Paulina Olowska

Paulina Olowska (* 1976 in Gdansk, Poland) is a Polish painter and versatile artist. She receives 2014 Art Prize of Aachen.

Life

After her schooling Olowska studied at the School of the Art Institute of Chicago, and at the Academy of Fine Arts in Gdansk. Paulina Olowska lives and works in Mszana Dolna, Poland. As part of group exhibitions were their works at the Museum of Modern Art in Warsaw, Goetz, Munich collection, shown in the Carnegie Museum of Art, Pittsburgh, and the Museum Folkwang, Essen. Since 2009, her work can also be seen in solo exhibitions of renowned art galleries.

Work

At Paulina Olowska works include paintings, drawings, collages, performances, installations and videos. In her works she refers to the art and design history as well as architecture, interior design, traditional Polish crafts, puppetry, functional scenes, fashion and advertising. She created portraits of important women in art and literature such as Virginia Woolf, Vanessa Bell, Charlotte Perriand, Nina Hamnett and Peggy Moffitt.

" Paulina Olowska crawled into her artistic work, the historical fundus of modernity, browsing in art and design history and uses in fashion and advertising. Fascinated by the utopian promise of the historical avant-garde, Olowska suited to their techniques and use them in their works. She has worked in various media such as performance, video, installation, sculpture, collage, painting and fashion, collaborations with other artists / inside, curated exhibitions and organized events. Here forgotten women of these disciplines come back into the spotlight, re-evaluated by Olowska and classified in the history. "

Solo Exhibitions

Awards

  • 2014 Art Prize of Aachen (announced award )
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