Dariusz Labuzek

Born in 1963 in Zabrze, Poland, Dariusz Labuzek has lived and worked in Chicago since 1988. He studied at the Academy of Fine Arts in Krakow, then at the School of the Art Institute of Chicago, where he was introduced to the American art scene. His work, exhibited in the United States and Europe, explores visual narrative through free figuration, often close to art brut or symbolism. Labuzek cites Francis Bacon, Picasso and existentialist literature as his influences, and claims an intuitive style of painting in which the image springs forth before meaning.