Number 17, 2023

Tomasz Brynowski  

Tomasz Brynowski is a Polish artist and architect based in Katowice, where he was born in 1985. He studied Architecture and Urban Design at the Silesian University of Technology and Wrocław University of Science and Technology. A licensed architect and member of IARP and SARP, he has developed his artistic practice alongside his architectural career, working in Barcelona, London, and Katowice.

His work explores the visual language of the city, drawing on street art, pop art and poster design. Early paintings focused on portraits and female figures, using bold close-ups and simplified forms. His involvement in street art during the 2010s, particularly his exposure to London's Shoreditch scene, helped shape his distinctive approach to image-making.

Inspired by urban environments of big European and American metropolises, Brynowski recreates the layered character of city walls on canvas. His paintings combine acrylics, screen printing, spray paint, stencils, markers and collage. Fragments of posters, newspapers, and magazines, alongside digitally processed photographs, become elements of complex compositions built through successive layers, textures, and interventions.