Joanna Pilarczyk

Joanna Pilarczyk's paintings pay tribute to modern portraiture and contemporary figurative art by combining figures of her models with vibrant, clean, abstract shapes, geometric patterns and lush green foliage.

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 recently was shortlisted for the Herbert Smith Freehills Portrait Award 2025 at the National Portrait Gallery. She won the Boynes Monthly Artist Award [November 2024], the third time the jury awarded her painting in the 'colour' category. In 2023, Joana was a finalist for the International FiKVA Award for Figurative Painters and the Women United Art Prize in 2022 and 2021. Her work has been exhibited nationally and internationally, including at prestigious venues like the Royal Society of Arts, Mall Galleries at the Women in Art Fair, Start Art Fair at Saatchi Gallery and the Other Art Fair at Truman Brewery, London. Additionally, she showcased her newest paintings at a solo show with Oink Gallery, featuring pieces from her 'My Paradise' serie...

MA degree in Visual Art Education, University of Zielona Gora, Poland, Diploma in Oil Painting in 2008.
Art Technician degree with Diploma in figurative oil painting, Art Collage, Zielona Gora, Poland 2000

AWARDS:

Shortlisted for the Herbert Smith Freehills Portrait Award 2025
Winner of the Boynes Monthly Art Award [Nov. 2024]
Winner of the Untitled Magazine Cover Artist, May 2024
Longlisted for Jackson's Art Prize 2024
Shortlisted for Herbert Smith Freehills Portrait Award 2024 Winner of the Boynes Monthly Art Award [Nov. 2023]
Finalist in the FiKVA Award for Painters 2023
Special mention in the Women United Art Prize 2023
Winner of the Boynes Monthly Art Award [Nov. 2022]
Finalist in the Women United Art Prize 2022, 2021.
Artists of the Month by Art from Heart, UK

2025 - Forever After?, Mash Gallery, Los Angeles, US
2025 - Women in Art Fair, Oxo Tower Gallery, London, UK
2025 - Baring It All, Art Fluent, International Group Exhibition.
2025 - IWD: Modern Female, 33 Contemporary, Palm Beach, US
2025 - Uprise 2025 - The Art of Resistance, Untitled Space Gallery, New York.
2025 - A Gogo III, Mash Gallery, Los Angeles, US
2024 - Women in Art Fair, Mall Galleries, London, UK
2024 - London's Finest group exhibition curated by Art Friend Gallery, Royal Society of Arts, London, UK
2024 - Joanna Pilarczyk: My Paradise, online solo exhibition on Artsy, The Untitled Space, NY, USA
2024 - Superfine Art Fair, The Untitled Magazine’s Booth, Times Square, New York
2024 - The Male Figure, Kunstbehandlung Gallery, Munich, Germany
2024 - Shadows, virtual group show, Royal Blue Gallery
2024 - The Other Art Fair, Truman Brewery, London, UK
2024 - Stronger Together, Women United Art Movement, International
2024 - Foundations Art Fair by Artsy, Mixx Atelier Gallery, International
2023 - Women in Art Fair, Mall Galleries, London, UK
2023 - 'Boundless Whispers', Eve Leibe Gallery + Artsy, curated by Artsin Square, International.
2023 - 'Still', group exhibition, Art Fluent, International.
2023 - Exhibition of the ...