JAKUB KĘPKA
JAKUB KĘPKA (born 22.03.1996) graduated from the International School of Fashion Design and Costume Design, and is currently a second year student of the painting department at the Academy of Fine Arts.
"Self Portrait"- Acrylics on canvas, 2020.
40x40cm (sold)
Examples of fashion work from my shows:
„Dyskretny chłód”
Pęd
Błędne koło
Zatopienie
Pochłonięcie
Modelka: @wikchampignon
Model: @_spaiderr_
Makeup: @stefix_masters_123
I work as a costume designer:
I have worked for brands such as.
Netflix, Huwaei, ŁOWICZ, Kulczyk social campaign, Manto, Prosto and many minor brands. In addition, I have worked on the sets of music videos such as Mata and a lot of other musicians. However, I present my costumes which I constructed and sewed myself, because I find them more attractive than those from clips or commercials. My costumes also took part in many clips, etudes or photo shoots.
Thank you
"Torment"
A painting depicting the problems the author is facing, moments when he feels a complete lack of motivation and value. The eyes represent a harsh assessment of the inner self, which mercilessly on the basis of traumas with a cold gaze convinces the author of his weakness. The face, on the other hand, conveys a facial expression intended to convey a sense of humiliation of regret and hopelessness, the grimace is sad and pleading in its attitude to the eyes. The face asks that the self-criticism stop because it leads to disaster and a sense of complete helplessness and hopelessness. The sharp elements symbolize the pain of the situation, and the wall is symbolic of the author's feeling that he has reached a wall that he is unable to pass through, it also symbolizes the fear that a wall has been created through drugs, which will never again allow him to feel his previous joy, satisfaction and motivation. The green color symbolizes space, like fields or gardens, but is reduced to the simplest, uninteresting, drab form, which also highlights this with the author's fear of not being able to see the beauty of nature in a real way. The green element of grass, land, is trimmed down to such simplicity that it resembles not quite generated computer graphics, which also has a very negative connotation in the eyes of the creator.The mustard color at the bottom is a reference to an earlier work with the title "According to Nolde, yellow means suffering" here the color of yellow is supposed to be so intense that it goes all the way to dark mustard, which is supposed to emphasize the state of very strong, even unbearable property.
"Quarter mushroom" 40x50 cm oil on linen canvas
Every time I used mushrooms in the kitchen I was fascinated by their structure and how they are built. So once I put one quarter of a mushroom over the canvas I added the scenery that from the painting "Torment" I want to continue and just painted it. I felt great satisfaction is painted in the way I aspire in painting. This work has given me a lot of happiness and fulfillment. It is a tribute to nature and its brilliant design. The second painting, on the other hand, is an ongoing fascination with bones as also an ideal building block in nature.
“Forgetness” 60x80cm 2023
“Untitled” 80x60cm SOLD
"Grey aura in an athletic body" 120x100cm acrylic on canvas
“Hand of the Working man from French” Coal and white pastel on paper.
"Glass" 120/100cm acrylic on canvas 2022
"Bone of contention" 60x80cm acrylic on canvas SOLD
Abra, present for my
fiance, our lovely dog.
"According to Nolde yellow means suffering" 60x90cm acrylic on canvas
signed on the back. SOLD
In the title is the thought of Emil Nolde, the German expressionist painter. The author used this statement not without reason, as recently yellow has been a frequently used color in his art. The color was used intuitively, but it coincides with what the painter feels. The latest fashion collection also deals with the feeling of suffering. As from the beginning of his creation, the author tries to focus on emotions, to draw them out in an honest and direct way. The distorted face of the Mary sculpture is a treatment in which the author refers to help, needs support, a non-believer, although from a very spiritual home, refers to the symbolism of pure goodness, or the Divine Mother. All framed in a surreal emptiness, which is also meant to emphasize the severity of the condition and the hopelessness of the situation.
"Buzzing"/100x100cm, acrylic on canvas
The work depicts the state in which the author finds himself, it is a surreal emptiness, which recently is very present in the author's life. The painting is also meant to convey the uncomfortable feeling of "squeaking" in the ears, such a state is a consequence of events in the author's life. The painting is a veritable outpouring of emotions and states that are troublesome to the author.
"Self-portrait of suffering"/60x90cm, acrylic on canvas
"I as a person, a being, for this moment"/Oils and acrylics on wood, 40x55cm, 2021. (Sold)
The work depicts the author who wants to present his state for the moment in which the painting was painted. It is an attempt to capture a set of emotions, states, what
at a given moment makes him happy and tired. By means of symbols, the author "explains" how I feel at a given moment. The wooden canvas is a recycled element,
the frame and the board was given away to be thrown away.
