Artur Gierlich aka GEPAS

Between 2002 and 2007, I studied at the Faculty of Art Education at the Jan Długosz University in Częstochowa, Poland. I received my honours degree at the Painting and Drawing Department headed Assistant Professor Marian Panek.

In 2002, I earned a degree in Computer Graphics at the post-secondary school of computer graphics at Business School in Warsaw.

Between 2008 and 2014, I had a tattoo and art studio in Tomaszów Mazowiecki, Poland.

In 2014, I opened two tattoo and paining studios in Spała and Warsaw.

I live in Warsaw, but am a regular homecomer to my hometown Spała.

JOINT EXHIBITIONS:

“The Institute of Fine Arts of the John Długosz University’s students painting exhibition”RUE DE FOCH art gallery in Częstochowa, 2005
“The Matter of Book”Main Library of the Jan Długosz University in Częstochowa (book graphics design), 2005
“Stability Pact”Świetlica music club in Tomaszów Maz. (painting, computer graphics, poster, print, fabric art, tapestry, stage design, multimedia show), 2006
“Graduation Paintings”GAUDE MATER art gallery in Częstochowa, an exhibition of graduation works of the graduates of the Fine Arts Institute of the Jan Długosz University in Częstochowa, 2007
“Tattoo Convention in Radom”‘Łaźnia’Artistic Circle Club in Radom (painting graduation works, photo of tattoos + participation in Art.Fusion), 2008
“13th Landscape Festival”Festival Forest Gallery, 2 Brzustowskiej Street, Inowłódz (painting), 2008
“30th Anniversary of the Institute of Fine Arts at the Jan Długosz University in Częstochowa: Art. Science. Education. Anniversary exhibition” Municipal Art Gallery in Częstochowa (painting), 2008
“2nd National TATTOOFESTIVAL Convention”Dekompresja” Music Club in Łódź (tattoo artist, on-site tattooing, graduation paintings exhibition), 2009
“1st Tomaszów Comic Book Picnic”Youth Cultural Centre in Tomaszów (on-site tattooing of a comic book motif), 2009
“4th TATTOOFEST Convention”Chemobudowa Exhibition Center in Kraków, (on-site tattooing, TATTOO BATTLE participation), 2009
“TATTOO WARSAW – EASTERN ART FUSION”Warsaw Vodka Factory “Koneser” Exhibition Centre (on-site tattooing, participation in Best Tattoo contests, painting exhibition), 2009
“ENCOUNTERS WITH ART””, Sona Hay’s Art Studio, 18/21 Bracka Street in Warsaw (painting), 2009
“3rd National TATTOOFESTIVAL Convention”“Dekompresja” Music Club in Łódź (tattoo artist, on-site tattooing, participation in Best Tattoo contests), 2010
“4th National TATTOOFESTIVAL Convention”“Dekompresja” Music Club in Łódź (tattoo artist, on-site tattooing, participation in Best Tattoo contests), 2011
“1st BODY ART CONVENTION”Palace of Culture and Science in Warsaw (tattoo artist, on-site tattooing, participation in Best Tattoo contests; designer of the convention poster), 2011
“5th National TATTOOFESTIVAL Convention”“Dekompresja” Music Club in Łódź (tattoo artist, on-site tattooing, participation in Best Tattoo contests), 2012
“4th Gdańsk Tattoo Konwent”Gdańsk Shipyard, (tattoo artist, on-site tattooing, participation in Best Tattoo contests), 2012
“2nd BODY ART CONVENTION”Palace of Culture and Science in Warsaw (tattoo artist, on-site tattooing, participation in Best Tattoo contests), 2012
“6th National TATTOOFESTIVAL Convention”“Dekompresja” Music Club in Łódź (tattoo artist, on-site tattooing, participation in Best Tattoo contests), 2013
“TATTOO JAM Convention”“Czytelnia Kawy” Club in Radom (tattoo artist, on-site tattooing, participation in Best Tattoo contests), 2013
“5th Gdańsk Tattoo Konwent”Gdańsk Shipyard, (tattoo artist, on-site tattooing, participation in Best Tattoo contests), 2013
“1st WARSAW TATTOO CONVENTION”Pepsi Arena in Warsaw (tattoo artist, on-site tattooing, participation in Best Tattoo contests),  2013
“Such a duo”Arthur ‘Gepas’ Gierlich and Marian Panek’s paintings, Tomaszów Mazowiecki Municipal Museum (paintings, lecture on tattoo art), 2014
“7th National TATTOOFESTIVAL Convention”“Dekompresja” Music Club in Łódź (jury member, exhibitor), 2014
“2nd WARSAW TATTOO CONVENTION”Pepsi Arena in Warsaw (tattoo artist, on-site tattooing, participation in Best Tattoo contests), 2014
“3rd WARSAW TATTOO CONVENTION”Pepsi Arena in Warsaw (tattoo artist, on-site tattooing, participation in Best Tattoo contests), 2015 
“4th WARSAW TATTOO CONVENTION”Pepsi Arena in Warsaw (tattoo artist, on-site tattooing, participation in Best Tattoo contests), 2016

AWARDS:

HONOURS Graduation work 2007

HONOURABLE MENTION in the FESTIVAL SECOND DAY’S TATTOO category at the 4th TATTOOFESTIVAL in Łódź 2010

3rd PLACE in the AUTHOR’S TATTOO category at 5th TATTOOFESTIVAL in Łódź 2011

2nd PLACE in the FESTIVAL SECOND DAY’S TATTOO category at the 2nd BODY ART CONVENTION in Warsaw 2012

1st PLACE in the AUTHOR’S TATTOO category at the 2nd BODY ART CONVENTION in Warsaw 2012

1st PLACE in the TATTOO OF THE DAY category at TATTOO JAM in Radom 2013