Born in Rzeszów, Poland, is a painter, performer and audiovisual artist creating a total and radical oeuvre. His inspiration and domain is destruction, decay and civilisational waste. His performances may be seen as theatrical acts, often reaching the extreme and leaving the audience in a state of deep shock. He usually creates his paintings and installations intuitively, using the expression-rich aesthetics of “Trash and Error”. A grey-blue palette with the use of an airbrush, intermingling fields of colour that resemble scratched walls, visual quotations drawn from murals, pop culture, tattoos or children’s drawings have become the artist’s clearly recognisable style. His artistic activities in many fields are a rapid, often subconscious reactions to the signals he “receives” from his surroundings. Jakub Gliński is also a creator of projects: SUPER AIDS, Galeria Śmierć Frajerom, Jesus Is A Noise Commander, Jakub Gliński & PUR- GIST, KURF, Too Empty To Poo, BOOM FOR GABBA and Igenn Xew. He lives and works in Warsaw.
Jakub Gliński, RUPTURED AND DAMAGED CONNECTION, 2021, acrylic and airbrush on canvas, 140 x 140 cm
Jakub Gliński, RUPTURED AND DAMAGED CONNECTION, 2021, acrylic and airbrush on canvas, 140 x 140 cm
Jakub Gliński, HAVE A GOOD DIE, 2020, acrylic and airbrush on canvas, 180 x 210 cm
Jakub Gliński, HAVE A GOOD DIE, 2020, acrylic and airbrush on canvas, 180 x 210 cm
Jakub Gliński, KIDS IN THE FIRE, 2020, acrylic and airbrush on canvas, 150 x 220 cm
Jakub Gliński, KIDS IN THE FIRE, 2020, acrylic and airbrush on canvas, 150 x 220 cm
Jakub Gliński, Die when you die, 2019, acrylic on canvas, 220 x 150 cm
Jakub Gliński, Die when you die, 2019, acrylic on canvas, 220 x 150 cm
Jakub Gliński, TRASHUMANISM, 2020, acrylic and airbrush on canvas, 120 x 100 cm
Jakub Gliński, TRASHUMANISM, 2020, acrylic and airbrush on canvas, 120 x 100 cm
Jakub Gliński, The leaky tin drum, 2020, acrylic on canvas, 150 x 150 cm
Jakub Gliński, The leaky tin drum, 2020, acrylic on canvas, 150 x 150 cm
Jakub Gliński, Good evening, ladies and gentlemen, we have a very unpleasant day ahead of us..., 2021, acrylic and aerography on canvas, 210 x 150 cm
Jakub Gliński, Good evening, ladies and gentlemen, we have a very unpleasant day ahead of us..., 2021, acrylic and aerography on canvas, 210 x 150 cm
Jakub Gliński, HEAVY DISNEY, 2023, acrylic on canvas, digital print on cotton, airbrush, screen print, 4-panel painting, 350 x 500 cm
Jakub Gliński, HEAVY DISNEY, 2023, acrylic on canvas, digital print on cotton, airbrush, screen print, 4-panel painting, 350 x 500 cm
Jakub Gliński, Indifferent, 2023, acrylic on canvas, airbrush, screen print, 210 x 150 cm
Jakub Gliński, Indifferent, 2023, acrylic on canvas, airbrush, screen print, 210 x 150 cm
Jakub Gliński, Anger transference, 2023, acrylic on canvas, airbrush, screen print, 6-panel painting, 345 x 260 cm
Jakub Gliński, Anger transference, 2023, acrylic on canvas, airbrush, screen print, 6-panel painting, 345 x 260 cm
Jakub Gliński. Talks. Young Polish Drawing Now. Curator: Gosia Bartosik, design: Honza Zamojski, publisher: BWA Zielona Góra, 2021
Jakub Gliński. Talks. Young Polish Drawing Now. Curator: Gosia Bartosik, design: Honza Zamojski, publisher: BWA Zielona Góra, 2021
Jakub Gliński working on mural at Jasna 1 club, Warsaw, May 2021, photo: Katarzyna Legendź
Jakub Gliński working on mural at Jasna 1 club, Warsaw, May 2021, photo: Katarzyna Legendź
Jakub Gliński working on his solo show YOU ARE TOO CLOSE, Gunia Nowik Gallery, 2021. Photo: Katarzyna Legendź
Jakub Gliński working on his solo show YOU ARE TOO CLOSE, Gunia Nowik Gallery, 2021. Photo: Katarzyna Legendź
Jakub Gliński working on his solo show YOU ARE TOO CLOSE, Gunia Nowik Gallery, 2021. Photo: Katarzyna Legendź
Jakub Gliński working on his solo show YOU ARE TOO CLOSE, Gunia Nowik Gallery, 2021. Photo: Katarzyna Legendź
Jakub Gliński, YOU ARE TOO CLOSE, solo show at Gunia Nowik Gallery, 2021. Photo: Bartosz Górka
Jakub Gliński, YOU ARE TOO CLOSE, solo show at Gunia Nowik Gallery, 2021. Photo: Bartosz Górka
Jakub Gliński, YOU ARE TOO CLOSE, solo show at Gunia Nowik Gallery, 2021. Photo: Bartosz Górka
Jakub Gliński, YOU ARE TOO CLOSE, solo show at Gunia Nowik Gallery, 2021. Photo: Bartosz Górka
Jakub Gliński, Memory Removal, City Gallery in Wrocław, 2022, exhibition view. Photo: Agata Piątkowska
Jakub Gliński, Memory Removal, City Gallery in Wrocław, 2022, exhibition view. Photo: Agata Piątkowska
Jakub Gliński, Memory Removal, City Gallery in Wrocław, 2022, exhibition view. Photo: Agata Piątkowska
Jakub Gliński, Memory Removal, City Gallery in Wrocław, 2022, exhibition view. Photo: Agata Piątkowska
Jakub Gliński, Memory Removal, City Gallery in Wrocław, 2022, exhibition view. Photo: Agata Piątkowska
Jakub Gliński, Memory Removal, City Gallery in Wrocław, 2022, exhibition view. Photo: Agata Piątkowska
Jakub Gliński, HEAVY DISNEY, Gunia Nowik Gallery, 2023, exhibition view.