"Expectation"- 100 × 70 cm, oil and acrylic on Canvas, 2021.SOLD
Expectation is another work from the series dealing with emotions, it is a separate work as far as the expression of thoughts is concerned, but it also fits into the idea of presenting emotions. Here, however, there is a development of the expression of the situation, as the whole scene is happening. The figure watches in stillness the coming future, which cannot be predicted, is presented as an abstraction, and thoughts connected with the uncertain future "pour" surrealistically into the room (bottom right corner), making it difficult to concentrate and disturbing the figure in the painting. It is actually a representation of the author's fears about the future.
„The first dog I ever loved„- 60x80cm acrylic on canvas
SOLD
Portraits from the hospital Maciej and Mirek
"Unreal"/92x92cm, acrylic on canvas
The work presents the author in a state, which he often experiences and a state that troubles him, doesn't give him peace, a state in which the author experiences unreal, lost contact with the world and the environment.
"Elephant Man" 90x90 cm charcoal and pencil on paper
"Soulful" 100x70 acrylic on canvas signed on the back.
Self-portrait
"Birchman"- Acrylics on canvas, 2020.
40x50cm (SOLD)
A separate painting that refers to dreams. The figure depicted in the painting is a blurred association of figures.
There are also birch trees in the painting referring to my hometown of birth.
"Separation"- 60x80cm, acrylic, on canvas (SOLD)
The work tells about the phenomenon of separation is one of the paintings in the renewed series on emotions. The phenomenon is presented as before on the basis of geometric forms. The theme concerns the separation of people, the wall separates two figures, what is interesting the author also refers here to the series "Plasticity of Form" which treats of changes. The figure on the right side of the painting symbolizes a person who does not change, it is depicted like the typical figures from the "Plasticity of Form" series, however, it is painted in a non-spatial way, as if made of cardboard, the figure does not want to change, which may result in the mentioned separation.
"Study of a sculpture of a horse's head"- acrylic on cardboard, 2022.
100x70cm
SOLD
This work is a reference to an earlier series of paintings called "All These Emotions". The first series was an expression of feelings through abstraction, in this case I tried to paint states so strong and multi-level that they need more complex expression, the geometry is also meant to emphasize here the gravity of my understanding of given situations. On the canvas I wanted to convey my idea of the state of transition between life and death.
"Before Death" 2021, acrylic, canvas, 60x80 cm
A work in which the author focused on the phenomenon of decay, destruction,
which also accompanies, according to the author, during the formation. Decomposition is the end, the ultimate essence of the end.
The blackness in the middle is a manifestation of the incoming emptiness,
which devours the image like rot, decay.
"Decomposition"- Oil and Acrylic on self-made canvas,, 2020.
50x60 cm (SOLD)
"Judgment"- Mixed technique, 2020.
100x70cm (SOLD)
"All These Emotions"
The first of a series of paintings. Created between late 2019 and 2020.
The series is a personal interpretation, a personal realization of emotions that are difficult for the author.
It is an attempt to materialize unwanted emotions. The texture of the paintings, the texture, is often deformed,
rough, which symbolically emphasizes how strongly the feelings described are reflected in the author.
The series will last with the artist, uncomfortable emotions will appear until the end of his life.
"Study of a chair and darkness"- oil on linen canvas
100x70cm
"I was born on the first day of spring"/Acrylic on canvas, 60x80cm, 2021.
“Pain in the right side of the body upper”
40x50cm
Acrylic on canvas
(SOLD)
My interpretation
On the Seashore by Anna Bilinska-Bohdanowiczowa (Sold)
Oil on board 50x43 cm 2020.
My personal interpretation of the painting "On the seashore" Image from the series Plasticity of form
"Still Life" 50x70 cm
"Still life with shoe" 100x70 cm
"Humiliation"- Mixed technique, 2020.
35x50cm (SOLD)
"All These Emotions"
The first of a series of paintings. Created between late 2019 and 2020.
The series is a personal interpretation, a personal realization of emotions that are difficult for the author.
It is an attempt to materialize unwanted emotions. The texture of the paintings, the texture, is often deformed,
rough, which symbolically emphasizes how strongly the feelings described are reflected in the author.
The series will last with the artist, uncomfortable emotions will appear until the end of his life.
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