Katarzyna SłYsz-Urbanowicz

Katarzyna Słysz-Urbanowicz, born in 1968 in Krakow, is a professional painter and graphic designer. She studied painting at the Academy of Fine Arts in Krakow, Poland, from 1988 to 1993 (graduating as a Master of Fine Arts). During her time at the Academy she also studied book illustration, chalcography and lithography.
In 1992 she won a scholarship from the Austrian Ministry of Education to the International Summer Academy of Fine Arts in Salzburg.
Her paintings are usually based on figurative references with varying degrees of creative intervention. Light and the study of landscape or other natural forms are the basic building blocks of her work.
Cathy has participated in 13 solo and nearly forty group exhibitions.
Her favourite activities include skiing and sailing.

• 1988-1993 – Academy of Fine Arts, Krakow, Poland
• 1983-1988 – State High School of Fine Arts, Krakow, Poland

INDIVIDUAL EXHIBITIONS:
• November 1993 – Diploma works and a few more pictures, Kossakówka Gallery, Krakow, Poland
• August 1994 – ‘The Freedom of Frames’, Spectra Gallery, Helsinki, Finland
• January 1996 – ‘The Rule of Frames’, Brama Gallery, Warsaw, Poland
• November 1996 – ‘Near the Studio’, M Gallery, Krakow, Poland
• July 1997 – ‘Paintings’, Space Gallery, Krakow, Poland
• November 1998 – ‘Landscapes of Provence’, French Institute, Krakow, Poland
• June 1999 – ‘North-South’, Villa Decius, Krakow, Poland
• November 2000 – ‘Selected Works’, Da Gama Association, Krakow, Poland
• April 2003 – ‘The Four Elements’, Audialna Gallery, Krakow, Poland
• October 2005 – ‘Lumen Mundi’, Norwid Cultural Centre, Krakow, Poland
• November 2012 – At the Attic Gallery, Provincial Public Library, Krakow, Poland
SELECTED GROUP EXHIBITIONS :
• 1994 – ‘New Members of the Association of Polish Artists and Designers’, Pryzmat Gallery, Krakow, Poland
• 1994 – ‘Spring Painting Exhibition of the Association of Polish Artists and Designers’, Palace of Fine Arts, Krakow, Poland
• 1994 – ‘Polish Architecture and People’, The Old Guardhouse, Warsaw, Poland and Piast Gallery, Tokyo, Japan
• 1994 – ‘Meeting in North Carolina’, Zone One Cont...