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
NEW ZERO PLATFORM - Art Festival, Yangon (Myanmar )
TALKaCTIVE - Queens Museum , New York
ACTUS V - Brussels / Belgium
Mother III - Centre of Contemporary Art, Torun / Poland
Secret Blackness of Milk – Museum 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 5 – Essen (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 "
COLLECTIONS
clinik in Dortmund
SJ GREEN CARGO Göteborg
ELECTRA PLUS - Poznań
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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