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Rafal Knop

Rafal Knop (Born 1970) is active/lives in Poland.  Rafal Knop is known for Oil paintings of human figures and current issues.

A graduate of the State Secondary School of Fine Arts in Bielsko-Biala. He studied at the Academy of Fine Arts in Poznan at the Faculty of Painting, in the studio of prof. J. Walczak. He works mainly in oil technique, creating large format paintings. He participated in numerous individual and collective exhibitions in Poland and abroad, presenting his work, among others, in the BWA Gallery in Bielsko Biala, at exhibitions in Warsaw, Krakow, Ghent and Brussel (Belgium), Casaglia, Buonconvento (Italy). 

His paintings are in private collections in Poland, Germany, Austria, Belgium, Italy, the United States, Hong Kong and Japan. Rafal Knop is a painter who in his paintings transforms the tendencies of the era - hasty, thoughtless and bright, in which reality becomes an imitation and a pretense. Drawing directly from commercialized culture (swimming pool as an indicator of luxury and a symbol of escapism), it goes beyond its borders, expressing the desire for silence. 
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Biography from Desa Unicum

A graduate of the State Secondary School of Fine Arts in Bielsko-Biala. He studied at the Academy of Fine Arts in Poznan at the Faculty of Painting, in the studio of prof. J. Walczak. He works mainly in oil technique, creating large format paintings. He participated in numerous individual and collective exhibitions in Poland and abroad, presenting his work, among others, in the BWA Gallery in Bielsko Biala, at exhibitions in Warsaw, Krakow, Ghent and Brussel (Belgium), Casaglia, Buonconvento (Italy). 

His paintings are in private collections in Poland, Germany, Austria, Belgium, Italy, the United States, Hong Kong and Japan. Rafal Knop is a painter who in his paintings transforms the tendencies of the era - hasty, thoughtless and bright, in which reality becomes an imitation and a pretense. Drawing directly from commercialized culture (swimming pool as an indicator of luxury and a symbol of escapism), it goes beyond its borders, expressing the desire for silence. 

His paintings are idyllic shots of women's bodies, minimalistic captures of props such as a lonely palm or an unfurled umbrella, but also sublimated, futuristic architecture with elements of huge windows, labyrinths, stairs leading to nowhere, and finally furniture - empty tables, chaise longues and chairs (the presence of the absent) . The aura of the works is created by their light and colors, maintained in shades of ultramarine, pale purples, whites and powdery roses. 

The immobility of these irrationally sensual performances remains in the memory for a long time, evoking extreme emotions and turning the obvious into the non-obvious. His paintings are idyllic shots of women's bodies,


Biography from Desa Unicum

Rafal Knop is a contemporary artist from Poland. He graduated from the State Secondary School of Fine Arts in Bielsko Biala and studied at the University of Arts in Poznan. Knop works mainly in oil technique and his paintings often depict human figures in the context of their desires and weaknesses, as well as current issues. He has organized artistic plein-airs in Tuscany, Italy and his works are in private collections in various countries. Knop has participated in numerous exhibitions.


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