Anna Saczuk

I started painting out of ... boredom.

In my second year of studies (Romance Languages at the Jagiellonian University of Krakow) I went down with rubella, right after I passed my last exam that year. It is a dangerous disease if you no longer are a kid. I had to stay at home for 3 weeks. With all my friends gone for holidays and no Internet (yes! it was about 20 years ago!), I had no other choice but to revert to an activity which used to be fun at school- painting, drawing, making sketches etc. Truth be told I had a great, passionate arts teacher at school. For the next couple of years I and my sketchbook were inseparable. France, Poland, Italy, Irelands, the USA- wherever I went the people, landscapes, situations, professors and simple commuters on the tram- everything was a great topic. Years went by, I got married and moved to Warsaw. At that time nothing gave me more adrenaline than work- I first worked for multinational companies, then in the public administration. Suddenly painting seemed meaningless. I worked 24/7 and chose only the most prestigious and challenging tasks. International environment, country branding, PR, lobbying, business trips - it all agreed perfectly with me to the point of spending a year in China. ...

Spanish Language and Literature, Faculty of Romance Languages, Jagiellonian University of Krakow,
Mediation and Negotiation- postgraduate studies plus 50 different courses and workshops on mediation
International Relations and Diplomacy - postgraduate studies
PhD studies- political science (no PhD degree yet)

"There is something going on" - painting exhibition, October-November 2017, Wilanow Cultural Center
"Downfall" - painting exhibition in Dzwonnica Gallery in Wilanow, February 2018;
"Here comes the spring"- Wilanow Library, March 2018