Joanna Sokolowska

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Artworks for sale: 46

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Poland

About Joanna Sokolowska

 
 
  • Biography

    Artist - painter and sculptor from Warsaw (born in 1984).  Recipient of Fulbright Scholarship in 2013, she studied at the Massachusetts College of Art in Boston, USA, where she received her MFA  degree in May 2015. Her education is both artistic and linguistic, both in Poland and abroad. Earlier she received MA degree in English Philology at the Institute of Applied Linguistics - Warsaw University (2009); BA degree at the College of English Language Teacher Education- Warsaw University (2006); Master of Fine Arts degree at the Department of Sculpture - Academy of Fine Arts in Warsaw (2012); Erasmus scholarship at the Department of Sculpture - Academy of Fine Arts in Rome, Italy (2009/2010). She exhibited her works in Poland, Italy and USA.

    Her paintings and sculptures revolve around the theme of human being, his interior emotions, life, psyche. Her most common topic is portrait, human face. She combines elements of realism with expressive, emotional quest for power of expression. As she says, „Form me, the human form is like a temple; a sphere of sacrum, which encompassed the richness of emotions and experiences. These states of mind are sources of exploration for me to seek those binding qualities that make us human. Sculpture and Painting is a way for me to convert intangible feelings into three-and two-dimensional forms.”

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  • Education

    2013 - 2015

    Massachusetts College of Art and Design, Boston, USA

    2009 - 2010

    Academy of Fine Arts in Rome, Italy

    2007 - 2012

    Academy of Fine Arts in Warsaw, Poland

    2006 - 2009

    University of Warsaw, Poland

    2003 - 2006

    University of Warsaw, Poland

  • Awards

    2015

    Artist in Residence in the Carving Studio and Sculpture Center, West Rutland, Vermont, USA

    2 months as Artist on Residence

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    2012

    FULBRIGHT Scholarship, Polish-US Fulbright Commission

    FULBRIGHT Scholarship, Polish-US Fulbright Commission (to study and work at Massachusetts College of Art, Boston, USA) 

  • Upcoming Events

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    Previous events

    Event: "Fascinations" Exhibition, Galeria Ulegla

    Dates: 23 Jan 2017 - 20 Feb 2017

    Venue: Lysy Pingwin, Ząbkowska 11, Warsaw, Poland

    solo exhibition of paintings

    Event: "Vibrations" ("Drgania")

    Dates: 29 Oct 2016 - 13 Nov 2016

    Venue: Fort Sokolnickiego Art Center, Stefana Czarnieckiego 51, WARSAW


    EXHIBITION OF PAINTING AND SCULPTURE
    BY
    JOANNY SOKOLOWSKA

    Art Centre FORT Sokolnickiego
    ul. Stefana Czarnieckiego 51, WARSAW

    29.10 – 13.11. 2016
    Opening Reception – 29th October 6pm


    "VIBRATIONS"

    keywords:
    restless, vibrant, full of emotion, fragile, sensitive, often elusive and inscrutable.
    .
    Such is the human interior.
    .
    Exhibition of paintings and sculptures of Joanna Sokolowska is a journey into the inner life experienced not by reason but by the heart. It is an incentive for reflection and stopping for a moment in the daily rush of life, and an invitation to look at the personal, intimate world of each of us.
    The richness of texture, clear painting and sculptural gestures oscillating between realism and abstraction, rich colors – it all adds up to a complex picture of a man, built from the experiences and emotions. These variable states of mind and spirit, vibrating and quivering inside each of us, become for the artist a source of artistic exploration. Pa

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Education

2013 - 2015

Massachusetts College of Art and Design, Boston, USA

2009 - 2010

Academy of Fine Arts in Rome, Italy

2007 - 2012

Academy of Fine Arts in Warsaw, Poland

2006 - 2009

University of Warsaw, Poland

2003 - 2006

University of Warsaw, Poland


Awards

2015

Artist in Residence in the Carving Studio and Sculpture Center, West Rutland, Vermont, USA

2 months as Artist on Residence

Show more awards Hide

2012

FULBRIGHT Scholarship, Polish-US Fulbright Commission

FULBRIGHT Scholarship, Polish-US Fulbright Commission (to study and work at Massachusetts College of Art, Boston, USA) 


There are no upcoming events

Show previous events Hide previous events

Previous events

Event: "Fascinations" Exhibition, Galeria Ulegla

Dates: 23 Jan 2017 - 20 Feb 2017

Venue: Lysy Pingwin, Ząbkowska 11, Warsaw, Poland

solo exhibition of paintings

Event: "Vibrations" ("Drgania")

Dates: 29 Oct 2016 - 13 Nov 2016

Venue: Fort Sokolnickiego Art Center, Stefana Czarnieckiego 51, WARSAW


EXHIBITION OF PAINTING AND SCULPTURE
BY
JOANNY SOKOLOWSKA

Art Centre FORT Sokolnickiego
ul. Stefana Czarnieckiego 51, WARSAW

29.10 – 13.11. 2016
Opening Reception – 29th October 6pm


"VIBRATIONS"

keywords:
restless, vibrant, full of emotion, fragile, sensitive, often elusive and inscrutable.
.
Such is the human interior.
.
Exhibition of paintings and sculptures of Joanna Sokolowska is a journey into the inner life experienced not by reason but by the heart. It is an incentive for reflection and stopping for a moment in the daily rush of life, and an invitation to look at the personal, intimate world of each of us.
The richness of texture, clear painting and sculptural gestures oscillating between realism and abstraction, rich colors – it all adds up to a complex picture of a man, built from the experiences and emotions. These variable states of mind and spirit, vibrating and quivering inside each of us, become for the artist a source of artistic exploration. Pa


 

Biography

Artist - painter and sculptor from Warsaw (born in 1984).  Recipient of Fulbright Scholarship in 2013, she studied at the Massachusetts College of Art in Boston, USA, where she received her MFA  degree in May 2015. Her education is both artistic and linguistic, both in Poland and abroad. Earlier she received MA degree in English Philology at the Institute of Applied Linguistics - Warsaw University (2009); BA degree at the College of English Language Teacher Education- Warsaw University (2006); Master of Fine Arts degree at the Department of Sculpture - Academy of Fine Arts in Warsaw (2012); Erasmus scholarship at the Department of Sculpture - Academy of Fine Arts in Rome, Italy (2009/2010). She exhibited her works in Poland, Italy and USA.

Her paintings and sculptures revolve around the theme of human being, his interior emotions, life, psyche. Her most common topic is portrait, human face. She combines elements of realism with expressive, emotional quest for power of expression. As she says, „Form me, the human form is like a temple; a sphere of sacrum, which encompassed the richness of emotions and experiences. These states of mind are sources of exploration for me to seek those binding qualities that make us human. Sculpture and Painting is a way for me to convert intangible feelings into three-and two-dimensional forms.”