Kaja GOŹDZIEWICZ (b. 1994), Turbulent and calm periods, from the series: ,,Drains", 2023

acrylic, canvas, 50 x 50 cm, signed on the back

Kaja Goździewicz (b. 1994) Graduate of the Faculty of Sculpture at the University of Arts in Poznań. She completed her diploma in 2020 under the supervision of Prof. Slawomir Brzoska. Written under the supervision of Prof. Marta Smolinska, the theoretical part of the diploma with the title Dialogues with Disease. Artistic, curatorial and educational strategies towards illness on the example of the exhibitions , "Illness as a source of art" and , "Creative Illness States" was nominated for the best theoretical thesis at UAP in 2019/2020.

The artist touches on autobiographical themes of illness in her work; she is not afraid to express her emotions related to anorexia or depression.

The 2015 work , "Stackers" was included in the book in Prof. Marta Smolinska, "Hapticity extended: the sense of touch in Polish art of the second half of the 20th and early 21st centuries.

Exhibitions and awards:

2013

-A distinction during the XXI National Sculpture Plein-Air in Myślęcinek.

Since 2015 member of the Pygmalion Brigade

2017

-Sounds of Space, Promotional Gallery, Academy of Fine Arts in Cracow (exhibition summarizing artistic workshops at the House of Creative Work of the Academy of Fine Arts in Harenda, Zakopane)

-Sounds of Space / exhibition catalog, ISBN: 978-83-65570-42-0, p.30, 2018

-Scales, Periscope, Poznań

2019

-BODY LANGUAGE, Perigrid Gallery, Poznań

2020

-Disclosures, Open Scene Gallery, Poznań (Poznań Art Week).

-Blue Drop Competition, competitive exhibition (online) as part of the Eco Make event , "Man of the Future" 2052

-Viral Art Festival, competition exhibition, Chatka Żaka, Lublin

-Nomination to the 7th edition of the Alicja Kępińska competition for the best theoretical master's thesis created at UAP

-publication in the book: Marta Smolińska, Hapticity augmented: the sense of touch in Polish art of the second half of the 20th and the beginning of the 21st century, pp. 224, 243, 257, 383, Krakow 2020

2021

-Cover of the Bulletin of the Wielkopolska Chamber of Physicians, Newsletter no. 6 (317), Poznań, June 2021

-Exhibition during the Arslatrans Festival: Art of Love, Hol Club, Cracow.

-The Art of Love / exhibition catalog, ISBN: 978-83-962041-2-7, pp. 14-15

2023

-Bodypositivity, Przystanek Pireus, Poznań

-(W)cooperative, Wozownia Art Gallery, Toruń

-YassPlass Exhibition, exhibition for the 30th anniversary of the Brain Club, Bydgoszcz, Poland

-Publication of an excerpt from the diploma thesis On the need and value of touch - based on one's own experience in PantoZIN, Everything plays, Wroclaw Pantomime Theater, Wroclaw, Poland.

2024

-Daffodil Grill 2.0, Time Space, Wroclaw, Poland