Ewa Kwasniewska

Ewa Kwasniewska was born in 1956 in Stargard near Szczecin (formerly Stettin) in the Northern region of Poland.
She grew up in the industrial town Katowice (formerly Kattowitz), Southern Poland.
As a child she played on coal dumps, but her favourite pastime was drawing and painting. Her parents and her two elder sisters supported her talent and this led the way to her joining a fine arts school for highly gifted children.
Consequently, in 1978 she was chosen from among 600 budding young students to study at the Department Katowice of the Academy of Fine Arts Cracow. In the same year she married a fellow student.
In 1981 she took refuge in Western Germany, escaping the civil war between the freedom movement, Solidarność, and the communist government of Poland. She was immediately given German citizenship, and received a grant for learning German. In this dramatic period of life her son Ryszard was born.
It is useful in Germany to have an academic title. For this reason, she contacted various academies, but she always received the answer that she was indeed the "finished product" and required no further studies.
In order to achieve her aim, however, she studied Communication Design at the University of Essen / Germany, gradu...

• Fine Arts school for highly gifted children in Katowice/Poland
• Study of graphic arts and painting at the Department of Katowice of the Academy of Fine Arts Cracow/Poland, Member of the master class of the internationally well known draftsman and painter Prof. Jerzy Duda-Gracz
• Study of Communication Design at the University of Essen/Germany, Academic degree: Master of Design, Mentor: Prof. Coordt von Mannstein

2019
RKB, Essen, GEWACHSENE VIELFALT
Stuttgarter Kunstbezirk, FREMD – VERTRAUT
ODYSSEE, Mainzer Kunstpreis 2019
Abtei Brauweiler KLEIDER MACHEN LEUTE
Forum Kunst & Architektur Essen, BRENNPUNKTE
2017
Forum Kunst & Architektur, Essen, MEINE ZEIT
Forum Kunst & Architektur, Essen, BROT FÜR ALLE | SATT IST NICHT ALLES
Forum Kunst & Architektur, Essen ES GRÜNT SO GRÜN

2016
Forum Kunst und Architektur, Essen, "SCHÖN | SCHRÄG | ÄSTHETISCH | VISIONÄR"
Revierkunst Ostwalmuseum Dortmund
Abtei Brauweiler, KunstTage, rhein-Erft 2016
Königliche Porzellan-Manufaktur Berlin,"Wasser",mit Künstlersonderbund in Deutschland e.V.,
Cracovie Paris, BIENNALE EUROPEENNE DES BLANCS MANTEAUX,
Muzeum Ziemi Wieluńskiej, Wielun/Polen
Hochzeitshaus Eschwege, "Meditatives und Sinnliches"
ARTe - Messe Sindelfingen, Januar

2015
Forum Kunst und Architektur, Essen, "VISIONEN"
art pu:l Messe für aktuelle Kunst, Walzwerk Pulheim

2014
Uferhallen, Berlin, "Krieg und Frieden" mit Künstlersonderbund in Deutschland e.V. Realismus der Gegenwart
Stadtmuseum Langenfeld/Rheinland, "Das kleine Format - Realisten der Gegenwart"
Alte Spedition, Gladbeck, "Sommeraustellung 2014"
Augustinum, Essen, "Stilles und Schrilles", Malerei
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