About Katarzyna Adamek-Chase
For me, visual art is a way of creating a dialogue with reality. I try to follow nature which is the essence of a human being - diverse, powerful and ambivalent. I try to find balance between tangible and abstract things, realism and dreams, geometric and shapeless objects. Painting, despite its limitations, is a perfect form of expression. It can express knowledge and emotions. Topics that are trivial at first glance can hide multiple senses and symbols and contain versatile values. A variety of experiences keep me from thinking about just one technique or aesthetic. I use various methods not just for experimentation’s sake, but to highlight the unevenness of the world; Creation teaches humbleness and I don't want to keep my creations just to myself.
Education:
2000 - 2005: Academy of Fine Arts in Kraków, Faculty of Graphics.
2005: MFA in the animation film studio of Professor Jerzy Kucia
2004: scholarship at the Universidad Politechnica de Valencia, Art Department, Spain.
1995 – 2000: Fine Arts Secondary School in Cracow
I live and work in Krakow, Poland. I devote my time to painting, graphics and drawing.
www.katarzynaadamek.com
Events:
2014 - Work in Collection of Univeristy of Aberdeen, Scotland
PUBLICATION:
2014 - "Menazeria" online magazine NR 17-18
http://www.menazeria.eu/8,przejazd.html?artykulID=108
2014 - "Rynek i Sztuka" website:
http://rynekisztuka.pl/2014/10/01/zainwestuj-w-sztuke-pazdziernik-2014/
2014 - "Independent", online magazine: 9.09.2014
http://independent.pl/n/17934?anonymous=true
2014 - Magnifier, cultural magazine, 20.09.2014
http://e-magnifier.pl/magnifier-nr-3/
2014 - Promotional film on Youtube:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4J3PWoC1Z7Q
Exhibitions:
SOLO EXHIBITIONS:
2014 - GEOmetric II - Raven Gallery, Krakow, Poland
2014 - GEOmetric - Kuratorium Gallery, Warsaw, Poland
2013 - 33 paintings - Main Foyer, Baltic Philharmonic Hall - Gdansk, Poland
2013 - Personal maps - Nowa Huta Cultural Center - Krakow, Poland
2013 - Linearia - Pod Plafonem Gallery - Wrocław, Poland
2012 - Dualism - Sofa Loft - Hannover, Germany
2012 - Dreamed Space - Migawka - Krakow, Poland
2011 - City Escapes - ETHER Gallery AM Zamoyscy - Warsaw, Poland
2010 - Canvas - 4h-art Gallery - Hannover, Germany
2010 - Płóton - Cafe Szafe - Krakow, Poland
2009 - Who-man - Justine Bottger Gallery - Berlin, Germany
COLLECTIVE EXHIBITIONS:
2014 - Fabric of the Land, Union Square, Aberdeen, Scotland
2014 - 8th International Triennale of Polish Contemporary Drawing - Galeria Oficyna, Lubaczów, Poland
2014 - 8th International Biennale of Miniature - Centre of Cultural Promotion "Gaude Mater", Częstochowa, Poland
2014 - 4th International Biennale of painting “Quadro Art” - Central Museum of Textiles, Łódź, Poland
2013 - 3 Operas - 3 painters in the Opera - Krakow Opera - Krakow, Poland
2013 - 9th Triennale of Small Format Paintings - Toruń, Poland
2013 - Krakow Art Expo - Tomaszowice, Poland
2013 - ArtRing 2 - Wroclaw, Poland
2012 - Untouchable - Poznan, Poland
2012 - Dall’aqua nasce l’anima, Camaver - Bellano/Como lake, Italy
2011 - HanseArt ArtFair - Bremen, Germany
2011 - Longin Studio Gallery - Krakow, Poland
2008 - Available Art - Museumsquartier Wien - Vienna, Austria
2006 - mARkeT - Centre of Culture - Zabierzów, Poland
2004 - Available Art - Sheik Yerbouti Gallery - Krakow, Poland
2004 - Searching for Own Worlds - SOLVAY Center of Modern Art - Krakow, Poland
AWARDS & HONORS:
2013
Nomination to the Semifinal of the Strabag Art Award - Vienna, Austria
Artslant Showcase Winner online competition, painting category - Los Angeles, USA
2013 - 2014 - Featured in five Saatchi Art curated collections
2012 - Finalist in the Untouchable painting competition - Mediations Biennale - Poznan, Poland
2010 - Semi-finalist in Saatchiart Showdown
2004 - Socrates Erasmus Programme
www.katarzynaadamek.com
