Paulina Swietliczko

As an artist, I like to observe the world and people around me and taking photographs during
family and friends gatherings to use them as a reference for my oil and acrylic paintings. The
focus in my paintings is the human figures and the way of showing them in everyday life
settings.
Narrative plays an important role in my art where the figures animate the paintings. My images
are kept in realistic style though there are some elements of abstraction in my work.
Occasionally, I like to leave visible brush strokes and simplify some elements of my paintings.
Inexplicit approach to figure and interest in narrative painting were influenced by my professor
Jaroslaw Modzelewski, who taught me in the Academy of Fine Arts in Warsaw, Poland where I
studied painting and lithography, and graduated with the Master’s Degree in Fine Arts in 2003 .
My recent paintings depict children at play. As a mother and an artist, I observe my kids and
paint what I see and experience. Life from children’s perspective fascinates me because it is full
of magic, fantasy and sometimes real drama.

1998-2003 MFA, Academy of Fine Arts, Warsaw, Poland
1992-1997 Matura, Technik Sztuk Plastycznych, Liceum Plastyczne im. Wojciecha Gersona, Warszawa, Poland

Art Exhibits
03/2018 Alexander/Heath Contemporary,Roanoke, VA, Solo Show
04/2015 Open Studios, Roanoke, VA
05/2012 Art Visalia, Visalia, CA, Juried Group Show
02/2011 Studio 74, Fresno CA, Solo Show
06/2010 Fig Tree Gallery, Fresno , CA, Solo Show
04/2009 Fig Tree Gallery, Fresno, CA, Solo Show
12/2007 Chico Art Center, Chico, CA, Juried Group Show
04/2007 Angel’s Gate, San Pedro, CA, Juried Group Show
09/2006 Fresno Art Museum, Fresno CA, Juried Group Show
12/2005 US Embassy, Warsaw, Poland, Solo Show
10/2003 Studio Gallery, Warsaw, Poland, Graduate Show (painting)
10/2003 Anks Gallery, Warsaw, Poland Graduate Show (lithography)