Mariusz Maksel

Mariusz Maksel graduated from the University of Silesia in Katowice, Faculty of Fine Arts in Cieszyn.

His works explore themes of solitude, mystery, and the melancholy of urban spaces. The buildings, streets, and human figures depicted in his paintings reflect everyday life, alienation, and the dynamics of city existence.

He worked as an painting animator on the Oscar-nominated film Loving Vincent and also on the film Chłopi created in the same technique.

Selected Awards and Honors

• Finalist of the International Painting Competition Figurativas , Barcelona, Spain (2025)
• Finalist of the International Painting Competition tARTget Prize, Madrid, Spain (2025)
• Honorable mention in the landscape category at ARC Salon, New Jersey, USA (2024)
• Semifinalist of the Almenara Art Prize, Córdoba, Spain (2024)
• Finalist of the 3rd National Competition from the New Situations series, Warsaw, Poland (2023)
• Finalist of the 5th National Painting Competition named after Leon Wyczółkowski, Bydgoszcz, Poland (2022)
• Longlisted for Jackson’s Painting Prize, London, England (2022, 2023)
• Finalist of the 22nd Young Painters Review Promocje, Legnica, Poland (2012)
• Finalist of the 2nd edition of the Art Education Project, Poznań, Poland (2011/2012)