Karina Czernek

Born in Katowice (Poland). Graduated from the University of Silesia in Katowice, Faculty of Pedagogy and Fine Arts in Cieszyn. Diploma with distinction in the painting studio of prof. Jerzy Wroński received in 1998. In 2018 she received a PhD in the field of visual arts.
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The author of 19 solo exhibitions. Took part in 20 collective exhibitions, including three times for the Biennale of Painting "Bielska Jesień" at Galeria Bielska BWA in Bielsko-Biała (2005, 2011, 2017), to "10. Triennial of Small Painting Forms" at the Wozownia Art Gallery in Toruń (2016), to
IVth Triennial of ANIMALIS Painting at the Municipal MM Art Gallery in Chorzów (2017) and to the International Quadro Art Biennale in Łódź (2018), where she received an honorary distinction.
At the National Art Biennale - 45 Winter Salon, Radom 2018 received the second prize - the President of the City of Radom Award.
She is also a laureate of the Awards of the Director of the Galeria Bielska BWA during the 3rd Bielski Festival of Visual Arts 2014, which was an invitation to an individual exhibition at Galeria Bielska BWA.
In 2015, she received a scholarship from the City of Bielsko-Biała in the field of culture and art.
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2017 – 2018 The Institute of Fine Arts of University of the Jan Kochanowski in Kielce (PhD in the field of visual arts)
1993 – 1998 University of Silesia in Katowice, Faculty of Pedagogy and Fine Arts in Cieszyn

Solo exhibitions:
2018 - “Tomorrow I will Sew Myself Anew”, Galeria Epicentrum MOKSiR, Chełmek, Poland
2018 - “Tomorrow I will Sew Myself Anew”, Center of Silesian Culture, Nakło Śląskie, Poland
2018 - defense of the doctoral dissertation: “Tomorrow I will Sew Myself Anew. The Myth of Beauty”, University Gallery at the Institute of Fine Arts of the University of Jan Kochanowski in Kielce, Poland
2018 - “Entered in the scheme”, WST Gallery, Katowice, Poland
2017 - “Women – Dolls”, Gallery at Garden Space, Oświęcim, Poland
2017 - “Dziwotwory”, Gallery on the Floor, Bielsko-Biała, Poland
2017 - “Tomorrow I will Sew Myself Anew”, Galeria Magazyn 22 at MOK, Jastrzębie-Zdrój, Poland
2017 - “Tomorrow I will Sew Myself Anew”, Art Gallery of the Rybnik Land Theater, Rybnik, Poland
2016 - “Tomorrow I will Sew Myself Anew”, Gallery Imago – Art, Katowice, Poland
2016 - “Between”, BCK Contemporary Art Gallery, Brzeg, Poland
2015 - “Ethnocracy ... because Folk is Ruled by Women”, Foyer of the Concert Hall of the Music School, Bielsko-Biała, Poland
2015 - “Folk is trendy”, Basteja of the Castle, Cieszyn, Poland
2015 - “Szeptem widzenie”, Galeria Bielska BWA, Bielsko-Biała, Poland
2015 - “Hidden animals”, Club Aquarium in Galeria ...