Featured Artist Jan Gierat

Using digital photography, artist Jan Gierat creates compelling dreamlike images filled with mystery. View more of his intriguing portfolio by visiting his website.

 

 

My name is Jan Gierat and I am also known as Madink-art. I don’t like to talk about myself and I am hoping that my audience will know me better by my art than my history. I was born in Krakow, Poland, and moved to Paris, France, in the 1980s to avoid military service.

 

 

I studied art history at the Ecole du Louvre, but withdrew from the school a year later. I then became a student of art in cinematography at the University of Paris 8. After graduation, I worked in the creative department of an advertising agency doing mainly television commercials. After the agency I worked for collapsed, I began working in political marketing.

 

 

Although the money was good, it wasn’t a stable source of income. I moved again, this time to the United Kingdom in hope of finding a better life.

 

 

After a few years of really struggling and working night shifts in different factories, I decided to learn digital art.

 

 

I got my certificate from the Academy of Art in Keln, Germany, and started to produce digital photography. This art consists of finding and assembling different photographs together. I am not currently able to make a living from my art alone, so I am also working full-time helping disabled people and people with addictions find new purpose in life.

 

 

My art is an escape from reality, but I also create pictures based on the private photographs of my clients. I have recently even done book covers.

 

 

Although digital art can be done very quickly, I take my time. I never rush. Composition, light and colours are crucial, and I spend a lot of time on working on fine details.

 

 

I am not an artist or craftsman of only one genre of art. The images I create are quite varied, reflecting different styles and looks.

 

 

I think that my art was born from the suffering we experience in life. Women, love, pain, beliefs, mysteries and dreams are my subjects.

 

 

I am always looking to communicate mysticism, transgression and universality in my imagery. My art can be moody and sad or even Gothic and dark. I hope that at least some of those who see my work can identify with it and enjoy it.

 

Artist Jan Gierat invites you to follow him on Facebook and Deviant Art.

 

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