Biographical Note

Born 1985 in Krakow. Painter, graduate of the Academy of Fine Arts in Krakow. She studied with Professors Grzegorz Bednarski and Leszek Misiak, graduating with distinction in 2010. In 2014–2019, she was consistently ranked in the top 10 of the Young Art Compass, ranking second in 2017 and 2018. Her works can be found in the collection of the Museum of Contemporary Art in Gdańsk, the Polin Museum in Warsaw, and in many other collections at home and abroad.

Individual Exhibitions:

2024, December — Once You Live, Once You Don’t, Villa Kindermann Gallery, City Art Gallery, Łódź
2024, Rose Garland — Artemis Gallery, Kraków
2024, March — Cuentacuentos, galeriaart.pl, Warsaw
2023, July — NonExistence, BWA Gallery, Zamość
2022, December — Eclipses, Płock Art Gallery, Płock
2022, February — Maurin, galeriaart.pl, Warsaw
2021, June — Moment, Wirydarz Gallery, Lublin
2021, September — No Words Needed, Triada Gallery, Gdańsk
2020, August — Silvery, galeriaart.pl, Warsaw
2019, October — A Little Big Life, Platon Gallery, Wrocław
2018, December — Blue Glass, Art Gallery, Warsaw
2018, April — Theatre of the Everyday, Raven Gallery, Krakow
2017, October — Goodbye, Until Tomorrow, Triada Gallery, Gdańsk
2017, April — Human Stories, Promocyjna Gallery, Warsaw
2016, April — Genius Loci, Artemis Gallery, Krakow
2015, October — Harold and Ernest, St. Bartholomew’s Church, Lower Basildon, UK
2014, November — Life of a Painting, Szép Műhely Galéria, Budapest, Hungary
2014, March — On the Road, Platon Art Gallery,
2013, April — Man and Beast, Mazowieckie Centre for Culture and Art, Elektor Gallery, Warsaw
2012, August — Horizon Line, Od Do Gallery, Gdynia
2012, January — Between Light and Shadow, Jagiellonian University Museum of Pharmacy, Kraków
2011, December — I Dreamt, Art Gallery, Warsaw
2011, May — Transformations, BWA Gallery, Zamość
2011, May — Let’s Go to Sleep, Art Gallery, Museum Night, Warsaw
2011, January — Encounters, Galeria 2 Światy, Krakow

Selected group exhibitions:

2022 — Destination Art, Bolesław Biegas Museum, Warsaw
2022 — Decade, exhibition presenting the activity of graduates of the Kraków Academy of Fine Arts, Open Eyes Art Festival, Ogiński and Potulicki Palace, Krakow
2022 — 7 Stages in the Liife of a Woman, Villa Kindermann Gallery, City Art Gallery, Łódź
2021 — Antigravitation, BWA Gallery, Tarnów
2020 — They_She, Platon Art Gallery, Wrocław
2020 — Intimacy, exhibition by Katarzyna Karpowicz and Katarzyna Kukuła, Raven Gallery, Kraków
2019 — Young Polish Painting, National Museum in Gdańsk, Division of Contemporary Art Branch
2019 — Art Now, pre-auction exhibition, National Museum in Kraków
2018 — XIV aniversario, Galería de Arte Montsequi, Madrid, Spain
2018 — The Karpowicz Family, exhibition of the Karpowicz family as a part of the Capital of Polish Language festival, Szczebrzeszyn
2018 — Realism, Two Views, Bureau of Art Exhibitions, BWA Gallery, Bydgoszcz
2017 — Leszek Misiak and Students, Centrum Gallery, Nowa Huta Cultural Centre, Academy of Fine Arts, ASP Gallery, Krakow
2017 — Configurations, Krakow Artistic Encounters, Bunkier Sztuki, Kraków
2017 — Small Format, exhibition of the Association of Polish Artists and Designers ZPAP Krakow Brunch, Raven Gallery, Krakow
2016 — Espacios, ciudades, arquitecturas, gente…, Galería de Arte Montsequi, Madrid, Spain
2016 — 8 Women, Konduktorownia Gallery, Regional Society for the Promotion of the Fine Arts, Częstochowa
2015 — Abstraction, Figuration, Contemporary Krakow Painting, MANK Galéria, Szentendre, Hungary
2015 — Association of Polish Artists and Designers ZPAP Kraków Branch Painting and Sculpture Salon, Centrum Gallery, Nowa Huta Cultural Centre, Kraków
2015 — Exercises, Platán Galéria, Polish Institute, Budapest, Hungary
2014 — 4 x Karpowicz, exhibition of Katarzyna, Joanna, Sławomir Karpowicz and Anna Karpowicz-Westner, Raven Gallery, Krakow
2013 — Zakynthos 2013, post-open air event exhibition, Stalowa Gallery, Warsaw
2012 — Art Saves Lives, exhibition Katarzyna and Joanna Karpowicz, Foundation for the Promotion of Contemporary Art, Warsaw
2011 — 100th Birthday of the Association of Polish Artists and Designers ZPAP , Palace of Arts, Krakow
2007 — Landschaft als suggestive Vision von Licht und Raum, City Hall, Steyr, Austria
2007 — Vis-à-vis Wyspiański, post-competition exhibition, Szafirowa Pracownia, Kraków

Prizes and awards:

2019 — Artistic stipend of the Maria Anna Siemińska Grazella Foundation for distinguished young artists
2019 — 3nd place in the Young Art Compass
2018 — 2nd place in the Young Art Compass
2017 — 2nd place in the Young Art Compass
2016 — 4th place in the Young Art Compass
2015 — 8th place in the Young Art Compass
2014 — 9th place in the Young Art Compass
2012 — 13th place in the Young Art Compass
2012 — Honorable mention at the Franciszka Eibisch Foundation painting competition, Warsaw
2011 — Association of Polish Artists and Designers ZPAP Painters’ Club President’s Award for painting at Small Painting Formas exhibition, Kraków
2008 — Honorable mention for autobiographical comic strip in Gutek Film competition, Warsaw
2005 — 2st prize in painting at the National Biennial Human Landscape dedicated to Józef Czapski, Kraków
2004 — 1st prize for a painting in the national art competition Contemporary Europe — People and Places, Katowice
2003 — 1st prize for a set of works at the 10th National Painting Plein-air, Jeżów