Hubert Dolinkiewicz wins the 7th Leon Wyczółkowski Painting Competition

We are delighted to announce that Hubert Dolinkiewicz has been awarded first prize in the 7th edition of the Leon Wyczółkowski Painting Competition for his painting *Metaphysical Landscape I* from 2026. The competition winners were announced on 27 June, and the post-competition exhibition will run until 30 August at the BWA Gallery in Bydgoszcz. The exhibition is curated by Jolanta Chmara, Chair of the Bydgoszcz Branch of the Association of Polish Artists and Designers (ZPAP). This year, 86 artists from across Poland have been shortlisted for the final exhibition. This is a record number in the history of the competition.

Photo: Patrycja Serweta

Other winners:

2nd Prize

Edyta Kowalewska

3rd Prize

Andrzej Bembenek

Honourable Mentions:

Arkadiusz Karapuda

Aliaksandr Nekrashevich

Nasta Pilipchuk

Robert Bubel

The ZPAP Bydgoszcz Branch President’s Prize, in the form of a solo exhibition at the Wspólna Gallery in Bydgoszcz:

Kamila Gruszecka

The prize in the form of a solo exhibition at the bwa Municipal Gallery in Bydgoszcz:

Sebastian Ścigalski

Prize in the form of the purchase of a work by the Leon Wyczółkowski Regional Museum in Bydgoszcz:

Piotr Tymochowicz

The Leon Wyczółkowski National Painting Competition is one of the most important events dedicated to contemporary painting in Poland, organised by the Bydgoszcz branch of the Association of Polish Artists and Designers (ZPAP) since 2012. The competition also serves as a tribute to its patron – an artist inextricably linked to our region, who bequeathed his collection to Bydgoszcz and spent the final years of his life in the surrounding area.

Organiser: ZPAP Bydgoszcz | Co-organiser: bwa Municipal Gallery in Bydgoszcz | Partners: the Leon Wyczółkowski Regional Museum in Bydgoszcz and the Municipal Cultural Centre in Bydgoszcz, Bydgoszcz – UNESCO City of Music

source: galeriabwa.bydgoszcz.pl