Adrian Platkovsky
- Anna Lilli Garai
- 4 days ago
- 1 min read
Updated: 3 days ago
Adrian Platkovsky is a visual artist based between Cieszyn and Copenhagen, working with painting and mixed media. He started in late-90s graffiti, and that time on the street still shapes how he thinks about line and motion. He works with spray paint, acrylic, plaster, and coal, building up the surface in layers on canvas. The marks are fast and direct, while the image comes together through many small choices.
For more than twenty years he has worked in cities across Europe, Asia, North America, Africa, and the Middle East, often responding to walls, streets, and worn urban surfaces. His long-running Project BACKPACK has taken him from places like Marrakech and New Delhi to New York, Tokyo, Berlin, and Paris, collecting visual impressions and turning them into studio work later on. Travel and time spent in different environments remain a steady part of how his images develop.
In recent series like “Form of Structures,” he looks at building surfaces and how they change over time. Cracks, layers, and geometric forms become the starting point, and some works reveal hidden elements under UV light. The work still reflects his street background, but today it is made in the studio, with a focus on material, structure, and the surface.
