Aleksandra Kargul

In my artistic journey I was always fascinated by architecture and silent beauty of buildings.

During my studies at Edinburgh College of Art I met Ed Hollis who is an architect, designer and most importantly he is an amazing storyteller. In his first book: 'The secret lives of buildings' he quoted renaissance architect Leone Battista Alberti who wrote that: 'perfect beauty is that to which nothing may be added, and from which nothing may be taken away.'

Since I read it for a first time I always look for that perfect moment when the building or a street is in a perfect harmony with it's surrounding and time. How do I know I found it? It feels right. It is perfect. I wouldn't change a thing.

Aleksandra Kargul began her printmaking practice in Art High School in Poland where she specialised in etching. She came to Edinburgh in 2007 to study Interior Design and graduated from Edinburgh College of Art in 2012. After graduation she become co-director of Superior Renovations but continued to develop her artistic work through lithography, often on a commissioned basis. In 2015 she joined the team of Edinburgh Printmakers as studio assistant for 10 months and learnt more about other printmaking techniques such as screenprinting, photo gravure and cyanotype. She finally committed to stone lithography and since 2015 she is constantly mastering her understanding of this fascinating process.

Solo Exhibitions:

2016 May, There are places to come from and places to go
Lithographie-Werkstatt Eichstätt, Germany – residency and solo exhibition awarded at SSA Open 2015

2015 August, Greetings from Edinburgh
Lickety Splits, Edinburgh


Group and Joint Exhibitions

2016 International Mini Print Biennial, The Centre for Contemporary Printmaking, Bangor, Northern Ireland

2015 SSA Open Annual group exhibition
The 118th Annual Open Exhibition, RSA, Edinburgh

2015 RSA Open Exhibition
Annual group exhibition, RSA, Edinburgh

2015 ACTINIC Festival - Photography in Print
members summer exhibition, Edinburgh Printmakers

2014 No fixed Abode
members winter exhibition, Edinburgh Printmakers