artist-kamil-swiatek-paints-in-front-of-an-audience/>
“Oakville Artists fall show and sale”, Oakville Beaver [Oakville], 25 September 2013. Print and Web.<https://www.insidehalton.com/whatson-story/4121768-oakville-artists-fall-show-and-sale/>
2012
“With Exhibit, Kamil Swiatek takes item off Bucket List.” Oakville Beaver [Oakville], 10 July 2012. Print and Web. <https://www.insidehalton.com/whatson-story/2902054-with-exhibit-kamil-swiatek-takes-item-off-bucket-list-/>
Pemaro, Petko. “Kamil Swiatek – Art paintings.mpg.” YouTube, 26 May 2012. Web. <https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3WFLmjIKkpw>
2011
Kurek, Dominik. “Doors Open in Town.” Oakville Beaver [Oakville], 22 September 2011. Print and Web. <https://www.insidehalton.com/whatson-story/2891218-doors-open-in-town/>
GRANTS & AWARDS
2018
Artist Grant, Ada Slaight Fund, Toronto, ON
2016
Writing Grant, McLean Foundation Award, Toronto, ON
COLLECTIONS
Private Collections in Canada, United States and Europe.
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