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Jan Kaja

b. 1957

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Born 1957. Jan Kaja is a Polish painter.

Jan Kaja (born 1957) is a Polish painter, photographer and publisher.

Biography Kaja was born in Bydgoszcz, Poland. Since 1979, together with Jacek Soliński, he has run an art gallery Authors' Gallery (org. Galeria Autorska) in Bydgoszcz.

In 2015 he received from Ministry of Culture and National Heritage (Poland) special medal for his contribution in polish culture.

Information In 1980s carried out conceptual projects (posters – appeals). Together with Jacek Soliński elaborated and issued a number of monographic art books dedicated to fine artists.

Presented several dozen of solo exhibitions in Poland: Bydgoszcz, Gdańsk, Sopot, Toruń, Warsaw, Łódź, Kraków, Lublin; and abroad in: Paris, Rome, Tokyo and Edinburgh.

Paintings His paintings are based on a relation between a face and hands and they constitute peculiar one-person theatre. The painter treats his work as a return to the state of spontaneity thanks to which is able to discover a human in their entire simplicity of expression and at the same time with their spiritual profundity. Made cycles of paintings: "Characters unreal", "Gates", "Way of the Cross", "Conversations".

Paintings (selection)

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1957, Bydgoszcz
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Awards
Polish Cultural Merit Order; Bronze Medal for Merit to Culture – Gloria Artis‎

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Who is Jan Kaja?

painter

When was Jan Kaja born?

Jan Kaja was born in 1957 in Bydgoszcz.

What is Jan Kaja's occupation?

Jan Kaja is a painter.

What nationality is Jan Kaja?

Jan Kaja is Polish.

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· Wikipedia: Jan Kaja

· Wikidata: Q11717870

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