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Artist · PL

Andrzej Malag is a Polish artist and scientist whose work brings together painting, digital art and a lifelong fascination with light, optics and the natural world. Born in Szczecin, Poland, in 1950, Malag grew up surrounded by the atmosphere of the port, shipyards and the Baltic Sea. These early surroundings shaped his enduring interest in maritime subjects, while his artistic education introduced him to ancient history, cultures and visual expression. Alongside his artistic practice, Malag pursued a distinguished scientific career in semiconductor optoelectronics, completing his PhD in 1983 and DSc in 2004. His research focused particularly on semiconductor lasers, resulting in more than 100 scientific publications and patents. Following the completion of his scientific career in 2019, he returned his focus more fully to art. His paintings explore maritime subjects alongside ideas drawn from physics, cosmology, literature, science fiction and Mediterranean cultures. His scientific background also led him to develop a distinctive form of digital work he calls “interference photo-graphics.” Using specially designed masks and laser light, Malag creates diffraction and interference patterns that become the basis for digitally developed compositions. Through this intersection of science and art, Malag transforms phenomena normally associated with the laboratory—light, waves, interference and optical effects—into a visual language of colour, movement and abstraction. His paintings and interference photo-graphics have been exhibited in cities across Poland, including Warsaw, Sanok and Biłgoraj, and his work has been presented through galleries and international online art platforms.