Arkadiusz Kulpa

Arkadiusz Tomasz Kulpa – born on February 27, 1976 in Radzyń Podlaski. In the years 1999-2004 he studied at the Faculty of Law, Canon Law and Administration of the Catholic University of Lublin in Lublin where he obtained a Master of Laws degree. Member of the Association of Polish Visual Artists and the Łęczna Association of Culture and Art Creators "Plama". For over twenty years he has been involved in easel painting and drawing. He also writes icons. One of the founders and first president of the Radzyń Association for Culture "Stuk - Puk". Since 2011 he has been working at the Radzyń Cultural Center where since 2015 he has been running the "Oranżeria" Gallery. During the 8 years of running the Gallery he has organized over 100 exhibitions of artists from Poland and abroad. He often organizes debut exhibitions of young artists, which allows them to gain self-confidence and spread their artistic wings. The “Oranżeria” Gallery often organizes mixed exhibitions, e.g. painting – sculpture, painting – photography, and unusual exhibitions, e.g. an airbrush exhibition, when heavy motorcycles were presented in the Gallery.

He participated in many group and post-plein-air exhibitions. He also had 10 individual exhibitions presented in many cities in Poland and abroad. For several years he has participated in artistic plein-airs throughout the country.

His works are in private collections in Poland, Great Britain, Israel, Germany, Hungary, Italy, the USA, Japan, France, the Philippines, Canada, Mexico, Belarus, Russia, Ukraine, and Finland.

He is the author of the following publications:

"Understanding an Icon" - Cultural Quarterly "Kozirynek", no. II / Autumn 2007

"A Bit Differently Original", (article on art forgers) - Cultural Quarterly "Kozirynek", no. IV / Spring 2008

"Image Like Camphor", (article on art thieves) - Cultural Quarterly "Kozirynek", no. VIII / Spring 2009

Articles on art and history in the Radzyń Social and Cultural Magazine GROT in 2011-2015

"The world of my painting is a world perceived extrasensorily. It is a world full of reflections, sighs, sincere conversations and deep feelings. All this takes place in a fairy-tale setting, full of colours, unreal landscapes and magical towns. Sometimes it is a struggle with one's weaknesses, limitations or the passing of time, symbolised by the errant knight Don Quixote – a subject I return to with joy.

Very often the subject of my paintings is a woman – a symbol of gentleness, delicacy and beauty. She is an object of adoration, often presented in my paintings in a dignified and sensual way.

When I paint, I create my own reality, in which there is no violence, evil or anger. There is peace and joy. In my world, literally anything can happen”.