The Lost Surrealist

A major exhibition bringing together paintings and works on paper spanning Henry Orlik's career, held for the first time in the town where Henry Orlik's artistic journey began.  Born as a displaced person in 1947, Orlik spent over forty years developing what he calls “quantum painting” in complete isolation. While the art establishment moved on without him, he quietly revolutionised how paint could capture the vibrating energy of thought itself. Drawing from quantum physics, he understood that matter at its smallest level exists in constant vibration. His paintings make this invisible energy visible, creating surfaces that pulse with life even when depicting personal struggles. Each mark represents what he calls “qi: a cosmic spirit that vitalises all things.”