Ewa HOPPE-NOWICKA (born 1958)

oil, recycled metal sheet on board; 18 x 18 cm
signed p. d. initials: HN
Signed, dated on back: Ewa Hoppe-Nowicka / 2020 VI

Graduate of the Faculty of Interior Design at the Academy of Fine Arts in Cracow, she received her diploma in 1983. She is a member of ZPAP Krakow District, a scholarship holder of the Ministry of Culture and Art. Winner of many awards and prizes. She has participated in many individual and group exhibitions at home and abroad. The artist's works are in museum and private collections in France, Germany, USA, Canada and China, among others.
Two small works " Untitled" are bans during pandemics, made using hand-cut stencils, made according to old techniques, on old metal sheets and board. The use of shabby metal sheets is in a way conjuring reality, the works give the impression of coming from the past. In this way, the artist expresses the social need to end the time of the pandemic transferring it symbolically to the past.