Entrance to The Tunnel

Dan Zyzniewski - artist, psychologist, art historian. His paintings are regularly exhibited throughout the World. In 2025 only he was a part of 18 group exhibitions in 13 cities in Europe and North America. His paintings were published in art magazines in Spain (Mombo Art Magazine, August Issue 2025) and in Switzerland (To See Art Magazine, October Issue 2025). Where science offers structure, painting offers pulse — a direct manifestation of the human mind in its rawest, most intuitive form. His works emerge from a deep fascination with how emotion becomes a color, how light transforms matter, and how one person’s inner vision can echo within the imagination of another. Zyzniewski treats paint as a sculptural substance. Thick layers of oil, often shaped with a palette knife, create surfaces that catch and bend light, turning color into a living phenomenon. “My mental impression becomes someone else’s,” he says — a transfer of sensation that lies at the heart of his practice. A dialogue between impression and expression runs throughout his art. Drawing inspiration from the great avant-garde movements of the twentieth century — Abstract Expressionism, Fauvism, and early modernist color experimentation — he blends bold gesture with sensitivity to natural forms. Mountains, sea horizons, minerals, and flowers become catalysts for a visual language that is both physical and emotional. Working primarily alla prima, Zyzniewski paints quickly and instinctively, allowing the painting to crystallize in a single intense session. What results is not just an image but an event — a vivid encounter between material, mind, and light.

RESTART, Golden Duck Gallery, Budapest (Hungary), 2063

Oil on linen / Olaj lenvásznon

100x80cm

Poland