Andrzej Koston

Kantstr. 78
10627 Berlin
mobile: 01522 86 38 407
e-mail: info@koston.de

Born in Poland
lives and works in Berlin

Education:

University of Applied Sciences and Arts
(Cinematography), Dortmund

References:

T-Online, Rolling Stone, Stern, Playboy, Readers Digest, Freundin, Bravo,
Psychologie Heue, Hörzu, Burda Verlag, Das Beste, Amazon, Arte, DHL,
Deutscher Sportbund, Boss, Young & Rubicam, K1010, TOMORROW,
Nestle, Victoria Versicherungen, UFA Enterteiment, Artelier Reiss,
Kunert+Tierney, Wacom, Seitenplan, Gebrueder Beetz Filmproduktion,
Stifterverband, Plaene Records, Gestaltmanufaktur,
FlyingCards, Gema, Hermes, TEVA, Amnesty International

Exhibitions:

Berlin – Art EndArt
Berlin – EAGL Gallery
Krakow – (PL) – Galeria Rzezby
Köln – Alte Wäscherei
Menden- Stadthalle
Fröndenberg – Galerie Kettenfabrik
Kamen – Stadthalle
Köln – Kunst Keller
Krakow – (PL) – Galeria RAZ
Bad Münstereifet – Galerie Eins
Dortmund – HouseArt
Dortmund – Galerie KunstRaum
Hamm – OLEG

Painter:

Andrzej Koston began his artistic career as a cartoonist. Born in Poland, he drew as a child and added figures to his schoolbooks, giving them cheeky comments. After studying film, he worked as a camera operator and directed his own films, many of which were experimental. Alongside this, he worked as a cartoonist and caricaturist, publishing his work in leading German newspapers and magazines.
In Andrzej Koston’s paintings, one can find experiences he made as a filmmaker, photographer, illustrator and cartoonist. His images appear like film stills hanging on the wall. They are snapshots of an animation that is set in motion by the audience.
Koston’s images have a high recognition value: Even if it is unknown who painted them, it is clear that they come from one hand. They are the work of an ironic realist who accompanies the world and its creatures with a benevolent look, often making people smile and think, by conveying a subtle message: Look closely, we are all not perfect and will never be, despite all efforts. It is a unique art universe that Andrzej Koston has been populating with unmistakable figures for over 20 years: strange-looking men, women, children, animals and hybrids that have both human, animal and object-like features. Mysterious, eerie, absurd and clown-like are the images that Andrzej Koston paints. They elude a clear interpretation, even though what they depict is familiar and deja-vu-like. It is a panopticon, an oil-figure cabinet, where the boundaries between dream and nightmare, reality and fantasy, tragedy and comedy melt together.