SzymON/OFF 2025

Farewell to Szymon Popielec SzymON/OFF 2025, Autonomous Realization

Szymon Popielec (1989–2025), intermedia artist, performer. He was born in Szczebrzeszyn. A graduate of the Faculty of Arts at Maria Curie-Skłodowska University (UMCS) in Lublin. He completed his diploma under the supervision of Professor Jan Gryka. In 2011–2012, he was a scholarship holder at the Constantine the Philosopher University in Nitra. In 2021, he won the Grand Prix in the Lubelska Wiosna painting competition. He was a doctoral student at the Doctoral School of Humanities at UMCS in Lublin, where only his defense remained.

He has participated in numerous group exhibitions: “The Landscape of Polish Painting” (2023, Zachęta, Warsaw); “The Sammlung Pustuła Collection” (2023, BWA, Rzeszów); “S / PACE / S,” Robert Kuśmirowski, Mariusz Tarkawian, Szymon Popielec (2021, Galeria XX1, Warsaw); “No Budget Show” (several editions, Cracow,, Lublin, Kazimierz Dolny); “(Spring)Dreams” (2018, Galeria Biała, Lublin); “Palindrome” (2015, PGS, Sopot).
He has also had individual exhibitions: “Layers” (2024, Galeria XX1, Warsaw); “Voltage Frequency” (2022, Galeria Kaplica, Orońsko); “Wo i Wa” – with Julia Kral (2021, Galeria Terminal 08, Gorzów Wielkopolski); “The History of the Guest Book. Gryka/Tarkawian/Popielec,” Szymon Popielec together with Jan Gryka and Mariusz Tarkawian (2019, KZMRZ Studio, Kazimierz Dolny).

Date: May 16 – June 15, 2025 (Tuesday-Sunday, 12:00 PM – 7:00PM)
Place: Galeria Labirynt, 5 ks. J. Popiełuszki St., Lublin
Admission: Free