Paulina Ołowska

Paulina Ołowska (* 1976 in Gdansk , Poland ) is a Polish painter and versatile artist . In 2014 she received the Aachen Art Prize .

Life

After finishing school, Ołowska studied at the School of the Art Institute of Chicago , and at the Academy of Arts in Gdansk. Paulina Ołowska lives and works in Mszana Dolna , Poland. As part of group exhibitions, her works have been shown at the Museum of Modern Art in Warsaw , the Goetz Collection , Munich, the Carnegie Museum of Art , Pittsburgh, and the Museum Folkwang , Essen, among others . Since 2009 her work can also be seen in solo exhibitions in well-known art halls.

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Paulina Ołowska's works include paintings, drawings, collages, performances, installations and videos. In her work she refers to the history of art and design as well as architecture, interior design, traditional Polish handicrafts, puppet shows, functional backdrops, fashion and advertising. She created portraits of important women from the arts and literature such as Virginia Woolf , Vanessa Bell , Charlotte Perriand , Nina Hamnett and Peggy Moffitt .

Solo exhibitions

• Kunsthalle Basel (2013)
• Stedelijk Museum , Amsterdam (2013)
• Museum of Modern Art , New York (2012)
• Pinakothek der Moderne , Munich (2009).

Awards

• 2015 Art Prize Aachen , in connection with the exhibition "Needle / Nadel"

literature

• Kunstverein Braunschweig (ed.): Paulina Olowska. She had to discard the idea of ​​a house as a metaphor . Verlag W. Koenig, 2004 ISBN 978-3-88375-895-4
• Lionel Bovier (Ed.): Paulina Olowska . Ringier, 2012 ISBN 978-3-03764-287-0

Web links

• Contemporary Art Daily: Paulina Olowska at Metro Pictures (accessed February 4, 2014)
• Paulina Olowska: "Finding out what it's really about", in: Deutsche Bank ArtMag 60, April 2010 (accessed February 4, 2014)

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