Wilhelm Sasnal

WILHELM SASNAL (born in 1972)
He studied architecture for two years at the Technical University in Cracow (1992-1994), and then became a painting student at the Academy of Fine Arts also in Cracow.  While there, he helped form an artistic  Ładnie Group. Ironically named after the Polish word meaning "pretty" or "nice," the members made paintings of their contemporary, often banal surroundings, using a deskilled aesthetic that countered the style valued by their instructors. Sasnal received his diploma of painting in 1999. Since then. He has taken part  in many solo and collective exhibitions. His works may be found in the collections of Centre of Contemporary Art Ujazdowski Castle in Warsaw, Saatchi Gallery, Tate Modern in London, Centre Pompidou in Paris, Museum of Modern Art in New York, Guggenheim Museum as well as Kunsthaus in Zurich.