Joanna Roszkowska

Lomianki, Warsaw, Poland

About Joanna Roszkowska

I am a polish designer, painter and sculptor. For many years I combined art and design as a leader of the designing agency Studio DN. I am a laureate of the international design competition Global Design Awards in NY, where I won the 3rd prize for the packaging design of Egri Bikaver. From 2015 I began to create first ceramic sculptures. In my early works from the cycle "Biomorphic Art" you can find pure biology, organic shapes inspired by the world of nature - whales, corals, the cycle of birth and death. I treat sculptures as spatial paintings, combining enamel, iron oxides, chromium, natural rust. In this way I get unique colour effects that emphasize the given structures. From 2017 my work has entered the stage of simplification and synthesis. They are more raw and primitive. I am fascinated by duality, the penetration of the masculine and feminine elements. Each shape is a reflection of some inner truth and emotion. I also create paintings and drawings using my own painting techniques, including rust painting. The paintings are three-dimensional and most often they are abstractions inspired by nature, architecture and sensuality. Ceramics and paintings intermingle and complement each other. Dynamics are their common feature.

Education:

Faculty of Industrial Design at the Academy of Fine Arts in Warsaw. Studied the sculpture in the studio of Krystian Jarnuszkiewicz and Wiktor Gutt. A member of the ZPAP (Association of Polish Visual Artists).

Exhibitions:

- "Konfrontacje Sztuki 2018", Test Gallery, Warsaw 2018
- "Entropia" Bydgoszcz Art Center, Bydgoszcz 2018; individual exhibition
- "Biomorphic Art" Koszyki, Warsaw 2017; individual exhibition
- Royal Castle in Warsaw, 2016; individual exhibition
- "Biomorphic Art", Cultural Center; Łomianki 2015 as part of the Museum Night; individual exhibition