Katarzyna C Marciniak

I come from Poland. I live and create in my beloved city of Gdańsk. For many years I have been searching for my own forms of expression in drawing, art design and fabric. For 9 years I have been running my own studio of silk painting, focusing on artistic and educational activity.
First years of my work I dedicated mostly to drawing. I draw with a pencil, using sometimes a black crayon – creating artworks of 100x70 size, usually on white cardboards. Since the beginning nature has been my inspiration – resulting in creation of grey ambiguous landscapes with illuminated planes, forming unusual spatial illusions. When I work the most important thing is the process of drawing itself, where delicate shades of grey change slowly into planes of empty spaces with light, saturated with depth and contrast.
Afterwards I become fascinated with art design, not so much lithography which I did during my studies, but commercial and advertising design. The world of advertising, including in photography, can be fascinating but it doesn't fulfill. It brings me to a state of mind where I need to look for tranquility and silence again – and I find it in meditation, spirituality and the contemplation of Buddhist philosophy. A turning point of my lif...

2014 - Member of the Association of Polish Artists and Designers - the Polish Applied Art in Warsaw
1995 - Diploma degree under the tuition of prof. Stanisław Górecki in the Studio of Drawing
1995 - Master's degree at the Institute of Artistic Education
specialization in workshop graphics at the Maria Curie-Skłodowska in Lublin

2019 – 11th Triennial of Small-Size Painting – Toruń
2019 – Museum of Ukrainian Culture in Svidnik – Slovakia - 10th International Artistic Linen Cloth Biennial;
2019 – Mini Textile Art “SCYTHIA” The 9th International Biennial Exhibition, Ukraine;
2019 – Micro Textile Art “SCYTHIA” The 9th International Biennial Exhibition, Ukraine;
2018 - 10th International Artistic Linen Cloth Biennial “Z Krosna do Krosna” - Krosno;
2018 - Fina Arts Gallery "Szary Ganek" – Gdańsk;
2018 - Contemporary Art Gallery, North-Mazovian Museum in Łomża;
2018 - Faculty of Art at Maria Curie Sklodowska University – Lublin;
2018 - Polish Biennial of Painting and Art Design “the Fine Arts 2018” - Radomsko;
2017 – Art Scholarship of the city of Gdańsk;
2014 – 1st Silk Painting Biennial in Milanówek;
2008 - Municipal Community Centre – Zambrów;
2008 - the Kszysztof Kluk Museum of Agriculture – Ciechanowiec;
2008 - the Białowieża National Park Nature and Forest Museum – Białowieża,
2008 - the Hermitage Gallery in the Royal Łazienki Museum – Warsaw;
2006 – Municipal Community Centre – Mielnik;
2005 – the Kszysztof Kluka Museum of Agriculture – Ciechanowiec;
2004 – the Kszysztof Kluk Museum of Agriculture – Ciechanowiec;
1996 – BWA Gall...