Joanna Borkowska

Nature is the source of my creative energy and vision. I think that the creative process is a collaborative effort, but the artist is responsible for the ultimate outcome. I work in a partnership with Nature in order to prepare a space in which I can establish contact with the essence of a form – either from the material world or the world of ideas. A painting gradually evolves from the mutual discovery and exploration between the artist and this form. The resulting piece of art develops its own independent existence, becoming a new form creating a potentially infinite number of interactions and interrelations with the viewer.

I'm also attracted to the ideas and theories of multi-dimensionality, multiple universes, astrobiology, and astrophysics. My central interests include the "science of colors".

PhD, Political Science and International Relations, Jagiellonian University in Krakow, Poland
Politics, University of Oxford, Wolfson College, U.K.
European Politics, Paul Valéry University of Montpellier III, France

Solo Exhibitions

2021 Sandi Slone Joanna Borkowska Material/Immaterial - The Kosciuszko Foundation, NYC, curated by Lilly Wei

2019/2020 In the Realm of Slow Painting - The National Museum in Szczecin, Poland, curated by Raphael Rubinstein

2019 Resonance - EFA RBPMW 20/20 Gallery, NYC, curated by Michelle Levy

2018 Angst – Municipal Gallery of Contemporary Art ms44, Świnoujscie, Poland

2018 On the Edge – Le Guern Gallery, Warsaw, Poland

2017 Elements – BWA Zielona Góra, Poland (The Municipal Gallery of Contemporary Art)

2017 Elements – The Municipal Gallery of Contemporary Art in Legnica, Poland

2017 Elements – BWA Jelenia Góra, Poland (The Municipal Gallery of Contemporary Art)

2016 Z.E.N. – The National Gallery in Sopot, Poland

2016 Frequencies – The Museum in Koszalin, Poland

2014–2015 Memory Stone and Secrets at Matadero-Madrid Contemporary Art Center, Spain

2012 Frequencies – JAG Projects, Warsaw, Poland

2010 Experience 8 – Center for Contemporary Art – Solvay, Kraków, Poland

2009–2010 Parallel Worlds – The National Museum in Szczecin, Poland (artistic debut)

Group Exhibitions

2020-2021 You’ll Never Walk Alone - Galeria Labirynt, Lublin, Poland

2020 After Quarantine – The Eliza...