Unrecognized Spaces - Paintings by Hubert Dolinkiewicz at the Stratos Office Center

“Signs That Lead Onward”

The starting point for the exhibition “Unrecognized Spaces” is the convergence of two distinct approaches to constructing meaning. Hubert Dolinkiewicz works through sign, rhythm, and landscape, while Paweł Jach works through matter, weight, and the relationship between an object and space. Their works are united by an interest in how form guides the viewer toward meanings that reveal themselves gradually through association, intuition, and personal experience.

Hubert Dolinkiewicz’s work is once again featured at Stratos Art Project. The public already had the opportunity to view his works in December 2025 during the Young Art Compass. The artist was among the ranking’s laureates—he placed 10th in 2024 and 5th in 2025. The current exhibition offers a broader look at his practice through two important series: “Metaphysical Landscapes” and “Songs.”

The central element of Dolinkiewicz’s artistic language is the sign. The artist constructs his own iconosphere, drawing on Christian iconography, observations of nature, sacred art, surrealism, second-half-of-the-20th-century abstraction, Japanese woodblock prints, and Far Eastern calligraphy. These signs form patterns reminiscent of asemic writing—a notation with a distinct rhythm and structure that leaves ample room for interpretation.

In “Metaphysical Landscapes,” surreal, desert, and mountainous landscapes appear, in which individual forms evoke associations with travelers, signposts, or crossing points. Here, the artist cites the work of Giorgio de Chirico, Yves Tanguy, Jan Tarasin, and Zbigniew Makowski as sources of inspiration. “Songs,” painted on wooden panels, explore the theme of notation. They draw on the traditions of icons, musical scores, and medieval herbariums, and their rhythmic compositions place the image on the border between symbol and language.

“I wanted to juxtapose two artists who arrive at similar questions from different angles. For Hubert, the starting point is the sign and the image; for Paweł, it is matter and space. In both cases, the viewer’s attentiveness and what they themselves bring to the encounter with the work are important,” says Barbara Siatkowska, curator of the Stratos Art. Project exhibition.

“When Matter Begins to Speak”

Paweł Jach explores a similar area of inquiry through sculpture. In his works, meaning is built through the relationship between wood and steel. Wood retains traces of growth, transformation, and the passage of time, while steel introduces structure, tension, and direction. The juxtaposition of these two materials allows the artist to explore themes related to spirituality and the supernatural through the very form and properties of the materials themselves.

Jach’s sculptures are based on the tension between the organic nature of wood and the order introduced by steel. The material becomes a vehicle for meaning, and the relationship between the object and its surroundings helps shape the work’s significance.

- “This exhibition is an invitation to reflect, to enter into silence. I want my sculptures to speak for me. The compositions inspire personal reflection and leave room for individual experience and interpretation,” says Paweł Jach.

The difference between these two practices shapes the character of the exhibition. Dolinkiewicz guides the viewer through sign, rhythm, and landscape, while Jach does so through material and the physical presence of the sculpture. “Unrecognized Spaces” combines both approaches into a narrative of meanings that reveal themselves upon close observation.

Hubert Dolinkiewicz—painter and creator of spatial forms, a graduate of the Academy of Fine Arts in Warsaw. In his work, he focuses on signs, symbols, and metaphysical experience, drawing, among other things, from the traditions of sacred art, surrealism, and Far Eastern calligraphy. He is a recipient of a scholarship from the Minister of Culture and National Heritage and the first-prize winner of the Leon Wyczółkowski National Painting Competition. The artist is represented by the Rewizje Gallery in Warsaw.

Paweł Jach—sculptor, painter, and draftsman—is a graduate of the Sculpture Department at the Academy of Fine Arts in Kraków, where he currently works as an assistant professor in the Wood Sculpture Studio. He has presented his works at exhibitions in Poland and abroad, including in Valencia, Ravenna, Istanbul, Kraków, Łódź, Gdańsk, and Warsaw. He is a winner of the international sculpture competition in Madrid and of awards at the International Eastern Art Salon in Lublin.

Exhibition curator: Barbara Siatkowska

The Stratos Art Project presents a series of exhibitions, installations, and performance art pieces that bring art into office spaces, blending the everyday work environment with an aesthetic experience. This initiative offers a unique opportunity to engage with art in a place that typically serves business purposes, breaking down the barriers between these two worlds. As part of the project, art becomes a catalyst for reflection and conversation, introducing new values into office spaces and creating a unique experience for employees, tenants, and Warsaw residents alike.