Joanna KULSKA (b. 1983), Bliss, 2023

acrylic, canvas, 100 x 100 cm, signed on the back

She was born in 1983 in Bytom. She graduated from the Jan Długosz Academy in Częstochowa. She derived her love for art from her family home, where her father, a painter, organized meetings with other artists and art collectors, which did not remain without influence on her work. The artists of the beat generation remain in her circle of interest, and the works of Charles Bukowski, whose skeptical view of the world she has taken over and tries to convey in her paintings, have had a great influence on the form and shape of her paintings.

In her works she refers to the peculiar means of expression that is color, and it is through color that she tries to convey the complexity of human nature and the surrounding world, and her distanced approach to art helps her achieve the desired effect. She is inspired by Abstract Expressionism, but, as she always emphasizes, her approach to creation is strongly influenced by the work of Stanislaw Szukalski and his concept of the "Creativity Center."