Ewa Podlodowska, AKT, 2024

80,0 x 60,0 cm - acrylic, canvas

signed on the back l.g.: Ewa Podlodowska | 2024

Ewa Podlodowska (born Stalowa Wola 1987) - graduate of the Faculty of Arts at the Maria Curie-Skłodowska University in Lublin, majoring in graphic design (specializing in relief printing, and screen printing). For her bachelor's degree in the atelier of Dr. Krzysztof Szymanowicz, she received the dean's distinction. Her master's degree in the studio of Prof. Artur Popek. She was also an Erasmus scholarship recipient at Univerzita Hradec Králové in the Czech Republic. She works in printmaking and painting. The artist's works have been exhibited in many places at home and abroad, including: Stalowa Wola, Kazimierz Dolny, Lublin, Cracow, Wroclaw, Torun, Kutno, Plock, Warsaw, Chorzow, Gdansk, Bydgoszcz, Sandomierz, Hradec Kralove - Czech Republic, Bad Gestein - Austria, Amsterdam, Los Angeles.

Podlodowska's paintings are built from small bricks, dots, lines and simple shapes, which are put together in the manner of ancient tapestries or tapestries. Intentionally devoid of space and chiaroscuro, they are meant to act as a decorative panel. In her paintings one can easily find inspiration from the Far East and oriental design, which is intertwined with elements of Polish folk art. (quoted by Portal NiezlaSztuka.net)