Ida Karkoszka

Ida Karkoszka is a Polish sculptress whose art tells about the relationship between man and the planet. Interestingly, in her works devoted to this subject, humans do not appear directly. What is visible is just their influence on the world that they were given opportunity to share.
Karkoszka has found her own, very personal way to point out problems caused by destructive human activity. She communicates with the world using objects she puts in the public space or encloses them in a frames of a photographs. Displaying the work in the right place and using it in a specific context allows her to get a very clear message, aimed at making the recipient think. For many, this form of communication is something new and thus it is more memorable, evokes deeper emotions, and provokes discussion.

Studies at the Faculty of Sculpture of the Academy of Fine Arts in Warsaw. Defence of the M.A. thesis in 2009 under the guidance of prof. Antoni Janusz Pastwa, the tile of the M.A. thesis: “FROM THE DEPTH…”, a medallic annex with prof. Hanna Jelonek under the title: “Signum temporis” (cycle of medals cast in bronze and cast iron). The central theme of the diploma thesis and the annex was the image of a horse.

Works in the British Museum (2010), on Stare Powązki Cemetery (2012), in private collections in Poland and abroad (Canada, Holland, Japan, Great Britain, Germany and
Finland).

2020 collective exhibition "Something in common", Warsaw under construction, MSN, Warsaw
2020 collective exhibition, 9th Young Triennale in Orońsko
"So long as we still live" Center of Polish Sculpture, Orońsko
2020 author's exhibition "Let's watch humans die ..." / "An exhibition that no one will see", Center of Polish Sculpture, Orońsko
2020 collective exhibition "Women about Women", Piwniczka Gallery, Radzymin
2019 author's exhibition "Retrospections / HER", Kasztel Conference and Exhibition Center in Szymbark
2019 happening "Roles have turned", sculpture "Impulse", route to Morskie Oko, Zakopane
2018 International Exhibition of Medallic Art - XXXV Congress of the International Federation of Arts Medal FIDEM, Ottawa, Canada
2017 author's exhibition "Children of war", SOHO Factory, Warsaw
2016 International Exhibition of Medallic Art - XXXIV Congress of the International Federation of Artistic Medal FIDEM, Ghent, Belgium
2016 the author's exhibition "My Art", SOHO Factory, Warsaw
2015 author's exhibition "Arena Sztuki", National Stadium, Warsaw
2013 collective exhibition "Ours is the Night", Galeria van Golik
2011 collective exhibition, Night of Museums, Van Golik Gallery
2011 author's exhibition "Sell a horse", Sin...