Zbigniew Kotowski

Born on 5th November 1959, in Chorzow, Poland. 1979-1984 Studied at the Academy of Fine Arts in Warsaw and Cracow. 1984 Obtained the Academy Diploma (supervisor: professor Jerzy Nowosielski). Special interest field: portaiture of people, horses, dogs and other (pastel and oil technique). Works owned by the Museum of Hunting and Equestrian Sports, Lazienki Park, Warsaw and in private collections throughout Europe, USA, South Africa, Australia and the Middle East. 

“The painter successfully combines exactitude in presentation of the specific features of the noble animal, the warmblood horse with an emotional approche to the subject, exceptional versatility of craftsmanship and high artistic quality of his work.” Professor Andrzej Strumiłło. 

Individual exhibitions: 

Horses, IV Cracow Arabian Horse Show & Sale, Cracow (Poland) 2019

Horses and flowers, Do widzenia do jutra, Warsaw (Poland) 2018

Horses, Anniversary of 200 years of Janow Podlaski Stud, Janow Podlaski (Poland) 2017 

Horses, II Cracow Arabian Horse Show & Sale, Cracow (Poland) 2017

Horses, I Cracow Arabian Horse Show & Sale, Cracow (Poland) 2016

Horses, VIII Automne Arabian Horses Show, Janow Podlaski (Poland) 2014

TAB Gallery, Warsaw (Poland) 2012

Piotr Uznanski Gallery Lodz (Poland) 2010

Racecourse Słuzewiec, 2002, 2003, 2004

“Flowers”, Lindengalerie, Essen (Germany) 2000

“Flowers don`t lie”, Lindengalerie, Essen (Germany) 1999

“Ashes”, BWA, Szczawnica (Poland)1988

“Fragments”, Galeria Plus, Chorzow (Poland)1986

Group exhibitions: 

Gallery Belotto, In the footsteps of horseshoes, Warsaw (Poland) 2019 

Equestrian Art Festival, Warsaw (Poland) 2018 

Salon d’Automne, Paris (France) 2016

Pride of Poland, Janow Podlaski (Poland) 1988 – 2016

Jeux Equestres Mondiaux, Caen (France) 2014

ArAnima Exhibition, Caen (France)  2014

 “The horse as it is”, BWA Tarnow (Poland) 2003

Hippica Varsovia, Poland: 2001, 2002, 2003

“Horses and the Polish spirit”, TPSP Warsaw (Poland) 2002

Equitana, Essen (Germany) 1989, 1991, 1993, 1995, 1997

Young Artists from Poland, Galerie Gojowy, Krefeld (Germany) 1993

National Exhibition of Polish Pastels, Nowy Sacz (Poland) 1991

Hippologica, Berlin (Germany) 1991

Art Munich, Galerie Gojowy, Munich (Germany) 1990

Festival Polonaise, Chicago (USA) 1989

Polnische Kulturtage, Herten (Germany) 1988

Arsenal, Warsaw (Poland) 1988

Winter Salon, Radom (Poland) 1986

National Exhibition of Young Painters, Wroclaw (Poland) 1985