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Karl Bielik
 
 
About the Artist

From direct, urban, almost punk foundations, Bielik's
recent work has moved towards a more subtle and refined aesthetic. Brash combinations of found materials and industrial paints have given way to
calculated mark making and a more sophisticated use of colour.
These messy, graphic oil paintings retain the energy
of the earlier work but the literal and emotional
darkness, so explicit before, has become implicit,
a subtle undercurrent.

 
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Cover

2009
Oil on Canvas
25x20cms

Cover

Bull Fantasies

2008
Oil on Canvas
40x36cms

2009
Oil on Canvas
51x40cms

Dub

2009
Oil on Canvas
40x30cms

Dub

Meat Sling

2008
Oil on Canvas
31x36cms

Meat Sling

Club

2008
Oil on Canvas
41x46cms

Club

Stain Land

2008
Oil on Canvas
36x26cms

Burn

2008
Oil on Canvas
45x35cms

The Fat End

2008
Oil on Jute
31x26cms

Excess

2008
Oil on Canvas
25x20cms

 
Education and biography
SELECTED GROUP EXHIBITIONS

2009
THE ART FACTORY, BUDAPEST
EXACT DATES TO BE CONFIRMED

ARTSPACE, PORTSMOUTH
EXACT DATES TO BE CONFIRMED

2008
MARMITE PRIZE FOR PAINTING
STUDIO 1.1, LONDON

ART PROJX PRESENTS DYNAMITE FIGHTER
A NEW WORK BY boyleANDshaw FEATURING
A PERFORMANCE AND INSTALLATION BY LARK
THE ROYAL ACADEMY OF ARTS, LONDON

PAINTING 2
THE IMPERIAL COLLEGE, LONDON

NEVER WAS THERE SO MUCH WASTED WINE...
SO MANY DEAD FLOWERS.
PERMANENT OUTDOOR SHOW AT TERRACE GALLERY, LONDON
WITH MATT GOLDEN, LIZ WRIGHT AND HEIDI LOCHER

ART FOR ROSIE
OPEN EYE GALLERY, EDINBURGH

ART AUCTION FOR ST JOSEPH'S HOSPICE
INC PETER DOIG, JAKE&DINOS CHAPMAN AND CHRIS OFILI
CHRISTCHURH SPITALFIELDS, LONDON

2007
OH DEBORAH
WITH LEIGH CLARKE, JASON BROOKS AND ROGER KELLY
CA PROJECTS, LONDON

DEPARTURE LOUNGE
WITH boyleANDshaw, ANNIE DAVEY & JULIAN WAKELIN
TERRACE GALLERY, LONDON

APPETITE FOR DECORATION
TERRACE GALLERY, LONDON.

VISUAL SLANG
WITH JIM AVIGNON, PHIL FROST, DANA WOULFE & MORE
ABRONS ART CENTER, NEW YORK.

STAY
ZIZI GALLERY, LONDON

NOODLES, DOODLES AND SNIPPETS
VITAL ARTS AT THE ROYAL LONDON, WHITECHAPEL, LONDON

2006
PAINTING THE IMPERIAL COLLEGE, LONDON
BLACK AND WHITE TERRACE GALLERY, LONDON
NEW PAIN VERTIGO GALLERY, LONDON
KEEP'S SAKE TERRACE GALLERY, LONDON
ANOTHER PRODUCT THE CORNERHOUSE, MANCHESTER
TIME FLIES TERRACE GALLERY, LONDON

2005
HAPPINESS BLUES TERRACE GALLERY, LONDON
PAINTING YOURART GALLERY, BERLIN
TEXTURE CLARION GALLERY, LONDON
...IS SOMEWHERE TERRACE GALLERY, LONDON

2004
LEXMARK EUROPEAN ART PRIZE FINALISTS SHOW, LONDON
HYPE-ME HYPE GALLERY, LONDON
LONDON ARTS EAST 291 GALLERY, LONDON

2002
ART 2003 STRICOFF GALLERY, NEW YORK
TANGIBLE ART PORTLAND PLACE, LONDON

2001
2X36X36 MAFUJI GALLERY, LONDON

2000
36X36 MAFUJI GALLERY, LONDON

1999
ART ESSENZ, BAHNHOF GALLERY, BERLIN
NEW PAINTERS O POMAR DES ARTISTAS GALLERY, LISBON
7th ANNUAL MENTAL HEALTH BENEFIT ATHENS, USA
A FINE MESS TARGUS GALLERY, LISBON

1998
SAME OLD STORY JEDNOROZEC GALLERY, PRAGUE

1997
26 DAYS KAMZIK GALLERY, PRAGUE



PUBLICATIONS

2008
NYARTS MAGAZINE
A FEATURE IN THE 2008 DEC/JAN ISSUE

THE MARMITE PAINTING PRIZE CATALOGUE

2007
AMERICAN VOGUE
A PAINTING USED IN A PHOTOSHOOT WITH MARIO TESTINO

2003
BARCELONA 2003 CD, EMI PUBLISHING

2000
INTERN MAGAZINE, PRAGUE

1999
POZOR MAGAZINE, PRAGUE

1998
FIRST BORN CATALOGUE, BRATRI CAPKU GALLERY, PRAGUE



PERFORMANCE

2002 ONWARDS
LARK
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Website:  www.karlbielik.com
 
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