LUX BY IKS, Strolling and Shamed

acrylic, ink, board; 2 x 40 x 30 cm
signed on reverse

LUX BY IKS
Graduate of the Academy of Fine Arts in Warsaw (Department of Workshop Graphics and Digital Graphics - diploma with distinction) and the Academy of Fine Arts in Łódź (diploma with distinction in the Department of Fashion Design). Honorable mention in the Student Projects category at the Polish Graphic Design Awards in 2019. Winner of competitions organized by Hennessy and K-MAG. His works have appeared in the Museum of Modern Art during the exhibition "City under Construction" (Warsaw 2022), Banksy Museum in Barcelona (2023), the spaces of the Podlasie Opera and Philharmonic (2020), among others. Participant in group exhibitions including "KissPrints" (2019), "With the Voice of the Underground" (2022) and all editions of ''Urban Art Area''.
He has painted on the streets of Germany, Spain, the Netherlands, Austria, the Czech Republic, Montenegro and Poland.
He has been featured in "Art Vibe" magazine and the Swedish publication "Abstract Graffiti Magazine". He is the author of numerous illustrations for, among others, Visions magazine and covers for music publications (Gospel, Uniqat).
He combines his academic experience with inspirations drawn from the hip hop culture in which his generation grew up. His style is an attempt to transfer the heritage of antique and traditional painting to street art and juxtapose it with the raw style of tags or "chrome." This contrast is further enhanced by the geometrization of forms, characteristic of his work.