One of Poland’s most innovative abstract painters, Paweł Dutkiewicz’s paintings and installations explore themes of meditation and purity through landscapes of subtle cascading colors. Influenced by such artists as Mark Rothko and Barnett Newman, Dutkiewicz’s work establishes a spiritual relationship with the viewer, evoking feelings of enlightenment and self-awareness.Based in Kraków, Poland, Paweł Dutkiewicz is a professor of Art at the University of Science and Art in Katowice, Poland. His work has been shown in several important institutions, among them Zacheta National Art Gallery, Warsaw, Poland; Galeria Foksal, Warsaw, Poland; The Schindler Factory, Krakow, Poland; Galeria Krzysztofory (established by Tadeusz Kantor in 1957), Krakow, Poland; Lichtblicke Institute of Polish Culture in Berlin, Germany; and Baltic Gallery of Contemporary Art, Slupsk, Poland. Dutkiewicz is a grant recipient of the Polish Ministry of Art and Culture, and his work can be found in numerous corporate and private collections across Europe and the United States.