Paul Majek (b. 2000) is based in London and received his BFA in Fine Art from the University of Oxford. Ruskin School of Art in 2023.He is currently completing his postgraduate at the Royal Drawing School.
Paul Majek’s work embodies a fluidity around his figures, delving into landscapes of memory,generational dialogue, and spirituality. Majek uses oil, acrylic, and charcoal on wood, canvas and paper, drawing and staining wood allows him to create a deeply layered surface, exploring opacity and transparency, he draws on archival family photos and personal narratives. Combining his painted surfaces with video, sculptural elements, and found objects, often situating them within altar-like domestic interiors.
Art Fair include:
2022 ArtBasel OVR:2021, solo Rele Gallery online Booth, Online
2022 The Armory Show, group show Rele Gallery Booth, New York, USA
2021 Fnbartjoburg, Group Show Relegallery Booth, South Africa
Solo Exhibitions Include;
Ascent, in conversation with Jean Prouvé, Paris (September, Forthcoming), 2024; Tantrum - superzoom Paris, France (2023); As The Sparks Fly Upward - Rele Gallery Los Angeles, USA (2022);
Group Exhibition Include;
It Never Entered My Mind, Sean Kelly Gallery, LA, (May, Forthcoming ) (2024); Shaping Grace and Disquiet, Era Gallery, Milan ( May Forthcoming ); Double Vision, Plato Gallery, NY ( March 27th, Forthcoming); Storage Archive, NY (Forthcoming), Factory Reset Continued - König Gallery Berlin, Germany (2023); INTI-PUNKU, Strouk Gallery Paris, France (2022); Grand Opening - superzoom Paris, France (2022); It’s A Wrap, Rele Gallery Lagos, Nigeria (2021); Young Contemporaries, Rele Gallery Lagos, Nigeria (2021); Sublime; Between Solid and Vapor, Rele Gallery, Lagos, Nigeria (2020); Next of Kin - Thought pyramid Art Center Gallery, Lagos, Nigeria (2020); Visual Art Festival Zanzibar, Hapa Hapa Now, Zanzibar, Tanzania (2019); The Other Side - Life in My City Art Festival, Alliance Française,Port Harcourt, Nigeria (2019); Uncertainty and the Unknown - Institute of Mental Health/City Arts. Nottingham, UK (2019)