Ewa Hapek

I'm an artist living and working in Kielce, Poland

About my work :
The inspiration for my work is nature, I use the richness of colors and forms as a metaphor to show how I perceive the complexity of relations between all living beings.

I have a special love for birds. I capture the impression about them and transfer them to the world of painting. I also often use them as an allegory of my experiences, interpersonal relationships, bonds and processes that take place in my environment.

In painting I am looking for a compromise between realistic painting, abstract painting and surrealism.

Education and technology:
I graduated from the Academy of Fine Arts in Cracow in the field of Conservation and Restoration of Works of Art.
Working with Gothic and Baroque paintings inspired me to use old painting techniques in my own art. I use hand-rubbed paints and primers on hand-made wooden panel and canvas.

However, my passion is paper. I like it for it’s variety and unpredictability and how with watercolor paints they create effects that cannot be obtained by any other technique.

In my work on paper, I use pencil, ink, watercolors and gouache.

2006 - Master of Arts / Jan Matejko Academy of Fine Arts in Cracow in the field of Conservation and Restoration of Works of Art.

- Collective exhibition “Feminine Side of Art”, Warsaw December 2021

- Honorable mention in the PRZEDWIOŚNIE 2020 competition.
On June 26, 2020 awards were given in the 43 Interdisciplinary Art Competition of the Świętokrzyskie Voivodeship PRZEDWIOŚNIE 2020
I received there the Award of the Association of Polish Artists and Designers, Kielce District, for a set of works.

- Post-competition exhibition PRZEDWIOŚNIE 2020; Kielce, July 2020

- Post-competition exhibition showroom of award-winners PRZEDWIOŚNIE 43, Busko-Zdrój, September, 2020

- Post-competition exhibition of the 5th Painting Triennal ANIMALIS 2020, Chorzów, August 2020

- Post-competition exhibition of the 5th Painting Triennal ANIMALIS 2020, Nakło Śląskie, October 2020