Karolina Kowalska (b. 1978), Kaleidoscope; 2021

Photograph; 25 x 25 framed 27 x 27 cm
Signed on the back: KAROLINA KOWALSKA/ KALEIDOSCOPE/ 2021/ PHOTOGRAPHY/ 25X25CM/ EP. ⅖ / KOWALSKA

Artist and graphic designer (born 1978 in Cracow). Her realizations are intermedia, she creates photographs, videos, objects, and site-specific installations, in which she often uses light. She is a graduate of the Faculty of Graphic Arts at the Academy of Fine Arts in Cracow (1997-2002). She also studied film and animation at Hogeschool Gent. In 2006 she was invited to a residency program at Forum Stadtpark - Graz. In 2007 she received a scholarship from the Ministry of Culture and National Heritage. Since 2009, she has participated in the Artist Pension Trust / Berlin program. In 2010-2011 she was an artist in residence at Location One in New York, organized in cooperation with the Adam Mickiewicz Institute. She is a recipient of the Young Poland artistic scholarship from the Minister of Culture and National Heritage (2010). Her works are in the collection of the Museum of Contemporary Art in Krakow - MOCAK, Manggha Museum of Japanese Art and Technology, Bunkier Sztuki, Artist Pension Trust / Berlin Collection and in private collections.