ABOUT ME

Łukasz Rygał (born in 1997 in Częstochowa, Poland) is a visual artist, a graduate at the Faculty of Graphic Arts at the Academy of Fine Arts in Kraków, and a graduate of Accounting at the Cracow University of Economics. He specializes in video and animation, as well as traditional drawing and painting techniques. By rejecting the hierarchy of content, his works quote and deconstruct motifs from popular culture, often referencing video games and cinema. In 2023, he spent a six-month scholarship at the EKAA Estonian Academy of Arts in Tallinn. Selected exhibitions and awards: • Audience Award Winner, Selfisz, V9 Gallery, 2024 (PL) • 10-Second Film Festival, OPEN EYES ART FESTIVAL — originator and organizer (PL) • XENEX | Cracow Art Week Krakers 2025 | Laboratory Section, screening of the film “Elektromontaż” (PL) • Participation in the exhibition “Imaginary Friends” during FRINGE WARSZAWA 2024 (PL) • Six-month scholarship program at Estonian Academy of Arts, Tallinn, 2023 (EST) • Participation in the international exhibition “Passing Tensators” at Tallinn Manufactuuri, 2023 (EST) • Publication of an artbook in the form of a photobook titled “Place where kites fly”, limited edition of 100 copies, independent self-publishing label RUSTPUBLISHING, 2022 (PL) • Participant in the EKRANY program organized by ING Polish Art Foundation, 2025 (PL) • Recipient of the Santander Scholarship, 2025 (PL) • Award in the animation competition organized by the Goethe-Institut on the occasion of Kafka’s jubilee year (PL/DE) • OPEN EYES ART FESTIVAL, “Living on the edge of a landscape of vast shame”, Kraków 2024 — curator and artist (PL) • Ujazdowski Castle Centre for Contemporary Art, “Śnienie”, nerdka collectiv, 2024 — screening of the film “Elektromontaż” (PL) Contact: Email: lukaszrygal97@gmail.com