Jan Kaja
Jan Kaja (born 1957) is a painter, photographer and publisher. Kaja was born in Bydgoszcz, Poland. Since 1979, together with Jacek Soliński, he has run an art gallery Authors’ Gallery (org. ) 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, Warszawa, 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". Bibliography. "Chwile obecności (1979-2004)" Publisher: Galeria Autorska, Bydgoszcz, 2004,