Bozena Czyz

I am a qualified Architect and Self-taught Artist with many years of a creative career. Along with my architectural education, art has always been present in my life and has had a significant influence on my perception of the world.
As an artist, I seek to create an emotional response evoked by nature, landscape or music and express it through dramatic impressions of strong textures, the composition of shapes, marks, patterns and contrasting colours.
I concentrate on abstract painting, which I found to be the best form of expression of my response to the outer world, my moods, reflections, thoughts and the state of mind that whatever life puts me into. I collect the inspiration during my long, solitary walks in nature, where being disconnected from your everyday business brings this incredible calmness and a sense of being an integral part of the magnificent surroundings. Like this lost connection is rebuilt in this very moment of solitude and harmony.
My art is about feelings and emotions which everyone holds deep inside; about dreams and hopes…about passion and joy….about loneliness, fear and loss.
I work mostly from my London-based studio with oil and mixed mediums on large-scale canvases. Using varius textures is a signature t...

Self-taught Artist
2011 - 2012 The Art Academy; Life drawings and Advanced Oil Painting classes; London; UK
2005 - 2006 Helen Robbin's acrylic painting classes; Wexford; Ireland
1996 - 2003 Faculty of Architecture at The Silesian University of Technology, Poland
1995 - 1996 Dr Tadeusz Rus Studio life drawings classes; Poland
1993 - 1994 Ryszard Zablocki Studio oil painting classes; Poland

Exhibitions:
2025 - The Other Art Fair - March 2025; London
2024 - The Other Art Fair - October 2024; London
2024 - ‘Searching’ – Solo exhibition with Maggi Art Consultancy; London
2019 - ‘Beyond Abstracts’ exhibition at Luminaire Arts Gallery; London
2019 - The Luxury Property Show with LumiArts Gallery; London
2019 - Luminaire Arts Gallery – gallery representation; London
2018 - ‘Yellow’ group exhibition at Espacio Gallery; London
2017 - Islington Art Society – Summer exhibition; Ply Gallery, London
2017 - Islington Art Society – Winter exhibition; London
2017 - ‘Unseen’ 6 artists exhibition at Espacio Gallery; London
2017 - Islington Art Society - Summer Exhibition; London
2017 - ‘Hidden layer’ 4 artists exhibition at Espacio Gallery; London
2017 - ‘Seeing Red’ group exhibition at Espacio Gallery; London
2016 - Islington Art Society - Autumn Exhibition; London
2016 - ‘LandMarks’ group exhibition at Espacio Gallery; London
2016 - ‘Urban Angels’ group exhibition at Espacio Gallery; London
2016 - ‘Open 2016’ group exhibition at ArtsDepot Gallery; London
2016 - ‘Beyond the Image’ group exhibition at Espacio Gallery; London
2015 - ‘Layers of Identity’ exhibition at Espacio Gallery; London
2014 - ‘Parallax Art Fair’; Chel...