Aleksandra Kalisz

Aleksandra Kalisz is a contemporary painter whose work explores identity, femininity, and the politics of the body through a balance of realism and symbolism. Working primarily in oil on canvas, she creates intimate yet powerful portraits that blur the boundaries between vulnerability and strength, concealment and exposure, humanity and nature.

Each piece is created with archival materials, professionally stretched, and ready to hang—making them both visually striking and enduring additions to any collection.

2019-2025 PhD, Fine Arts, University of Porto, Portugal
2011-2016 MD, Painting, Academy of Fine Arts in Gdańsk.
2013-2014 Erasmus scholarship in Universidad Complutense de Madrid in Madrid.

Solo Exhibitions:
2025 "Notions of Women", Museo FBAUP, Porto, Portugal
2018 "UN/ COVERED", Center of Contemporary Art in Toruń, Toruń, Poland
2016 "Act of Pattern", Academy of Fine Arts, Gdańsk

Group Exhibitions:
2023 "Exposición Especial 25 años", virtual exhibition, Galería Artelibre, Zaragoza, Spain
2022 "Fresta, Fenda ou Ruído", Casa-Museu Abel Salazar, Porto, Portugal
"Vente aux enchères caritative", Le Lions Club de Saint-Mandé, Saint-Mandé, France
2021 "Beauton Art Exhibition", Olsson Møbler, Copenhagen, Denmark
"XIX charity auction "Ziarno Sztuki - ogród Nadziei" for Foundation for Psycho-oncology and Health Promotion „Ogród Nadziei”", Ujazdowski Castle Centre for Contemporary Art, Warsaw, Poland
"X Bienal de Pintura de Pequeno Formato- Premio Joaquim Afonso Madeira", finalists exhibition, Fábrica de Artes Visuais e Ofícios, Alhos Vedros, Portugal
"CONTEMPLATING TREES OUTSIDE FROM INSIDE THE ACADEMY", CAAA, Guimarães, Portugal
2020 "Revolver", Casa das Artes, Porto
"Os seres que nunca fomos", desCONFI(n)AR, Guimarães
"Mos(n)tra", Astronauta, Guimarães
"O avesso do avesso do avesso [do avesso]", exposição-experiência digital, FBAUP, Porto
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