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Hidden
Light in the House of Brittany
Curriculum vitae
Last name: Drozdowicz
Names: Piotr, Paweł
Date of birth: 1971
Place of birth: Świdnica, the Dolnośląskie province
Education: Artur Grottger Secondary School of Fine Arts in Tarnów 1993-1998
Studies at the Academy of Fine Arts in Poznań, at the Department of Painting,
Graphic Arts and Sculpture - major in easel painting
1998 - the graduation diploma under professor Jan Gawron at the architectural
painting
studio; the Ministry of Culture and Art Scholarship;
the French government scholarship
1998-1999 - artistic training at Ecole des Beaux Arts de Rennes in France.
If
anyone asked me to characterize the artistic profile of Piotr Drozdowski,
which is already quite explicit, I would respond: "Piotr Drozdowski
is a painter". Does this tersely expressed "review" have
any, more individual, point of reference? 
Of course it does, since there is a long and difficult way from painting
to becoming a painter - the way which has already led astray numerous
promising students of this artistic profession. It does, because there
are only few among a large number of art lovers holding an academic graduation
diploma who unreservedly deserve to be called painters. And, finally,
it does because talent and work do not always guarantee success. Why then
Piotr Drozdowski did succeed?
I
believe that at the basis of what he has already accomplished lies a harmonious
balance between the real and artistic perception of the world. Already
in his early works of art there reveals itself an immensely rare (among
the present-day artists) attempt at accepting life and searching for its
bright sides. He transforms this attitude into the language of plastic
forms. Instead of rebellion and aggression he chose to give prominence
to his liking for the worlds beauty - the beauty which attracts, inspires
and constantly endows us with experiences. It is reflected both in the
way of painting, and in the ideological program of the paintings which
also yields some room for intuition. Drozdowicz says: "I strive to
show my vision of the world. It is a spiritual or, should I rather say,
inner realm, even though I use shapes, figures and suggestions of a landscape.
I do not know when my figures transform into stone or rock and I do not
understand why the cold stone comes to life".
The expressionism of the early works dating back to the end of the 80s
changes into an impressionistic study of an interior or landscape (the
open-air area in Jeżowo) in order to come closer to the tradition of Polish
colorism (the portrait of Jerzy Bereś). Numerous technique - related attempts
allow for finding a proper way to render emotions, mood, the moment. Since
1992 there begins an ordering of experiences, striving for synthesis.
Shapes of trees, reed, objects become more and more set apart from reality
and transform into their own vision, in an idea. Aside from easel painting,
Drozdowski also looks at glass painting, creates mural painting. Talking
about the latter one it is necessary to mention the two essential works:
the diploma one, in 1998 (al fresco and sgraffito) at the Tysiąclecie
district in Poznań and the painting done at the grand stand of the city
stadium in Blain, France.
Recently, many works by Piotr Drozdowski have been realized by means of
watercolors. 
It
may indicate the continuation of the artists quest. Especially, that
the observations explicitly demonstrate connection of technique with the
poetics of creation, with the message of a given painting. Drozdowicz
emphasizes an important role of light in his work. And it is not only
in the physical sense. He says:"I am searching for a true light because
the one that has got the light, also knows his way. The water - color
technique allows for the use of much light, the whiteness of paper brightens
up each patch from the inside out". Water-color has also dominated
Piotr Drozdowski's exhibition in the Brittany House. The exhibition is
open to the public from November to December 2000. The title of the exhibition
is "The Hidden Light".
Joanna Dziubkowa