Jakub Gliński, HEAVY DISNEY, Gunia Nowik Gallery, 2023, exhibition view.
Jakub Gliński, HEAVY DISNEY, Gunia Nowik Gallery, 2023, exhibition view.
Jakub Gliński, HEAVY DISNEY, Gunia Nowik Gallery, 2023, exhibition view.
Jakub Gliński, HEAVY DISNEY, Gunia Nowik Gallery, 2023, exhibition view.
Jakub Gliński, HEAVY DISNEY, Gunia Nowik Gallery, 2023, exhibition view.
Jakub Gliński, I am prototype, 2022, acrylic and airbrush on canvas, 70 x 50 cm at Jakub Gliński’s studio, 2023
Jakub Gliński, I am prototype, 2022, acrylic and airbrush on canvas, 70 x 50 cm at Jakub Gliński’s studio, 2023
Jakub Gliński at CRASH CLUB, Pawilon Bliska, Warsaw, Poland, Warsaw Gallery Weekend 2023
Jakub Gliński at CRASH CLUB, Pawilon Bliska, Warsaw, Poland, Warsaw Gallery Weekend 2023
Jakub Gliński at CRASH CLUB, Pawilon Bliska, Warsaw, Poland, Warsaw Gallery Weekend 2023
Jakub Gliński at CRASH CLUB, Pawilon Bliska, Warsaw, Poland, Warsaw Gallery Weekend 2023
Solo exhibitions:
2024
Worst Case Scenario (with Tina Braegger), Gunia Nowik Gallery, Warsaw, Poland
2023
HEAVY DISNEY, Gunia Nowik Gallery, Warsaw, Poland
2022
Memory Removal, City Gallery in Wrocław, Poland
2021
YOU ARE TOO CLOSE, Gunia Nowik Gallery, Warsaw, Poland
17th Mózg Festival, Mózg, Bydgoszcz, Poland
2020
KIDS IN THE FIRE, Pola Magnetyczne, Warsaw, Poland
2019
Kidnapped and tormented by strangers, Miejski Ośrodek Sztuki, Gorzów Wielkopolski, Poland
FLAUTA, Centre for Contemporary Art Ujazdowski Castle, Warsaw, Poland
In the days before dying, Widna Gallery, Cracow, Poland
2018
Waste of Civilisation, Rejekt Gallery, London, UK
You won’t live long, V9 Gallery, Warsaw, Poland
Believing in the rotting organs and decaying body, Biała Gallery, Lublin, Poland
The Inability to distinguish between the past, future and present, lokal_30, Warsaw, Poland
Up To Date Festival, Stadion Miejski, Białystok, Poland
2016
Mess in a room, Różnia, Warsaw, Poland
Are you leaving or me?, Spectra Art Space, Warsaw, Poland
2015
Process_2, Powszechny Theater, Warsaw, Poland
2014
ERROR/TRASH, tuBAZA, Gdynia, Poland
TRASH/ERROR, V9 Gallery, Warsaw, Poland
Selected group exhibitions:
2023
CRASH CLUB, Pawilon Bliska, Warsaw, Poland
AS FAR AS..., BWA Rzeszów, Poland
Raj Ziemski, Galeria Prześwit, Warsaw, Poland
Bad Romance, Rondo Sztuki, Katowice, Poland
Radical Hope, Galeria Arsenał, Białystok, Poland
2022
A Season in Hell, Galeria Bielska BWA, Bielsko-Biała, Poland
The Discomfort of Evening, Zachęta - National Gallery of Art, Warsaw, Poland
Kinds of Love, Gunia Nowik Gallery, Warsaw, Poland
Patrzymy inaczej na te same sprawy, BWA Zielona Góra, Poland
2021
45. Painting Biennale Bielska Jesień 2021, Galeria Bielska BWA, Bielsko-Biała, Poland
Maratona di Visione | 3º Online Review of Video Art, Online + Catanzaro, Italy
THREE’S A CROWD. OUT OF STH VI, BWA Wrocław, Poland
Po Nitce do kłębka, The City Gallery in Wrocław, Poland
2020
Pandemic consequence: dreams, Serce Człowieka, Warsaw, Poland
I Speak as No One in Particular, lokal_30, Warsaw, Poland
Theft and Destruction, Arsenał Gallery, Białystok, Poland
Waste Follow, Królikarnia, Warsaw, Poland
2019
Metamorphosis, Pola Magnetyczne, Warsaw, Poland
Honey, we built Chernobyl, Unsound Festival, Cracow, Poland
