Jerzy Gluszek

By LatAm ARTE

Jerzy Gluszek was born in 1956 in Wroclaw, Poland. He currently lives and works in Wroclaw. He graduated from the Faculty of Painting, Sculpture and Graphic Arts of the Wroclaw State College of Fine Arts. After graduating he worked in the presentation of the magazines “Luxus” and “Gluszec” and participated in various events and shows. Since 2005 his work focuses on artistic illustration and satirical graphics. He currently works as a freelance artist, painter, illustrator and graphic designer. He has worked as a freelance cartoonist since 2005. His artworks have been exhibited in numerous exhibitions e.g. in Gothenburg, Stockholm, Krakow, Warsaw, Wroclaw, Oslo and Trento. He has won around 40 awards in the field of satirical graphics and illustration in international competitions, among others in China, Italy, Poland, Portugal and Turkey. In his poetic and romantic drawings you immediately notice his interest in the space that surrounds him, combined with dream symbolism, archetypes and surreal themes. His beautiful illustrative work is clearly influenced by the avant-garde, surrealism and magical realism.