Katarzyna Karpowicz

Katarzyna Karpowicz (4 November 1985) is a Polish contemporary painter.

Biography

Karpowicz was born in KrakÃÂ³w to Anna Karpowicz-Westner (maiden name Wiejak) and SÃÂawomir Karpowicz (1952Ã¢ÂÂ2001), both painters. Her father was a professor of art at Cracow Academy of Fine Arts. Parents, together with their daughters Joanna and Katarzyna lived and painted in the studio on PiÃÂsudzkiego Street previously owned by Olga BoznaÃÂska. In 2005 she graduated from art high school PaÃÂstwowe Liceum Sztuk Plastycznych and began her studies at National School of Fine Arts in Cracow. Until 2008, she studied under Grzegorz Bednarski. She graduated with honors in 2010 under Leszek Misiak. Katarzyna Karpowicz's works can be found in collections in Poland and abroad, as well as in the collection of the Museum of Contemporary Art in Gdansk. She lived and painted in Budapest (2013Ã¢ÂÂ2015) and later in England (2015Ã¢ÂÂ2016) in Pangbourne. She is a figurative painter. In 2019 she was awarded Anna Maria SiemieÃÂska Grazella Foundation's artistic scholarship for young artists. She gave several interviews discussing her artistic heritage and musical taste. In an interview in Magyar Nemzet a Hungarian art critic talks about influences of Budapest on Karpowicz's art.

Critical reception

Between 2017 and 2019 she placed in top three of young Polish painters in a prestigious competition Young artist compass. Her art received positive comments from several independent art critics. Art critic mentions that her paintings combine childlike beauty and somewhat naÃÂ¯ve trust, but are streaked with fear and the experience of the cruelty of fate. The same critic writes that Katarzyna Karpowicz's works are deeply universal and existential, revolving around relationships, expectations, hope and fears. Samanta Belling indicates that Karpowicz's works prove that there are still young artists who live for art and are able to create an atmosphere that evokes memories. She states that "Katarzyna Karpowicz seems to be out of this epoch, as if she were living beyond the time, just like her paintings. By deliberately simplifying the form of her work, she gives us room for impressions, guesses and personal interpretations." Kama WrÃÂ³bel opines that each new series of Karpowicz's work has deep meaning and provides a point of departure for multi-faceted consideration of the human condition. Art historian writes about Karpowicz's fascinations with the circus in Budapest, solar eclipse observed with her father in their hometown of Szczebrzeszyn and youthful influences in her paintings. He goes on to state that "Katarzyna Karpowicz's paintings express, in their sincere and straightforward message, the connection of each of us with the world, of experiencing everything in a unique and exceptional way." Daniel CzepiÃÂski writes that one finds oneself in Karpowicz's studio surrendered by magical trees, doors and openings which all lead to new worlds. Adam SzczuciÃÂski finds captivating charm of the unknown in her paintings. He also writes in his essay A physician's viewpoint that Karpowicz's "powerful talent makes it truly impossible to remain indifferent to her small-sized images" and he concludes that "they infect the memory and stay like afterimages on the retina after we close our eyes." Ewa OgÃÂoza in art journal artPaper writes that she is enchanted with Katarzyna Karpowicz's paintings and delighted with her life attitude and art "characterized by gratitude, kindness, humility, seriousness, mindfulness and tenderness towards the world, people and culture". She states that Karpowicz loves to paint and looks for consolation and hope in art "by designing her own fears, hopes, dreams, she gives comfort to others".

Exhibitions, awards and distinctions

Solo exhibitions

Source:

2011 ÃÂ· January, Ã¢ÂÂThe meetingÃ¢ÂÂ, 2 Worlds Gallery, Krakow, Poland
2011 ÃÂ· May, Ã¢ÂÂLetÃ¢ÂÂs go to sleep!Ã¢ÂÂ, The Night of Museums, Art Gallery, Warsaw, Poland
2011 ÃÂ· May, Ã¢ÂÂTransitionÃ¢ÂÂ, BWA Gallery, Zamosc, Poland
2011 ÃÂ· December, Ã¢ÂÂIn my dreamsÃ¢ÂÂ, Art Gallery, Warsaw, Poland
2012 ÃÂ· January, Ã¢ÂÂBetween light and shadowÃ¢ÂÂ, The Cracow Museum of Pharmacy, Cracow, Poland
2012 ÃÂ· August, Ã¢ÂÂHorizonÃ¢ÂÂ, OdDo Gallery, Gdynia, Poland
2013 ÃÂ· April, Ã¢ÂÂMan and animalÃ¢ÂÂ, The Mazovia Region Centre of Culture and Arts Ã¢ÂÂ Elektor Gallery, Warsaw
2013 ÃÂ· October, Ã¢ÂÂKatarzyna Karpowicz Ã¢ÂÂ paintingÃ¢ÂÂ, Klub Adwokatow, Krakow
2014 ÃÂ· March, Ã¢ÂÂOn the roadÃ¢ÂÂ, Platon Gallery, Wroclaw
2014 ÃÂ· November, Ã¢ÂÂThe life of the imageÃ¢ÂÂ, SzÃÂ©p MÃÂ±hely Gallery, Budapest, Hungary
2015 ÃÂ· October, Ã¢ÂÂHarold and ErnestÃ¢ÂÂ, St. Bartholomew's Church, Lower Basildon, UK
2016 ÃÂ· April, Ã¢ÂÂGenius LociÃ¢ÂÂ, Artemis Gallery, Krakow
2017 ÃÂ· April, Ã¢ÂÂHuman StoriesÃ¢ÂÂ, Promocyjna Gallery, Warsaw
2017 ÃÂ· October, Ã¢ÂÂGoodbye, Till TomorrowÃ¢ÂÂ, Triada Gallery, GdaÃÂsk
2018 ÃÂ· April, Ã¢ÂÂThe Teatre of the EverydayÃ¢ÂÂ, Raven Gallery, KrakÃÂ³w
2018 ÃÂ· December, Ã¢ÂÂBlue GlassÃ¢ÂÂ, Art Gallery, Warsaw
2019 ÃÂ· November, Ã¢ÂÂLitte Big LifeÃ¢ÂÂ, Platon Gallery, WrocÃÂaw

Selected group exhibitions