To Be a Woman Print

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. *** 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. **************************************** For over 15 years I have been painting in my own unique technique, which allows me to achieve an effect of interpenetrating planes. I play with combining various techniques, I experiment and look for new solutions. The technique I use corresponds well with the main theme of my works, which is a woman and problems that concern her. It helps me to extract and highlight the unique nature of a woman. The poetry of my paintings carries some hidden contents. An effect of understatement, lyrical atmosphere, which I desire to achieve by using overlaying semi-transparent industrial fabrics that partly cove the lower layer, is supposed to enhance the aura of mystery which surrounds women. I create a world of women, who are beautiful, though sometimes mutilated, a world of women - dolls and folk matryoshkas, who hide their deepest secrets under subsequent layers. By painting female figures emerging from decorative patterns, I try to present the complexity of female nature. The themes of my paintings are a reflection of my own reflections on the stereotypes connected with female beauty. I touch on the subject of self-acceptance and elusive pursuit of the ideal.