Water, air, fire and earth are the most potent elements. Life on Earth is impossible without them, but they are hard to control. He is the only one who can do this. He ensures they co-exist in harmony rather than constantly proving which of them is the strongest. Nobody knows how he does it. One thing is sure- it would be much more difficult without the Guardian of the Elements.
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The Guardian of the Elements
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Mateusz Kijak
Born in 1990 in Tarnów. Graduate of the General School of Fine Arts in Tarnów. From 2009 to 2014, he studied at the Faculty of Sculpture of the Academy of Fine Arts in Krakow. Diploma in the studio of Prof. Bogusz Salwiński, drawing annexe in the studio of Prof. Andrzej Zwolak. He works in painting, drawing, sculpture, computer graphics, video production, animation, and music production. Mateusz Kijak has participated in numerous group and solo exhibitions and collaborated with many well-known musicians. He has created music videos and other animations for artists such as Peja, The Outlawz (a band formed in 1995 by Tupac Shakur), Damian Marley, Stephen Marley, Third World, Iration, Bone Thugs-Harmony, Young Buck, Elan Atias, Chupacabras, Bakshish, etc. Between 2014 and 2018, Mateusz Kijak worked as a sculpture teacher at the Complex of Art Schools in Tarnów. In 2016, he produced Tarnów's first full-length feature film. "TodMachine". In 2018, 2019 and 2023, the artist won an artistic scholarship from the Municipality of the City of Tarnów. In 2022, together with musician Wojtek Stroński, he created a piece entitled. "Preludium", which made its way into a TVN-produced series entitled "Bunt". Mateusz Kijak is working on several original projects and continues to collaborate with foreign musicians.
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