Samsara Painting

Julia Curyło was born in Warsaw. She studied at Warsaw’s Academy of Fine Arts, where she obtained her degree in the painting studio of Professor Leon Tarasewicz and the public space art studio supervised by Professor Mirosław Duchowski in 2009. She is the author of paintings and installations presented in the public space of the city. In January 2010, she won the contest organized by A19 Gallery located in Marymont subway station in Warsaw. The large-format mural entitled “Lambs of God” she presented there won her fame. In November, same year, Curyło received the Grand Prix awarded by the Minister of Culture and National Heritage as well well as the Award of BWA City Gallery in Bydgoszcz during the 2010 PROMOTION in Art Gallery in Legnica. In May 2011, she was nominated to the prestigious award of the 10th Geppert Contest. In 2012 and 2016, Julia Curyło received a scholarship awarded by the Minister of Culture and National Heritage. Curylo participated in over 60 exhibitions in Poland and abroad. Her paintings can be found in numerous private collections and national art institutions like Warsaw Uprising Museum, Museum of Fine Art in Legnica and National Museum in Gdańsk. In 2021 her book entitled “The co(s)mic painting of reality in the art of Julia Curyło” was published by Unicorn Publishing Group. In 2021 Julia Curyło received her PhD at the Academy of Fine Arts in Warsaw, the title of her dissertation was “Cosmogonies , between faith and science”.