Artists have always opened people's eyes and souls. They say that a crisis is not the time for ideals. But it is precisely in times of crisis and the fall of ideals that artists should, or even have an obligation, to talk and remind about important and sublime things, so that ideals have a chance to sprout and be born again...
Paweł Sadaj is a conceptual fine arts photographer exploring the essence of humanity against the background of social and civilizational processes, its impact on the surrounding world, environment, and history. The visual language present in his works is a clear contrast to the topics the artist deals with. Paweł's work was significantly influencedby the history of art, especially painting. When creating his photographs, he combines periods in art, juggles canons and symbolism. When creating the finalwork, he does not shy away from combining photography with 3D graphics.
Paweł Sadaj is a graduate of the Academy of Fine Arts in Gdańsk, faculty of Graphics, in the following studios: Graphic Design, Poster,Intermedia, Theater Scenography. In 2000, he graduated with honors. Earlier, he graduated from Artistic Photography at the State Secondary School of Fine Artsin Gdynia. He lives in Poland. His works have been exhibited in Poland, Germany and Great Britain.
Awards and honors:
Nord Art 2020/21 – „Wundermann” on final, exhibited list of 200 artists
Sunny Art Prize 2020 – „60 cows” on final, exhibited list of 27 artists
Color Awards 2020 – „Ecce Homo” nominated in Fine Art category
Leica 6×7 Competition 2019 – „Fly Apollo” on final, exhibited list
Color Awards 2019 – „Three Graces” nominated in Fine Art category
Nord Art 2019 – „Hotel Medusa” on final, exhibited list of 200 artist
Aesthetica, Art & Culture Magazine – Paweł Sadaj on the list of 50 artists – Directory of Artist, February/Marz 2019
Arte Laguna 2018/19 – „Three Graces” on the first selection list in the Digital category
Trojmiasto Off Film Festival – honor for best alternative film „Cycle”
47 National Competition for Amateur Films in Konin – Prize for best-animated film „Cycle”
International Festival of Cinema Off Poznan 2001 – second prize in the category of 1 minute for the animated film „Just for Her”
International Festival of Cinema Off Poznan 2001 – award notice for the films „Cycle” and „Just for Her”
Tenbit Filmforum Festival – the second prize for the film „Cycle”
7 National Festival of Author’s Animation Films in Krakow – award notice
Exhibitions:
2021 – „Wundermann”, group exhibition NordArt 2020/21, Kunstwerk Carlshütte, Büdelsdorf, Germany
2020 – „60 cows”, group exhibition Sunny Art Prize, London, United Kingdom
2020 – „Hotel Medusa”, group exhibition in The Stanisław Moniuszko Podlasie Opera and Philharmonic – European Art Centre in Białystok, Poland
2020 – „Hotel Medusa” solo exhibition, Leica 6×7 Gallery Warsaw, Poland
2019 – „Fly Apollo” on final, exhibited list of Leica Competition, Leica 6×7 Gallery Warsaw, Poland
2019 – „Hotel Medusa”, group exhibition NordArt 2019, Kunstwerk Carlshütte, Büdelsdorf, Germany
2012 – group exhibition „Young at Art”, Gallery „Lufcik” Warsaw, Poland
2012 – group exhibition Gallery DAP I Warsaw, Poland
2012 – group exhibition „The Youngest”, Gallery DAP I, Warsaw, Poland
2010 – solo exhibition in Artists’ Studio Association „Lubelska”, Warsaw, Poland
2009 – solo exhibition in Artists’ Studio Association „Lubelska”, Warsaw, Poland
2008 – solo exhibition online www.polskagrypa.pl
2006 – National Museum in Gdansk, group exhibition of artworks theater set design studio graduates from the Academy of Fine Arts in Gdansk, Poland