About
The idea to establish Galeria Art Brut was inspired by the life and work of Dominika Mendel – a 31-year-old autistic woman from Lublin who, since a very early age, has been communicating with the world through meticulous and highly imaginative miniature drawings, which later in her life developed into multidimensional paintings. Her art has always been driven by an overwhelming need that stemmed to an equal extent from the artist’s particular life situation and an inherently powerful creative desire.
The key premise of Galeria Art Brut in Lublin can be boiled down to the following sentence: as long as disability is not stigmatised, it can easily accommodate the artistic gateway to the personal and social independence of people otherwise often excluded from social interactions due to their otherness.
Exhibition Timeline
Explore past and upcoming exhibitions in our virtual gallery
December
2025
November
2025
...standing
Oniric Traces. A dreamlike realm of vanishing water landscapes in twenty-five acts – Janusz Kirenko
October
2025
September
2025
July-August
2025
June
2025
May
2025
April
2025
March
2025
February
2025
November-December
2024
October
2024
September
2024
July-August
2024
The Feminine Principle
Non-professional Female Artists from the Collections of the Silesian Museum in Katowice
June
2024
Art Brut
A retrospective exhibition of Art Brut billboards displayed across the city of Lublin, 2015–2024
June
2024
Neural Fantasies
A group exhibition of works by students of Fryderyk Chopin Primary School No. 16 in Lublin
May
2024
April
2024
March
2024
February
2024
Unknown Exhibition. Artist Wanted. Sensation
January
2024
December
2023
November
2023
October
2023
September
2023
July-August
2023
La, Daughter of the Sun
La Inthonkaew (From the collections of the Silesian Museum in Katowice)
June
2023
May
2023
The World Through a Preschooler’s Eyes – The Youngest Art Brut Artists
Kindergarten No. 2 in Lublin, ‘Squirrels’ group
April
2023
March
2023
Lublin Art Brut Gallery is a member of the European Outsider Art Association (EOA).
The association brings together cultural institutions, museums, galleries, and other organizations engaged in the art of the art brut movement, facilitating the exchange of experience, good practices, and international cooperation. EOA also works to promote knowledge of the outsider art scene, influence cultural policy, and advocate for the rights of art brut artists.