Paweł Kleszczewski

Born 1982 in Szczecinie. Paweł is an award winning painter and Animation director. He graduated MA on Nicolaus Copernicus University, Torun, Poland in painting and stained glass. His works have been presented on numerous international exhibitions and festivals i.e. in Poland, Ireland, US, UK and Sweden. In 2018 he received government scholarship “Young Poland” from Ministry of Culture and National Heritage. He was artist in residency in Germany, Estonia, Ireland and Sweden. His works are included   in private and public art collections. Selected shows : 2018 - Sights & Sounds - Ireland Today, Solas Nua Festival, Washington DC, USA - Art Li Biennial , KulttuuriKauppila, Li, Finland 2017 - Frame x Frame, group show, Luan Gallery, Athlone, Irleland - Breathtaking, main exhibition, MFSW InSPIRACJE 2017 Festival, TRAFO, Szczecin, Poland - Night Light Wood, individual exhibition at the Droichead Arts Centre, Drogheda, Ireland - Broken Tale, individual exhibition at the Courthouse Gallery, Ennistymon, Ireland 2016 - Becoming: Adventures in Growing Up, curator Maeve Mulrennan, Galway Arts Centre, Galway Ireland - STOFF 2017, collective exhibition, Galeria Kapsylen, Stockholm, Sweden 2015 - Tjärn, individual exhibition, Guest Artist Residence Smedbyn, Jönköping, Sweden - New Voices of Ireland: Beyond the Obvious, Beyond the Familiar, collective show, Dublin Institute of Design, Dublin Ireland 2014 - The Voyage: New Voices of Ireland, Individual exhibition Centre For Creative Practices, Dublin, Ireland - Collaboration 2014, group show, Smock Alley Theatre Dublin, Ireland 2013 - All Man –The Show, group show, curator Lynda Phelan, Talbot Gallery, Dublin, Ireland Awards: 2018 - Polish Ministry of Culture and National Heritage Scholarship “Young Poland “, Poland - The City of Szczecin Arts Bursary Award, Poland - Cavan County Council Arts Award, Ireland 2017 - Best Animation Award of XXIX Fano International Film Festival, Italy 2016 - Cavan County Council Development Award, Ireland -“Polish Culture Around the World” by Adam Mickiewicz Institute, 2014 - Nominated to Strabag ARTAWARD International, Vienna, Austria Residences : 2016 - Cavan County Council, Bullock Lane Residence, Cavan, Ireland 2015 - Guest Artist Residence in Smedbyn, Jönköping, Sweden 2014 - Residence in Tartu Centre For Creative Industries, Leonardo Da Vinci Programme, Estonia - Residence in Tyrone Guthrie Centre at Annaghmakerrig, Ireland 2013 - Residence in Tyrone Guthrie Centre at Annaghmakerrig, Ireland 2009 - Residence in Schafhof - Europäisches Künstlerhaus Oberbayern, Freising, Germany