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Antoni Karwowski | |
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 Antoni Karwowski in studio | |
| Born | April 14, 1948 |
| Nationality | Polish |
| Known for | Painting, Performance art, Installation art, Video art, Visual poetry |
| Movement | Lyrical Abstraction |
Antoni Karwowski (born 14 April 1948) is a Polish lyrical abstraction and neofiguration painter and a performance artist. [1]
Antoni Karwowski was raised in a small town in eastern Poland near Biebrza National Park. His father, Józef Karwowski, was a social worker. His mother, Larysa (née Zub), was a hairdresser. He has one younger brother, Maciej.[ citation needed ]
Karwowski grew up in a multigenerational family under the strong influence of his father and Russian grandfather, Szymon Zub. His father gave him his first drawing lesson, and his grandfather wrote poetry and sang old Russian songs.[ citation needed ] His later work was influenced by Polish and Russian culture and traditions, as well as his childhood surrounded by the wilderness.[ citation needed ]
After graduating high school, Karwowski started painting more, and he experimented with different forms of art. He changed homes and universities several times while looking for a place where he could fully develop his talents.[ citation needed ] He worked as a miner while conducting his search and later joined the Fine Arts Faculty at the Nicolaus Copernicus University in Toruń, where he became a professional artist. [2]
In the early 1980s, Karwowski and Zbigniew Oleszynski started a Polish performance group known as "Group A". [3] Since then, Karwowski has been heavily engaged in performance art, both as an organizer and a participant. From 2003, he has organized the International Performance & Intermedia Festival in Szczecin.
Throughout his career, Karwowski has created his own style of which a Berlin art critic said, "From his images comes colorful light, which is created by perfection in his workshop. The metaphor of this light gives magical, surreal meaning to figurative elements in his paintings. The power of his paintings, aside from the illuminating colors, comes from the richness of symbolic meanings and certain multilayers by which Karwowski’s paintings are far from simple decorative function." [4]
Karwowski's paintings focus on color and light. His paintings are housed in various private collections in Europe. He has also been commissioned by compound corporations and institutions, such as the Clinic in Dortmund [5] (Germany) in 2005. For the clinic, he created 53m-long wall panels that have received attention from a wide audience. [6]
Art Exhibitions:
2010 - "Anders Gallery" -Lünen (Germany)
2007 – "Anders Gallery" - Lünen (Germany)
2007 - "ZERO Gallery"- Berlin (Germany)
2006 - Museum of Art - Santa Fe (Argentina)
2006 - Museum Contemporary Art – Naples (Italy)
2005 - "Galerie automatique" - Berlin-Strasbourg
2005 - Art Platform - Tel Aviv (Israel)
2005 - Polish Art Fair 2005 - Poznan (Poland)
2004 – Project "MOTION"- Berlin (Germany)
2003 - V International Baltic Biennial – Szczecin (Poland)
2002 - Berliner Landtag – Berlin (Germany)
2002 - "Distance 777", 68elf gallery – Köln (Germany)
2001 - Europäisches Kulturzentrum - Köln (Germany)
2001 – “Kunst am limit”, "Pussy Galore"- Berlin (Germany)
2001 - "RAUMTRIEB 2001", art festival – Berlin (Germany)
2001 – "Wystawa malarstwa, Reimus gallery - Essen (Germany)
1999 - Ostholstein Museum – Eutin (Germany)
1999 - Galerie am Domplatz – Münster (Germany)
1999 - National Museum in Szczecin - Szczecin (Poland)
1996 – “Forum Ost – West” – Bergisch Gladbach (Germany)
1994 - "Anders Gallery" - Lünen (Germany)
1994 - "Forum Gallery" – Leverkusen (Germany)
1993 – “Cztery Zywioly” – Museum Greifswald (Germany)
1992 - "Gaia Cztery Sezony"- Gerlesborg (Sweden)
1992 - Municipal Gallery - Nakskov (Denmark)
1990 - "En-Garde Gallery" - Aarhus (Denmark)
1988 - "Fine Art Gallery" - Trollhattan (Sweden)
1988 - XV Festival of Polish Contemporary Art- Szczecin (Poland)
1987 - "Bridge West & East" - Antwerpen (Belgium)
1985 - "Nagra Malare" - Vanersborg (Sweden)
1981 – “Palacyk” - Wroclaw (Poland)
Selected Performance projects:
2011 - La Porta 2011 - Barcelona (Spain)]
2010 - "My Tram" - Szczecin (Poland)
2010 - "Extension Series 2" - Grim Museum 2, Berlin (Germany)
2005 - "Reading White Books " - Tel Aviv (Israel)
2001 - "Salz arm" - Berlin (Germany)
1998 - “Sentimental trip on east" - Moltkerei Werkstatt, Cologne (Germany)
1998 - "Middle ages anatomy" & "Gilgamesz – Enkidu’s Dream” - Ermelerspeicher Gallery, Schwedt, (Germany)
1993 - "The Last Breath of Aborigine” – Gerlesborg (Sweden)
1981 - "Koncert na Kaprala i grzalke" Teatr Otwarty "Kalambur" – Wroclaw (Poland)
1980 – Public Space Action ”My Tram” – Torun (Poland)
Cultural Projects involvement:
2003 - 2009 Curator International Performance & Intermedia festival – Szczecin (Poland)
2002 - 2005 Co-organizer international performance project “Private impact”
1995 - 1999 Originator International Performance festival "Trawnik" (Poland – Germany)
1992 - 1994 Co-organizer international project "Gaia the four elements"
1981 - 1986 Organized and kept Centre of Art in Swinoujscie (Poland)
1980 - 1981 Cooperated as artist with Open Theatre Centre "Kalambur" in Wroclaw (Poland)
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