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'Portrait of Adson' is a first painting from a new series 'I see you' from 2018. The artist works on a series of portraits of people living in North London. They are mostly strangers met randomly in local pubs, cafe or on the street. Joanna who lives in London almost eight years now is still amazed by multicultural environment of this city. She's inspired by people and their stories from all over the world. 
 'Portrait of  Adson' is a painting capturing a young Brazilian man who the artist met recently at one of her exhibitions.
He's beautiful features, open personality and crave for a better future inspired Joanna Pilarczyk to create a new series ' I see you'.
This time she decided to work in ink as a base of the painting and then combine this loose and transparent technique with oil.
She also limited her palette of colours. The gesture of line and brush stroke is a tool to show the emotion and character of the portrayed person.
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Portrait of Adson Painting

Joanna Pilarczyk

United Kingdom

Painting, Oil on Canvas

Size: 31.5 W x 31.5 H x 0.8 D in

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ABOUT THE ARTWORK

'Portrait of Adson' is a first painting from a new series 'I see you' from 2018. The artist works on a series of portraits of people living in North London. They are mostly strangers met randomly in local pubs, cafe or on the street. Joanna who lives in London almost eight years now is still amazed by multicultural environment of this city. She's inspired by people and their stories from all over the world. 'Portrait of Adson' is a painting capturing a young Brazilian man who the artist met recently at one of her exhibitions. He's beautiful features, open personality and crave for a better future inspired Joanna Pilarczyk to create a new series ' I see you'. This time she decided to work in ink as a base of the painting and then combine this loose and transparent technique with oil. She also limited her palette of colours. The gesture of line and brush stroke is a tool to show the emotion and character of the portrayed person.

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Painting:

Oil on Canvas

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31.5 W x 31.5 H x 0.8 D in

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Combining the lively, flesh-toned bodies of her models with vibrant, clean abstract shapes, patterns and lemon-green foliage, Joanna Pilarczyk’s paintings pay tribute to modern portraiture and contemporary figurative art. Joanna Pilarczyk is a London-based contemporary figurative painter. Born in Poland, Pilarczyk studied at the Art University in Zielona Gora, where she earned a Master's degree in Visual Arts and Art Education. Pilarczyk's artistic talent has earned her recognition and accolades. She was shortlisted for the Herbert Smith Freehills Portrait Award 2024 at the National Portrait Gallery and long-listed for the Jackson's Art Prize. In 2023, she was the recipient of the Boynes Monthly Artist Award and a finalist for the International FiKVA Award for Figurative Painters and the Women United Art Prize in both 2022 and 2021. Her work has been exhibited nationally and internationally, including at prestigious venues like Mall Galleries at Women in Art Fair, Start Art Fair in Saatchi Gallery and the Other Art Fair in Truman Brewery, London. Additionally, she showcased her newest paintings at a solo show with Oink Gallery, featuring pieces from her 'My Paradise' series. Furthermore, Joanna actively participated in the Spring and Summer editions of the Other Art Fair in 2022. Her artworks have even crossed international borders, with her paintings from the Intimate Times series exhibited at 33 Contemporary Gallery in Chicago, Mixx Atelier Gallery in Telluride, USA and Kunstbehandlung Gallery in Munich, Germany. As the Untitled Magazine Cover winner in May 2024, her paintings were exhibited at the Superfine Art Fair in Times Square, New York and the solo exhibition on Artsy curated by the Untitled Space Gallery. Moreover, she contributed her art to the 'Memories in Hindsight' group show at the J/M Gallery in London.

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