Joanna PAWLIK (1974), From the series: Now I have two hearts (Crown); 2009

Oil, canvas; 50 x 50

Signed, dated on back: JOANNA/ PAWLIK / 2009

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 the Zachęta Contemporary Art Gallery in Szczecin, the collection of the Museum of Contemporary Art in Cracow (MOCAK), the collection of the Bunkier Sztuki Contemporary Art Gallery in Cracow and also in private collections at home and abroad.