The dualism of Hubert Dolinkiewicz’s work is expressed in two painting series developed in parallel by the artist: Metaphysical Landscapes and Songs. Metaphysical Landscapes are are fantastic spaces shaped by colour planes constructed from linear, smooth brushstrokes – the artist’s gestures. They are filled with signs that serve as signposts, passages and meeting places for the wanderer, who, apart from the artist, may be the viewer of the painting. Sometimes the signs themselves become entities, protagonists of the composition. The topos of the road and the traveller (homo viator) is a motif depicting the search, the potential for transformation, the resolution of dilemmas, and the pursuit of universal values. In contrast, signs play a prominent role in the Songs cycle. They are carefully arranged, subject to the rigour of a precisely drawn composition, or rather a written piece – modelled on musical notation or synaesthetic experiments stimulated by sound inspirations recorded on the back of each Song. […]
As Hubert Dolinkiewicz declares, he puts the signs at the centre. They come from the Book of Signs – an artistic collection actually created by the author, consisting of adaptations of motifs intuitively recognised as symbols (often interpreted within the confines of one’s immediate cultural circle, as I myself have been caught doing) and those that have a fantastical or simplified form. Starting with the oldest plant motifs – including those from Persian herbaria and 16th century herb books, medieval manuscripts and icon borders – the paintings from the Metaphysical Landscape series begin to fill with seeds, shrubs, trunks, and forms resembling sea anemones or corals. On the other hand, there are inanimate elements that build the composition, such as stones, rocks, mountains, sarcophagi, palisades, and elements of transition: mandorlas, halos, and luminous portals. Signs in the landscape, like milestones, mark the path to attempting to understand the unknown – transcendence. They offer the opportunity to meet at the top of the mountain, at a place of worship marked by a stone, at a sarcophagus, or among the seeds of life being reborn.
Monika Gregorczyk, „The immanent space of Hubert Dolinkiewicz’s signs”, excerpt from the catalogue of the exhibition „Hubert Dolinkiewicz, Topologie”, Municipal Gallery bwa in Bydgoszcz, 2026

Hubert Dolinkiewicz – Born in 1998 in Łomża. In 2018, he completed his studies at the Wojciech Kossak School of Arts in Łomża, receiving a diploma in artistic printing techniques. In 2023 he graduated with distinction from the Department of Painting at the Academy of Fine Arts in Warsaw, defending his thesis under Professor Stanisław Baj. He was a recipient of the Minister of Culture and National Heritage’s scholarship for 2023 and took part in the exhibition Best Diplomas of the Academy of Fine Arts 2023 (Great Armory, Gdańsk). In 2024–2025, he was listed in the Kompas Młodej Sztuki (Young Art Compass) ranking, taking 10th and 5th place respectively. Hubert Dolinkiewicz is represented by Wallspace Gallery in Warsaw.

Solo Exhibitions
2022 – Metaphysical Landscape, Collective Institution of Culture “Prześwit”, Warsaw
2023 – I Place the Sign at the Centre (graduation exhibition), Wallspace Gallery, Warsaw
2023 – Flaming Bodies, Zielona Gallery, Łódź
2024 – Game Dev, “Dom Praczki”, Contemporary Art Gallery Sacrum, Kielce
2025 – Returns, Contemporary Art Gallery, Łomża
2025 – Imaginarium, Wallspace Gallery, Warsaw
Selected Group Exhibitions
2021 – Post competition exhibition, 2nd National Drawing Biennale TIME MOVEMENT SPACE, Contemporary Art Gallery, Włocławek
2021 – Common Denominator, Contemporary Art Gallery, Łomża
2021 – Song over Songs, Gallery of Seasons, ASP, Lviv (Ukraine)
2021 – What Will Remain With Us Among So Many Worlds? – Pireus Cultural Incubator, Poznań
2022 – Across, Zielona Gallery, Łódź
2022 – DRAW ∞ – International Student Drawing Exhibition, Wozownia Gallery, Toruń
2022 – Connected Vessels, Piast Museum of Silesia, Brzeg
2022 – Post competition exhibition, Small Forms of Painting Triennale, Wozownia Gallery, Toruń
2022 – Stand Stil, KMWT Gallery, Great Armory, Gdańsk
2023 – New Icons: Poland – Ukraine 2022, Polish Institute, Vienna (Austria)
2023 – Finalists’ exhibition of the Eugeniusz Eibisch Award 2023, Katarzyna Napiórkowska Gallery, Warsaw
2023 – The Process of Creation – Prof. Stanisław Baj’s Workshop, Konstanty House of Culture “Hugonówka”
2023 – Finalists’ exhibition of the 31st National Review of Young Painting, Art Gallery, Legnica
2024 – Finalists’ exhibition of the Student Painting Triennale, BWA Rzeszów
2024 – Stand Still, Hermitage, Royal Baths, Warsaw
2024 – DRAW NOW, International Student Drawing Exhibition, Wozownia Gallery, Toruń
2024 – Finalists’ exhibition of the 6th National Painting Competition Leon Wyczółkowski, Bydgoszcz
2024 – 15th National Exhibition of the Best Artistic Diplomas, Academy of Fine Arts, Great Armory, Gdańsk
2024 – 14th Compass of Young Art 2024 – finalists’ exhibition, Bolesław Biegas Museum, Warsaw
2025 – Post competition exhibition, Small Forms of Painting Triennale, Wozownia Gallery, Toruń
2025 – Critical Error, New Place, Warsaw
2025 – Sacred Art Space – Karnataka Chitrakala Parishath, Bangalore (India)
2025 – In Awe, VA Gallery, Poznań
2025 – LOOSTRO 2025 – 17th Autumn Art Salon, BWA Ostrowiec Świętokrzyski
2025 – Blessing, Nikifor Museum, Krynica Zdrój
2025 – 15th Compass of Young Art 2025 – finalists’ exhibition, Stratos Art Project, Warsaw
Scholarships
2018 – Mayor of Łomża award for outstanding scientific and artistic achievements
2018 – Marshal of the Podlaskie Voivodeship scholarship for artistic achievement
2018 – John Paul II Scholarship
2018, 2020 2022 – Rector’s Scholarship, Academy of Fine Arts, Warsaw
2022 – Ministry of Culture and National Heritage Scholarship
2025 – KPO (National Programme for Culture) scholarship for visual arts

exhibition curator: Danuta Pałys
Open 24.02.2026, 18:00
20 Gdańska St.
End 12.04.2026