Anna Michalik, With a Glance, 2022.

Anna Michalik (born 1981, Chojnice)
With a wink, 2022.
oil on canvas, 70 x 60 cm

She began painting long before she learned to read and write.
As a child, she tried all forms of drawing and painting, including chalk on asphalt and sticks in the sand. Everything was allowed.
The breakthrough came when she met the painter Maciej Wizner, who, within two weeks, gave new meaning to her previous "work." He changed her, started shaping her, he was not an easy teacher and she was not an easy student....
She got her art education by studying Painting under the supervision of Professor Lech Wolski at the Faculty of Fine Arts at the Nicolaus Copernicus University in Torun from 2001 to 2006. Initially she insisted that she would be a graphic designer, but unfortunately nothing came of it. She remembers the professor's surprise: You? A graphic designer? Never! The lady is a born painter!!!
Then life took a different course and she put aside her brushes and easel for a while until 2012. Since then she has devoted almost every free moment to painting. The subjects that particularly inspire her are man and landscape. She has participated in many group exhibitions and several solo exhibitions. Her works are available in several stationary galleries in the country.
Individual exhibitions:
- May 2014 exhibition at Mrs. Anna Karenska's Gallery accompanying Zbigniew Zamachowski's performance in Nekielka, near Poznan.
- June-July 2016 exhibition at the Terrace Gallery at the Port 110 Hotel in Ilawa
Participation in the virtual exhibition Art in Times of Pandemic organized by the Piniata Association - October 2020.