• Grzegorz Kmin born in 1972 in Lodz (Poland).
• Artistic nickname – aspius.
• Neurophysiologist by profession, artist by choice.

"I prefer ugliness, it's closer blood circulation" - Stanisław Grochowiak (polish poet)

Creation has always accompanied me. The theme of my artistic looming has evolved up to now and is still being transformed. In a secondary school two completely different and equally strong passions clarified: bilogy and drawing. For a while the latter won to mature into a desire to relate my further education to Academy of Art. I made one but unsuccessful despite good preparation attempt to get into Academy. I was too impatient to have another try.

Life showed that studying Biology at University was the right and absorbing move. The art felt betrayed and quickly took its revenge fighting a war querilla – scribes all over my notebooks and tables during my studies. On the third year it took the opportunity to attack. I started to work in computing. It was a temporary work as a DTP operator then a graphic designer in an advertising agency. A new era of computers and technocracy has begun and has started continously for nearly 10 years.

As I graduated I changed my dreams about doctorate to a career in advertising. I worked as a scanner operator, DTP operator, printer operator, photographer in studio, graphic designer and art director. 1998 was the crucial moment when the art launched a new offensive. I gave up vicious the nightmare. We have collaborated on many works over the years. We somehow reach an agreement and we have a good but emotionally unstable relationship whose fruits are over 200 graphics. There are not so many individual works, but added together with different versions makes that number. What I create I would describe as digital oils. It's a mixture of a photomanipulation, a little 3D (the outline of figures are rendered in Poser) and a kind of digital painting.

I work freelance from home (after many stormy adventures in agencies). I do my work from the idea to DTP. I designed visual idenity, annual reports, brochures, leaflets, catalogues, briefcases, illustrations, covers, christmas cards, easter cards, invitations, business cards, press advertisings, banners, www and many, many more. I work as my own personal graphic designer and have a free hand. It's comfortable. I am open to any forms cooperation including a permanent job at agency or a publishing house.

My favorite tools of creation and destruction are: Adobe Photoshop, Adobe Illustrator and Poser. I work in a wavy way. When I am willing to work I do from a few to a lot of works one after another, then total paralisys, creative laziness and peace of mind – I can earn a commercially designs. Until a next time.

I am fascinated by art of Beksiński, Giger, Brom, Bisley, Saudek, Witkin, Macku. In their works I dip a mug called inspiration and drink it up with pleasure.