Joanna PAWLIK (b. 1974), Joshua Tree; 2011

oil, canvas; 90 x 100 cm
sign. dated and described on the reverse: JOANNA PAWLIK JOSHUA TREE 2011

Works in painting, drawing, photography and video. She studied at the Faculty of Painting of the Academy of Fine Arts in Cracow. She received her diploma in the studio of Prof. Leszek Misiak. In 2018, she earned her doctorate from the Faculty of Art at the Pedagogical University named after the National Education Commission in Cracow. The artist has had many solo and group exhibitions her works have been exhibited in, among others, Bunkier Sztuki, Krakow; Galleri 69, Oslo; Galeria Czarna, Warsaw; Fotogalerie WUK, Vienna; DOX Contemporary Art Center, Prague and many others. The artist has received numerous awards including an honorable mention at the Bielska Autumn Biennale, the grand prize at the Fish Eye 5 Youth Art Biennale, the Trust For Mutual Understanding award, USA and others. Her works can be found, among others, in the Collection of the Regional Collection of Zachęta Contemporary Art in Szczecin, the collection of the Museum of Contemporary Art in Krakow (MOCAK), the collection of the Bunkier Sztuki Contemporary Art Gallery in Krakow and also in private collections at home and abroad.
Social issues, mechanisms of exclusion and individual spaces of feeling are present in her work. Focusing on exploring her own emotions, searching for a consensus between the roles of an artist and a mother, as well as her own femininity, personal experiences and inner life become inspirations for her paintings and projects. Joanna Pawlik's paintings are a peculiar record of the artist's life, peculiar portraits of loved ones, disabled people or the natural world as in the case of the presented work. Her negative painting is a fullness of artistic expression. The artist's unreal color scheme and painterly artistry have allowed her to create a metaphysical space.