Dark human figures, made with a few strokes of the brush, placed in a neutral, indefinite space, are characteristic for the compositions by Andrzej Fedder. In the past, they were painted on the canvas, then on zinc plates, and, finally, on the chips of roofing. These recent works have their own unique atmosphere. Fedder used a structure ruined by time, inscribed into it with his painterly gesture and the trace of the chisel. He created a poignant series of works about the existence, about the human condition. Now he sank the chips in plaster they look like relics excavated by conservators. We know a large portion of the composition, the rest is hidden, incomplete.
Elżbieta Kantorek

Andrzej Fedder was born in 1956 in Człuchów. He graduated from the State College of Fine Arts (Academy of Fine Arts) in Gdańsk, in the studio of Professor Włodzimierz Łajming. Got his diploma in 1986. He does painting, functional graphics, garden designing and art installations. He also teaches visual arts. He implemented his own projects within the framework of the art workshops for children and young people Ars Habitat . He participated in the artistic projects of Bydgoszcz associations: Polish Association for Art Education and Artistic Association Wieża Ciśnień . Took part in exhibition, art actions Oikos and in the international artistic event Konstrukcja w procesie (2000) organised by the Leon Wyczółkowski Regional Museum in Bydgoszcz. One of the creators of the Art Festival Rejs (2001-2007) and the Contemporary Bydgoszcz Art Vilnius 2004 exhibition. Those events were created by the Bydgoszcz Art Association, which he was one of the co-founders. He took part in many artistic open-airs and symposia, and in collective exhibitions of art organised in Poland and abroad. He’s the author of several spatial productions, individual painting exhibitions, art presentations and actions. In 1988 he was awarded the Bydgoszcz Szeląg for Cultural and Artistic Activities. His works are in the collections of the Leon Wyczółkowski Regional Museum in Bydgoszcz, the Museum of the Człuchów District, the Municipal Gallery bwa in Bydgoszcz, as well as in private collections.

Individual exhibitions:
1981 Painting, Gallery of the Voivodeship Centre of Culture, Bydgoszcz
1988 Art action Każdy z nas jest inny (Everyone is Different), Zamek Centre of Culture, Poznań
1995 Painting, the Kantorek Gallery, Bydgoszcz
1996 Zwierzęta (Animals) exhibition of objects, Artistic Association Wieża Ciśnień , Bydgoszcz
1997 Presentation of painting, Artistic Association Wieża Ciśnień , Bydgoszcz
1997 Painting on shale stones, Okop Gallery, Olsztyn
1998 Przedmioty II (Objects II) presentation of objects, Artistic Association Wieża Ciśnień , Bydgoszcz
1998 Painting Wenecja Gallery, Bydgoszcz
1998 Przedmioty III (Objects III) exhibition of objects, Artistic Association Wieża Ciśnień Bydgoszcz
1999 Bezdomnym (For the Homeless) installation, Oikos , Leon Wyczółkowski Regional Museum in Bydgoszcz
1999 Dzieci (Children) painting, the Kantorek Gallery, Bydgoszcz
2000 Ogród polski (Polish Garden) installation, Oikos , Leon Wyczółkowski Regional Museum in Bydgoszcz
2000 Obrazki z pejzażem (Little Paintings with Landscapes), Kujawsko-Pomorskie Centre for Eco-Education in the Forest Park of Culture and Leisure, Bydgoszcz
2000 Painting, Tuchola Cultural Centre, Tuchola
2000 Painting, Gdański Society of Friends of Art, Gdańsk
2001 Painting, Brama Gallery, Warsaw
2001 Painting, the Museum of the Człuchów District, Człuchów
2001 Do zaniku (Till It Disappears), Artistic Association Wieża Ciśnień , Bydgoszcz
2001 Open-air intallation on the Brda River, Stary Port, Bydgoszcz
2002 Painting, Kujawsko-Pomorskie Centre for Eco-Education in the Forest Park of Culture and Leisure, Bydgoszcz
2002 Objects, the City Museum of the Czarnków District, Czarnków
2002 Painting, the Museum of the Krajna District, Nakło on the Noteć
2003 Painting, 5 Gallery, Czarnków
2006 Painting on sheets of metal, University Gallery, Student Pub, Bydgoszcz
2006 Painting, Stary Młyn, Gruczno
2008 Painting, the Lubostroń Palace
2008 Painting, Cultural Centre in Landau (Germany)
2009 Painting, Cultural Centre, Osielsko near Bydgoszczy
2011 Painting, Teatr Cultural Centre, Grudziądz
2013 Painting, the Kujawsko-Pomorskie Centre for Eco-Education in the Forest Park of Culture and Leisure, Bydgoszcz

opening of the exhibition: 23.09.2016, 6pm the Kantorek Gallery, Gdańska 3
exhibition open until 22.10.2016
curator of the exhibition: Elżbieta Kantorek