Piotr Goławski
Sculptor & Visual Artist
About
“From life's wounds, I sculpted calm; today I tell of human essence through silence.”
Piotr Goławski is a sculptor and visual artist whose work explores the human condition through form, material, and silence. His creative practice spans sculpture, painting, and drawing, with a particular focus on how matter itself can become a carrier of inner narratives and emotion.
A graduate of the Academy of Fine Arts in Warsaw (Painting & Drawing, Open Academy, 2020), Goławski's work is characterized by a contemplative approach to materials—especially clay subjected to raku firing—where cracks, burns, and surface textures become visual records of human experience.
Beyond his studio practice, he is deeply engaged in social and therapeutic art projects, including cyclical workshops for children and youth with disabilities at the Educational Center in Łuków, for which he received the honorary title "Friend of the School."
Lives & Works
Siedlce & Bochotnica, Poland
Education
Academy of Fine Arts, Warsaw
Painting & Drawing, 2020
Exhibitions
2025
International Painting Symposium 'Signs of Kazimierz III'
Kazimierz Dolny, Poland
Outdoor exhibition on the town square. Organizer: ZAP.
Post-symposium exhibition
Dworek Miętne, Poland
Society of Maciejowice Enthusiasts
By the Okrzejka and the Vistula – Historical Landscapes
Miętne, Poland
International Painting Symposium. Organizers: Society of Friends of Maciejowice & Polish Kościuszko Foundation.
28th GRELOWISKO – Art Five and Friends
Reymontówka, Chlewiska, Poland
International Painting & Sculpture Symposium 'Reymontowska Sonata'
Reymontówka Chlewiska, Poland
The Meanders of Art – Art Five
Regional Museum in Łuków, Poland
Temporary exhibition for the Night of Museums
2024
7th Heaven of Femininity
Parisel Palace Zacisze Leśne, Poland
Signs of Kazimierz
Kazimierz Dolny, Poland
Symposium of artists of ZAP OM
Dwa Brzegi 15 – Art Channel
Kazimierz Dolny, Poland
Kazimierska Konfraternia Sztuki – artist colony and guests
What Connects Us
Fabryczka Cultural Center, Wołomin, Poland
Students from the Łuków Center and Their Friends – Greluk & Goławski
Regional Museum in Łuków, Poland
Co-leading art workshops under the patronage of the Łuków County
Kazimierz Dolny
'Communio Graphis' Gallery, Góra Kalwaria, Poland
Post-symposium group exhibition
Oddities of Different Personalities
Elektrownia Powiśle, Warsaw, Poland
Izabela Mroczkowska / Piotr Goławski. Under the patronage of Elektrownia Powiśle and ZAP OM
2023
The Interpretation of Important Thoughts
Elektrownia Powiśle, Warsaw, Poland
Solo exhibition under the patronage of Elektrownia Powiśle and ZAP OM
Art as Therapy
Elektrownia Powiśle, Warsaw, Poland
Solo exhibition under the patronage of Elektrownia Powiśle
Symposium in Kazimierz Dolny
Kazimierz Dolny, Poland
Organizer: ZAP OM
Polish Landscape
National Museum branch in Uzarzewo, Poland
Group exhibition of ZAP members
In Time and Space
'Pod Okiem' Gallery, Warsaw, Poland
Group exhibition of the 'Jak w korcu maku' collective
2022
Polish Landscape
Pasaż Gallery, Mysiadło, Poland
Group exhibition of ZAP OM
Tomorrow Already
Elektrownia Powiśle, Warsaw, Poland
Solo exhibition under the patronage of Elektrownia Powiśle and ZAP OM
Our Land
Fabryczka Cultural Center, Wołomin, Poland
Group exhibition of ZAP
We Here and Now
Center for Culture and Art, Siedlce, Poland
Solo exhibition summarizing a decade of work
Polish Landscape
Intergenerational Education Center, Wilanów, Warsaw, Poland
International Painting Symposium 'The Beauty of the Liwiec Valley'
Reymontówka, Chlewiska, Poland
On the Way to the Future
Gepetto Art Space, Warsaw, Poland
Graphics, photography and painting exhibition – FOKS art project
Śródmieście Cultural Center, 'Na Smolnej' Gallery, Warsaw, Poland
Painted with Water
Elektrownia Powiśle, Warsaw, Poland
Author's Evening
Elektrownia Powiśle, Warsaw, Poland
Meeting with Piotr Goławski under the patronage of ZAP OM and Elektrownia Powiśle
Feminine Worldspaces 2022
BWA Okno, Lesznowola, Poland
Another Existence
Elektrownia Powiśle, Warsaw, Poland
From Passion
Elektrownia Powiśle, Warsaw, Poland
ZAP group exhibition
2021
Thoughts and Feelings
Cultural Center in Wilanów, Warsaw, Poland
ZAP exhibition
ZAP painting symposium
Dłużew, Poland
Woman
Poznań, Poland
ZAP exhibition
International Biennale Quadro Art
Virtual gallery
Bielska Jesień Biennale 2021
Virtual gallery
We Are
Elektrownia Powiśle, Warsaw, Poland
ZAP OM exhibition
