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| Born | October 1, 1960 |
| Nationality | Polish |
| Known for | painting, performance, activism |
Ewa Ciepielewska (born 1 October 1960) is a Polish painter, performance artist and an activist. [1]
Ewa Ciepielewska | |
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| Born | October 1, 1960 |
| Nationality | Polish |
| Known for | painting, performance, activism |
Ewa Ciepielewska (born 1 October 1960) is a Polish painter, performance artist and an activist. [1]
Ewa Ciepielewska was born on 1 October 1960, in Wałbrzych, Poland. In 1984 [2] she completed her studies in painting at the Higher School of Fine Arts in Wrocław, at the studio of prof. Konrad Jarodzki. [1] [2] [3]
In 1982, [1] together with Bożena Grzyb-Jarodzka and Paweł Jarodzki, [4] Ciepielewska co-founded the artistic group LUXUS – one of the key artistic groups of the 1980s in Poland. [1] [4] [5] Over the years, she participated in dozens of exhibitions of the group and co-created the LUXUS Magazine and other publications of the group. [2] Together with Magdalena Mosiewicz, she co-organized the Lotny Festiwal poza Murami festival. [4] In the second half of the 1990s, she established the Volans association, whose aim is to support young art. [1] [4]
She combines her artistic work with pro-ecological and political activities. [1] In addition to painting, she also creates engaged happenings, murals and outdoor projects. [2] [4] She belongs to Koalicja Ratujmy Rzeki (Save the Rivers Coalition). [2] Since the beginning of the 21st century, she has been engaging in projects connected to the Vistula river, which resulted in the Flow/Przepływ project (since 2015) aimed to use art as the means of looking after the aquatic ecosystem. [1] The project included art residencies on the Vistula [1] [4] for artists, curators and activists. [1] The results were presented at exhibitions, for example at the Hamburger Bahnhof (2018) and Alter Hafen in Berlin (2017), or at the Gdańsk City Gallery (2016, 2018). [1]
Her works have appeared at individual and group exhibitions, including at the National Museum in Gdańsk, the Łaźnia Centre for Contemporary Art, [2] the Museum of Modern Art in Warsaw, the Zachęta National Gallery of Art, the Ujazdowski Castle Center for Contemporary Art and Strykejernet in Oslo. [1] Ciepielewska's works are part of the collections of the National Museums in Warsaw, Wrocław and Kraków, as well as the Jerke Museum in Recklinghausen. [1] [3]
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