Justyna Dulny-Olszowy

Justyna Dulny - Olszowy - was born in Poland but raised and shaped in Canada. There she gained her artistic education at three different universities in Toronto: Ontario College of Art and Design on the "Drawing and Painting" faculty, and at Ryerson University and International Academy of Design and Merchandising on the "Interior Design" faculty. All these universities had the intense creative impact on development of the artist and more further professional decisions.A total independence and an intransigence are characterizing Justyna's approach towards the own artistic work.
At the heart of Justyna Dulny-Olszowy's work is the expression of the female nude. The artist captures the vulnerability and contours of the female figure by exploring the dynamic poses of the body. In each painting there is an inherent sense of mystery, a shadowed sense of self that confronts an equally potent sexuality. The female body is both hidden and seen; the face, nameless; it abides by the same rules of the body.
Justyna Dulny-Olszowy rejects the ideation of beauty and form and instead highlights the layering of the body by carefully blending it (and at times, distorting it) with the background. Her female figures take careful possession ove...

Ontario College of Art and Design in Toronto-Canada.
Biography: www.jdo.com.pl,