Instytut Festival, Modlin Garrnison, Poland
I Have Never Painted a Painting, lokal_30, Warsaw, Poland
Short Waves Festival, Pawilon, Poznań, Poland
2018
Kinder der Aktionisten (with Vilma Pflaum), Österreichisches Kulturforum, Warsaw, Poland
Deal – Potencja & guests, in the frame of the Warsaw Gallery Weekend, Warsaw, Poland
Flow, Gdańsk City Gallery, Poland
Communication with everything, Fundacja Stefana Gierowskiego, Warsaw, Poland
2016
DADA yes? yes!, Biała Gallery, Lublin, Poland
HATI HATI HATI, Kersan Art Studio, Yogyakarta, Indonesia
Social Design For Living, National Gallery, Jakarta
The New East, Cueb Gallery, London, UK
Performances:
2023
I will come home in an urn, 2KOŁA, Warsaw, Poland
2020
16th Mózg Festival, Mózg, Bydgoszcz, Poland
Theft and Destruction, Arsenał Gallery, Białystok, Poland
Waste Follow, Królikarnia, Warsaw, Poland
2019
(re)Birth; Staged, West Germany Venue, Berlin, Germany
Up To Date Festival, Stadion Miejski, Białystok, Poland
Present Performance 6, Gdańsk, Poland
Lodz of four Cultures Festival, Łódź, Poland
Sound Sanatorium Festival, Sokołowsko, Poland
2018
Will you help me or leave me like this?, lokal_30, Warsaw, Poland
Sound Waves, Powidoki in the Museum of Modern Art in Warsaw, Poland
Waste of Civilistation, Rejekt Gallery, London, UK
Perpetuum Mobile, Szpitalna 1, Cracow, Poland
2017
PIXO, Komuna / Warszawa Theater, Warsaw, Poland
Iamesh Ephemeral Art Meeting, Meet Factory, Prague, Czech Republic
Borderline Festival, Atelier Wolimierz, Wolimierz, Poland
Motława Flow, Stocznia Gdańska, Gdańsk, Poland
2016
BEL ETAGE, Heimatland, Berlin, Germany
Make Some Noise Festival, Przychodnia Squat, Warsaw, Poland
Iamesh Ephemeral Art Meeting, Księgarnia / Wystawa, Cracow, Poland
2015
FINISAZ, Poligon Art Space, Warsaw, Poland
22. Audio Art Festival, Bunkier Sztuki Gallery of Contemporary Art, Cracow, Poland
2014
ERROR/TRASH, tuBAZA, Gdynia, Poland
TRASH/ERROR, V9 Gallery, Warsaw, Poland
Original Source Up To Date Festival, Węglowa, Białystok, Poland
2011
Paralyzing Device, OCCII, Amsterdam, The Netherlands
2010
Hard Party & Pokora, illegal party, London, UK
Energy Bubbles, Butcher’s Corner, London, UK
Some Action, Foundry, London, UK
Hlukova Mysteria 3, KVN, Ostrava, Czech Republic
Rave Against The Machine, illegal rave, London, UK
Carcass Festival, secret location, Northern Ireland
2009
Anti-Performance Laboratory, Awangarda Gallery – BWA Wrocław, Poland
International Noise Conference, CRK, Wrocław, Poland
Hlukova Mysteria 2, Fiducia, Ostrava, Czech Republic
2008
Punx Picnic Festival, Northern Ireland
2007
TSBM&M, Cross Club, Prague, Czech Republic
Prizes:
Newsweek Poland, Honourable Mention at 45. Painting Biennale Bielska Jesień 2021, Galeria Bielska BWA, Bielsko-Biała, Poland
Artist book:
Jakub Gliński Memory Removal, Galeria Miejska we Wrocławiu, 2022
Jakub Gliński, from the Talks. Young Polish Drawing Now series. Curator: Gosia Bartosik, Zielona Góra 2021
Radio show:
To stop moaning, fall asleep and die, Radio Kapitał, every four Tuesdays at 11 pm
Selected collections:
Arsenał Gallery, Białystok; Boros Collection, Berlin; BWA Gallery, Bielsko-Biała; Museum Jerke, Recklinghausen; mBank Art Collection
