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Currently on Collection / Ewa Ciepielewska
Ewa Ciepielewska
b. 1960 A Polish painter, performer and initiator of socially and ecologically engaged artistic activities. A co-founder of the legendary Wrocław-based LUXUS Group, associated with the Polish independent art scene of the 1980s. Graduate of the State Higher School of Fine Arts in Wrocław. Since the 1980s she has developed interdisciplinary practices combining painting, performance, communal actions and ecological activism. Creator and co-creator of numerous collective artistic initiatives, including VOLANS. Contemporary Art in 1000 Pieces, the Floating Festival Beyond the Walls and the FLOW/Przepływ artistic residency on the Vistula River. Her work is deeply connected with environmental awareness, alternative spirituality, communal experience and non-institutional forms of artistic collaboration. Laureate of the Katarzyna Kobro Award (2019).
Works in collection i.a.: Museum of Contemporary Art in Wrocław, National Museum in Kraków, Bielska Gallery BWA in Bielsko-Biała, private collections in Poland and abroad.
Selected exhibitions: exhibitions of the LUXUS Group, Wrocław (1980s); Zwierzęta wsparcia emocjonalnego, BWA Warszawa (2018); Wisła wpada do Odry, 66P, Wrocław (2020); Rok wodnego królika, BWA Warszawa (2023); Wokalistki, BWA Warszawa (2025); Chcemy całego życia. Feminizmy w sztuce polskiej, Państwowa Galeria Sztuki, Sopot (2024); Ruchy tektoniczne. O artystycznych symptomach transformacji, Museum of Art in Łódź (2023).
ARTISTS WORK IN CATALOGUE
oil, cavas | 78 x 110 cm
