Antoni Karwowski

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Antoni Karwowski
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Karwowski in 2007
Born (1948-04-14) 14 April 1948 (age 77)
Grajewo, Poland
Known forPainting
Style
Movement Art Abstraction

Antoni Karwowski (born 14 April 1948) is a Polish lyrical abstraction and neo-figuration painter and performance artist [1] active since the 1980s.[ citation needed ]

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Early life and family

Antoni Karwowski was born and raised in Grajewo, Eastern Poland, near Biebrza National Park. His father, Józef Karwowski, was a social worker, and his mother, Larysa Karwowski (née Zub), was a hairdresser. He has a younger brother named Maciej.[ citation needed ]

Karwowski grew up in a multigenerational household. His father gave him his first drawing lesson, while his grandfather wrote poetry and sang old Russian songs.[ citation needed ] Aspects of Polish and Russian culture and tradition, along with his upbringing in a wilderness environment, influenced his childhood.[ citation needed ]

Painting and performance art

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Regaty painting by Karwowski

After graduating from high school, Karwowski began painting and experimenting with various art media. During his art studies, he transferred between several universities[ citation needed ] and worked as a miner.[ citation needed ] He later joined the Fine Arts Faculty at the Nicolaus Copernicus University in Toruń. [2] [3]

In the late 1970s, Karwowski and Zbigniew Oleszynski co-founded the Polish performance group "Group A". [4] Karwowski has remained active in performance art, participating in and organizing events. Since 2003, he has organized the International Performance & Intermedia Festival in Szczecin.[ citation needed ]

A Berlin art critic described Karwowski's style as possessing "colorful light, which is created by perfection in his workshop," adding that "symbolic meanings and certain multilayers... are far from simple decorative function." [5]

He has also received commissions from corporations and institutions, including Clinic in Dortmund [6] (Germany), for which he created 53m long wall panels in 2005. [7]

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"Walking the dogs"

Art exhibitions

Selected performance projects

Source: [8]

Cultural projects involvement

References

  1. ↑ "Antoni Karwowski : contemporary Polish Painter - Singulart". www.singulart.com. Retrieved 2020-11-26.
  2. ↑ Malarstwo Antoniego Karwowskiego, Bogdan Bombolewski, Spojrzenia, listopad 1982
  3. ↑ "Antoni Karwowski : garbary48". garbary48.com.pl. Retrieved 2025-04-28.
  4. ↑ Przedstawiamy – grupa A
  5. ↑ Berliner Zeitung, 2005
  6. ↑ "Kunst > Strahlentherapie am Klinikum Dortmund - Dr. Med. R. Rohn & Kollegen". Archived from the original on 2014-09-02. Retrieved 2010-01-16.
  7. ↑ "Antoni Karwowski i Galeria Obrazów Artinside - malarstwo współczesne w zasięgu ręki". www.artinside.pl. Retrieved 2020-11-26.
  8. ↑ "Antoni Karwowski | La Porta BCN". www.laportabcn.com. Retrieved 2025-03-22.
  9. ↑ "Rhiz.eu - MY TRAM - project by polish artist ANTONI KARWOWSKI". 2011-07-20. Archived from the original on 20 July 2011. Retrieved 2025-03-22.

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