Historic Architecture of the Wielopolski Estates
Śrem Museum, Poland
ZAP exhibition
Small Dreams in Large Spaces
Fabryczka Gallery, Wołomin, Poland
She and He
DK 'Polan Sto', Poznań, Poland
Painting & photography exhibition
Feminine Worldspaces 2021
BWA Okno, Lesznowola, Poland
2020
Relations
Warsaw Workshop, Poland
Group exhibition 'Jak w korcu maku'
Warsaw Workshop, Poland
2019
ASP painting symposium
Dłużew, Poland
Solo exhibition
Center for Culture and Art, Siedlce, Poland
Solo exhibition
Correctional Facility in Siedlce, Poland
Art-based rehabilitation & education project
2017
Urban plein-air painting
Allées Paul Riquet, Béziers, France
Planned
2119
Opening of the time capsule 'What Will Remain After Us'
Regional Museum in Siedlce, Poland
Solo exhibition connected to the opening of the time capsule (2019–2119)
Projects
2019–2119
What Will Remain After Us
A time-capsule project initiated by the Mayor of Siedlce Commune, created in collaboration with the Royal Castle in Warsaw and the School in Stok Lacki. The capsule, sealed for 100 years, contains Piotr Goławski's drawings and handwritten inscriptions by individuals significant for the Mazovia region. The project carries a symbolic dimension of 'resurrection' and inaugurates a cycle of similar artistic-social actions to be repeated every century.
Ongoing
Creative Work House in Bochotnica (Kazimierska)
Piotr Goławski is developing an independent creative center on the grounds of a former farm near Kazimierz Dolny. The place connects the memory of labor on the land with the essence of artistic creation—a process that also requires effort and patience. It hosts plein-air sessions and artistic meetings, including gatherings of the Art Five group.
Ongoing
Cyclical therapeutic workshops at the Educational Center in Łuków
Together with his artistic brother Mirosław Greluk, Piotr Goławski conducts creative workshops for children and young people with disabilities. For this activity, both artists were awarded the honorary title 'Friend of the School.'
2019
Our Friendly City
An artistic scholarship project of the Mayor of Siedlce. Around thirty of the artist's drawings depict his hometown 'through a distorted mirror', accompanied by over one hundred handwritten inscriptions by key regional figures: the mayor, commune leaders, bishops, the university rector, politicians, business representatives, local authorities, the police and fire services. The result is a lasting, meaningful artistic and social record for the region.
Ongoing
Cooperation in social and therapeutic projects
Including support for the 'Seventh Heaven of Femininity' initiative and creative work with children with disabilities and their caregivers.
Awards & Honors
Publications
ART FIVE 2025
ISBN 978-83-936902-3-7
ZWIĄZEK ARTYSTÓW PLASTYKÓW O.M. 2022
ISBN 978-83-957038-3-6
AKADEMIA SZTUK PIĘKNYCH W WARSZAWIE, DOROŚLI DO SZTUKI 2020
ISBN 978-83-66098-86-2
ZWIĄZEK ARTYSTÓW PLASTYKÓW O.M. 2020
ISBN 978-83-957038-2-9
AKADEMIA SZTUK PIĘKNYCH W WARSZAWIE, DOROŚLI DO SZTUKI, PLENERY 2019
ISBN 978-83-66098-55-8
Research
2025
Silence Embedded in Form: A Study of Sculptural Matter as a Carrier of Inner Narratives
This research explores sculpture as a medium capable of conveying emotion and meaning through silence, texture, and the physical memory of material. Special attention is given to surfaces marked by cracks, burns, and the traces of the raku firing process—treated as a visual record of human experience. The project examines how the sculptural object becomes a space of dialogue between creator and viewer, and how the contemplative encounter with form may lead to a form of catharsis for both. The study highlights the role of imperfection as a bearer of truth and investigates silence as the fundamental language of sculptural expression.
Piotr Goławski 2025
2025
In the Suspended State of Human Matter – a Study
This project investigates the creative process that unfolds in situations of physical stillness and psychological detachment from everyday reality—specifically during a long-distance intercontinental flight. Drawing conducted in this liminal, in-between state is approached as a form of trance, introspection, and heightened awareness, where the mind operates outside its habitual rhythm. The study focuses on how transit alters perception, gesture, and compositional decision-making, revealing how a moment of suspension—seemingly passive—opens a unique space for intensified creation and deepened self-reflection.
Piotr Goławski 2025