Biographical Note

Born 4 Nov 1985 in Krakow. In 2005 she graduated from National School of Fine Arts in Cracow, and began studying painting at the Faculty of Fine Arts in Krakow. Until 2008 she studied under prof. Grzegorz Bednarski. She graduated with honors in 2010 under prof. Leszek Misiak. Katarzyna Karpowicz’s works can be found in many collections in Poland and abroad, as well as in the collection of the Museum of Contemporary Art in Gdansk. In 2019 she was awarded with Anna Maria Siemieńska Grazella Foundation’s artistic scholarship for excellent young artists.

Solo exhibitions:

2023 · August, “Non-existence”, BWA Gallery, Zamosc, Poland
2022 · December, “Zaćmienia”, Płock Art Gallery, Płock
2022 · February, “Maurin”, GaleriaArt.pl, Warsaw
2021 · August, “No Need For Words”, Triada Gallery, Gdansk, Poland
2021 · June, “Moment”, Wirydarz Gallery, Lublin, Poland
2020 · August, “Silver”, Art Gallery, Warsaw, Poland
2019 · November, “Little Big Life”, Platon Gallery, Wroclaw, Poland
2018 · December, “Blue Glass”, Art Gallery, Warsaw, Poland
2018 · April, “The Theatre of the Everyday”, Raven Gallery, Krakow, Poland
2017 · October, “Goodbye, Till Tomorrow”, Triada Gallery, Gdansk, Poland
2017 · April, “Human Stories”, Promocyjna Gallery, Warsaw, Poland
2016 · April, “Genius Loci”, Artemis Gallery, Krakow, Poland
2015 · October, “Harold and Ernest”, St. Bartholomew`s Church, Lower Basildon, UK
2014 · November, “The life of the image”, Szép Műhely Gallery, Budapest, Hungary
2014 · March, “On the road”, Platon Gallery, Wroclaw, Poland
2013 · October, “Katarzyna Karpowicz – painting”, Klub Adwokatow, Krakow, Poland
2013 · April, “Man and animal”, The Mazovia Region Centre of Culture and Arts – Elektor Gallery, Warsaw, Poland
2012 · August, “Horizon”, OdDo Gallery, Gdynia, Poland
2012 · January, “Between light and shadow”, The Cracow Museum of Pharmacy, Cracow, Poland
2011 · December, “In my dreams”, Art Gallery, Warsaw, Poland
2011 · May, “Transition”, BWA Gallery, Zamosc, Poland
2011 · May, “Let’s go to sleep!”, The Night of Museums, Art Gallery, Warsaw, Poland
2011 · January, “The meeting”, 2 Worlds Gallery, Krakow, Poland

Group exhibitions (selection):

2022 · “Kierunek sztuka”, Boleslaw Biegas’ Museum, Warsaw
2022 · “Decade”, Open Eyes Art Festival, Palace of Oginski and Potulicki families, Kraków
2022 · “7 stages of a woman’s life”, City Art Gallery in Lodz, Kindermann’s Villa, Łódź
2020 · “Antigravity”, BWA Gallery, Tarnów
2020 · “One_Ona”, Platon Gallery, Wrocław
2020 · “Intimacy”, Katarzyna Karpowicz and Katarzyny Kukuły, Raven Gallery, Kraków “Young Polish Painting”, National Museum in Gdansk, Contemporary Art Department
2019 · “Art now”, pre auction exhibition, National Museum in Kraków
2018 · “XIV Aniversario”, Galeria de Arte Montsequi, Madrid, Spain
2018 · “Karpowicze”, exhibition of the Karpowicz family as a part of Capital of a Polish Language Festival, Szczebrzeszyn
2018 · “Realism, Two Perspectives”, BWA Gallery, Bydgoszcz
2017 · “Leszek Misiak and Students”, Centrum Gallery, Nowa Huta Cultural Centre, Academy of Fine Arts Gallery, Krakow
2017 · “Configurations”, Krakow Artistic Meetings, Association of Polish Artists and Designers, Art Bunker, Krakow
2017 · “Small Format”, exhibition of the Krakow District of the Association of Polish Artists and Designers, Raven Gallery, Krakow
2016 · “Espacios, ciudades, arquitecturas, gente”, Galeria de Arte Montsequi, Madrid, Spain
2016 · “8 women”, Regional Society for the Promotion of Fine Arts, Konduktorownia, Czestochowa
2015 · Christmas exhibition of the Krakow branch of the association of Polish Artists and Designers, Arts Palace, Krakow
2015 · “The Abstract, the Figure”, contemporary painting created in Kraków, MANK Gallery, Szentendre, Hungary
2015 · Exhibition of paintings and sculptures of the Krakow Branch of the Association of Polish Artists and Designers, Centrum Gallery, Nowa Huta centre for culture, Krakow
2015 · “Excercise”, Platan Gallery, Budapest
2014 · “4 x Karpowicz”, Raven Gallery, Kraków
2013 · “Zakynthos 2013”, Stalowa Gallery, Warsaw
2012 · Katarzyna and Joanna Karpowicz, “Art saves life”, Galeria Fundacji Promocji Sztuki Współczesnej, Warsaw, Poland
2011 · Yokohama Akarenga Soko – presenting young artists from Yokohama & Krakow – Yokohama, Japan
2011 · “100 years of ZPAP Krakow” Art Palace – Cracow, Poland
2007 · “Landschaft als suggestive Vision von Licht und Raum”, group exhibition, Steyr, Austria

Awards (selection):

2019 · Awarded with The Grazella Foundation’s artistic scholarship
2019 · Third place in ranking of young artists in Poland – Art Compas
2018 · Second place in ranking of young artists in Poland – Art Compas
2017 · Second place in ranking of young artists in Poland – Art Compas
2016 · Fourth place in ranking of young artists in Poland – Art Compas
2015 · Eighth place in ranking of young artists in Poland – Art Compas
2014 · Nineth place in ranking of young artists in Poland – Art Compas
2012 · Thirteenth place in ranking of young artists in Poland – Art Compas
2012 · Honorable Mention in the competition painting the name E. Eibischa – Warsaw
2011 · Prize of the President of the Club Painters Association of Polish Artists – Krakow
2008 · Honorable mention for the autobiographical comic contest Gutek Film
2005 · Completion “I Wigierski School Ethics “organized by the Adam Mickiewicz University in Poznan
2005 · First prize in the National Painting Biennial “Human Landscape” dedicated to Jozef Czapski
2004 · First prize for painting in the national art competition “Contemporary Europe, People and Places” – Katowice
2003 · First prize for the work set in the X-Poland outdoors painting – Jezow
2003 · Honorable mention in the sixth drawing competition “Self-Portrait” (High School in Krakow)
2003 · First prize in the sixth drawing competition “Self-Portrait” (High School in Krakow)
2003 · Distinction in the field of painting in the V National Biennial of Drawing and Painting (OSSP Koszalin)
2003 · Honorable mention for the development of reviews on the life and work of Jozef Czapski (School of Fine Arts in Krakow)