Exploring the Painterly in the Digital

Roman Lipski was born in 1969 in Nowy Dwór Gdański, Poland. In 1989, he moved permanently to Berlin, where he pursued independent studies in painting. In 2004, he became a laureate of the Festival of Polish Contemporary Painting in Szczecin, receiving the award from the Association of Polish Artists and Designers.

In the mid-2000s, he was discovered by Erich Marx, one of Germany’s most renowned collectors. Thanks to his talent and Marx’s support, Lipski entered the professional art scene and rapidly built a remarkable career.

Roman Lipski, a tall men, wearing headphones painting a colorful canvas on a wall at Futurium Berlin.

Roman Lipski was born in 1969 in Nowy Dwór Gdański, Poland. In 1989, he moved permanently to Berlin, where he pursued independent studies in painting. In 2004, he became a laureate of the Festival of Polish Contemporary Painting in Szczecin, receiving the award from the Association of Polish Artists and Designers.

In the mid-2000s, he was discovered by Erich Marx, one of Germany’s most renowned collectors. Thanks to his talent and Marx’s support, Lipski entered the professional art scene and rapidly built a remarkable career.

In his project Unfinished, Roman Lipski collaborated with YQP and Birds on Mars to develop the first digital muse for artists. This journey began in 2016 with the creation of Artificial Muse—an algorithm-based digital entity that enabled him to explore the expressive possibilities of painting, transitioning from figuration to abstraction.

Since 2019, Lipski has been working closely with Dr. James Wootton (Moth Quantum, Basel) and Marcel Pfaffhauser (IBM Research–Zurich) on the development of Quantum Blur—a software that transforms visual data through quantum operations such as superposition and entanglement. Lipski is considered a pioneer in using this method to investigate how quantum processes can generate new aesthetic forms.

 

By treating technology as a creative collaborator rather than a mere tool, Lipski opens new pathways between art and science. Fascinated by the “painterly potential of the digital,” he continues to explore the fluid boundaries between physical, algorithmic, and quantum-informed image-making—where visual processes are shaped by principles and data derived from quantum computing. His practice questions the conventions of traditional painting while remaining deeply rooted in its visual language and history.

 

Lipski’s works are held in numerous international collections, including the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston; Elgiz Museum, Istanbul; Art Foundation Mallorca; Colby Museum, Waterville, Maine; Sammlung Marx; SOR Rusche Sammlung; Rubell Family Collection; Zachęta Contemporary Art Collection, Szczecin; Julia Stoschek Foundation; and the Alex Katz Foundation, New York.

Roman Lipski, a tall man with a bald head, beard, and microphone headset giving a presentation in front of a blurred computer code background, talking about AI and creativity.

    • Shanghai Algorithm, Swatch Art Peace Hotel, Shanghai (S)

    • This Permanent Other Landscape,
      Julia Stoschek Foundation, Berlin (S)

    • Quantum | Art, Creative Expressions of the Infamously Counterintuitive
      Microscope Gallery⁠, New York (G)

    • Roman Lipski, Brandenburgische Akademie der Wissenschaften, Science Week, Berlin (S)

    • Living in The Present Future, National Museum of Contemporary Art, Szczecin (G)

    • Living in The Present Future, Bornholm Art Museum, Gudhjem, Denmark

    • TASIES - 5th Arts and Science International Exhibition and Symposium, National Museum of China, Beijing, China

    • AI for Good - Global Summit, United Nations, Geneva, Switzerland

    • A.I.R., Sophisticated Art, Munich (S)

    • Spannungsfelder, Futurium - The House of Futures, Berlin

    • Nahtstellen, Kunstverein Kaernten, Klagenfurt

    • Beyond Festival, ZKM - Center for Art and Media, Karlsruhe

    • 50 Contemporary Artists, Enter Art Foundation, Berlin

    • An Artist's Gift: Acquisitions, Alex Katz Foundation, Colby Museum of Art, Waterville, USA

    • Otwarta kolekcja, National Museum, Museum of Contemporary Art, Szczecin, Poland

