Lost and found Painting

Biography: Anna Hryniewicz born in Wroclaw, Poland.  Lives and works in Dublin, Ireland. Education: Master of Fine Arts - University (MA in Art Education, Painting), Czestochowa, Poland Master of Piano Performance - TU Dublin, Music Conservatoire. As a parallel with her work as a painter, Anna is a concert pianist, chamber musician, accompanist and educator. Her paintings can be found in private collections in Ireland, the UK, USA, France and Poland, as well as public collection of OPW Ireland, and Fingal County Council Municipal Art Collection. Sellected awards: 2018 Artist in Residence in Cill Rialaig Artist Retreat; 2019 Incubate Studio - Draiocht Residency Award; 2022 Residency Award in prestigious Graphic Studio Dublin; 2022 and 2023 - Finalist of the John Richardson French Residency Award. 2023 First Prize and a Gold Medal in Piano Competition for the full length solo recital (Piano) in TU Dublin Music Conservatoire. She is a professional member of Visual Artists Ireland. ARTIST STATEMENT My art can be described as abstract landscape or simply colour-scape or inner landscape, and derives from my childhood memories - involving music, visual arts exploration and fascination by natural world. I have been committed to painting abstraction since I obtained my MA in Fine Arts. But before that, I have always loved and leaned towards abstraction since I can remember. I create works that are about colour and shape, I explore surface in search of space and dialog between shapes, colours, gestures. I have an open and dynamic practice, which doesn't have a formula, it's all about experimenting and looking for interesting solutions. Once painting begins the original idea evolves in unexpected way. When I start painting I step into the "unknown" to discover something new, something that I cannot plan beforehand.