Antoni Karwowski (b. 1948).
He studied Fine Arts at University in Torun (Poland).
He is an intermedia artist, an organizer, a curator and an independent lecturer, author of the book “SECRET BLACKNESS OF MILK - performance”.
He was a co-founder and curator of many international art projects and festivals, such as Gaja – four elements (1992–1994), Trawnik (1995–1999), Art Migration (2000–2003), Private Impact (2002–2004), Performance - Intermedia (2005–2011), Live Art Archive PL (2014–2016).
He presented works in many places of art:
Museum Contemporary Art – Naples (Italy), Museum Contemporary Art – Santa Fe (Argentina), Polish Art Fair, Poznan (Poland), “Steel forest” gallery, Warsaw (Poland), Painting exhibition in Berliner Landtag - Berlin, “Reimus gallery”, Essen (Germany), Ostholstein Museum - Eutin (Germany), Anders Gallery - Lünen (Germany), “Forum Gallery” - Leverkusen (Germany), Museum in Greifswald (Germany), Municipal Gallery - Nakskov (Danmark), Rheinmuseum - Emmerich, (Germany), Nagra Malare Gallery - Vanersborg (Sweden), “En Garde Gallery”, - Aarhus (Danmark), “Fine Art Gallery” - Trollhattan (Sweden)

International art projects, selection of last five years:
Echt Jetzt - International Art Festival, Tubingen, Stuttgard, Germany 
La Muga Caula - International Performance Art Festival, Les Escaules (Spain)
NEW ZERO PLATFORM -  Art Festival, Yangon (Myanmar
TALKaCTIVE - Queens Museum, New York 
ACTUS V - Brussels / Belgium 
Grace Exhibition Space New York 
Mother III - Centre of Contemporary Art,  Torun / Poland 
Secret Blackness of MilkMuseum of Modern Art in Szczecin / Poland
Kontrapunkt - National Museum in Szczecin / Poland
A Day in the Life - Creative Space NU-E in Wanju / Korea
The Change - Napoli / Italy
Tangible live / EMMA - Espoo Museum of Modern Art / Finland
Préavis de Désordre Urbain / Red Plexus – Marseille (France)
PPP* - Performance Art Festival - Münster (Germany)
Freie Radikale - Cologne (Germany)
Interval 5Essen (Germany)
GWANGJU BIENNALE – Gwangju (South Korea)

I was raised in a small town in Eastern Poland, surrounded by one of the largest nature parks in Europe.
I grew up in a multigenerational and multicutural family under the strong influence my father and Russian grandfather. Father gave me first drawing lessons, grandfather opened to me world  of poetry and old Russian songs. My later works was influenced by Polish, Jewish, Russian, Ukrainian culture and traditions, as well as a childhood surrounded by the wilderness that encouraged my sensitivity and strong feelings of individualism.
I studied Fine Arts at the University of Torun, where developed my potential and became a professional artist.

Critic Susanne Graff said,
" Karwowski has created own style, from his images comes colorful light, which is created by perfection in his workshop. Expression of color and light  gives metaphorical meaning for figurative elements in his paintings. The power of his paintings, aside from illuminating colors, comes from the richness of meanings and certain multilayer by which Karwowski ’s paintings are far from simple decorative function.
This painting intrigue, seduce variety of forms , their reception requiring close contact and time, to fully range of means of expression "

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GALLERY
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Green Angel - 200x175 acrylic on canvas





Red Figure - 100x80 acrylic on canvas


Landscape / Italy serie - 110x50 acrylic on canvas


On the beach / Italy serie 140x95 acrylic on canvas


Summer - 145x200 acrylic on canvas


Riviera / Italy serie - 140x 90 acrylic on canvas


Figure - 80x60 acrylic on canvas


On the beach - 80x60 acrylic on paper


Amsterdam 01 - 80x60 acrylic on canvas


Nude - 100x80 acrylic on canvas


Nude - 100x80 acrylic on canvas


Nude - 100x80 acrylic on canvas


Amsterdam 02 - 100x80 acrylic on canvas


On the beach - 80x60 acrylic on canvas


City - 100x80 acrylic on canvas


Mystery - 110x90 acrylic on canvas


Four/Four - 80x65 acrylic on canvas


Poem - 78x58 acrylic on paper


City - 50x35 acrylic on canvas


Landscape - 50x35 acrylic on canvas




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