  • 2014

    • Roman Lipski. Malarstwo, National Museum Szczecin, Museum of Contemporary Art, Poland (S)

    • Roman Lipski. Malerei, Kraszewski-Museum, Dresden, Germany (S)

    • Roman Lipski, German Embassy Warsaw, Embassy of the Federal Republic of Germany, Warsaw, Poland (S)

    2013

    • Roman Lipski: Malerei, Polish Institute Berlin, Germany (S)

    • On Alienation / Estrangement, Elgiz Museum of Contemporary Art, Istanbul, Turkey

    • Schoene Landschaft - Bedrohte Natur, Kunsthalle Osnabrueck, Germany

    • Andratx Open III, Centro Cultural Andratx, Mallorca, Spain

    2012

    • Roman Lipski. Malerei, Polish Institute, Duesseldorf, Germany (S)

    • Interior Visions: Selections from the Collection by Alex Katz, Colby Museum of Art, Waterville, USA

    • A Sense of Place: Landscapes from Monet to Hockney, Bellagio Gallery of Fine Art, Las Vegas, USA

    • Myth and Melancholy, MWW Wroclaw Contemporary Museum, Wroclaw, Poland

    • Sammlung Marx. Eine Auswahl, National Museum Szczecin, Poland

    2011

    • Roman Lipski at Schloss Genshagen, Stiftung Genshagen, Ludwigsfelde, Germany (S)

    • Polish! Contemporary Art from Poland, Kuenstlerhaus Bethanien, Berlin, Germany

    • The Changing Soil: Contemporary Landscape Painting, Nagoya/Boston Museum of Fine Arts, Japan

    2010

    • Roman Lipski: Malerei, Galerie Ralf Dellert, Munich, Germany (S)

     

    2009

    • Roman Lipski at Schloss Genshagen, Stiftung Genshagen, Ludwigsfelde, Germany (S)

    • Roman Lipski, Art Association Lippe, Lippische Gesellschaft fuer Kunst, Detmold, Germany (S)

    • Roman Lipski, Galerie Birgit Ostermeier, Berlin, Germany (S)

    2008

    • An Artist’s Gift: Acquisitions from the Alex Katz Foundation, Colby Museum of Art, Waterville, USA

    • Berlino come New York, Galleria Rubin, Milan, Italy

    • Roman Lipski, Polish Institute Berlin, Germany (S)

    • Supernatural, Centro Cultural Andratx, Mallorca, Spain

    • 2041 - Unknown Works Collected by Erich Marx, Artnews Projects, Berlin, Germany

    • Roman Lipski, Galerie Birgit Ostermeier, Berlin, Germany (S)

    2007

    • Sammlung Marx. Eine Auswahl, National Museum Szczecin, Poland

    • A Poisoned Source, Polish Contemporary Art in a Post-Romantic Landscape, National Museum Szczecin, Poland, and Latvian National Museum of Art, Riga, Latvia

    • New Acquisitions, Museum of Modern Art, National Museum, Szczecin, Poland

    • Another Selection, Elgiz Museum, Istanbul, Turkey

    2006

    • GCK Katowice, Galeria Sektor, Katowice, Poland

    2005

    • Roman Lipski: Malerei, Galerie Ralf Dellert, Munich, Germany (S)

    • Roman Lipski, Embassy of the Federal Republic of Germany, Warsaw, Poland (S)

    • Roman Lipski, 13 Muz, Szczecin, Poland (S)

    • Gallery Neurotitan at Haus Schwarzenberg, Berlin, Germany

    • New Acquisitions, Museum of Modern Art, National Museum, Szczecin, Poland

    2002

    • Hotel Berlin, Berlinische Galerie, Berlin, Germany

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Selected Exhibitions

  • Roman Lipski - Superpositions
    Human, Machine, Painting
    Publisher: Distanz Verlag Berlin
    Language: English, German

Publications

People sitting on large cushions at Julia Stoschek Foundation Berlin watching a digital cityscape display in a darkroom created by Roman Lipski.