acrylic, canvas, 90 x 120 cm, described on the back: '"IN THICKNESS" | 2025 AKRYL | Jowita ŻYCHNIEWICZ | TOMA'.
Born in 1976 in Koło. Graduated from the Academy of Fine Arts in Gdansk at the Faculty of Painting and Graphic Arts in the following studios: painting under the direction of Prof. Maciej Swieszewski and silk screen printing under the direction of ad. II st. Aleksander Widynski. In 2004, she was among the 100 finalists of the "Picture of the Year" competition, accompanied by an exhibition at the Królikarnia in Warsaw. In 2005, she received a Diploma from the Minister of Culture for her participation in the realization of mural paintings - the project "In color it hurts less" at the Children's Oncology and Hematology Clinic in Gdansk. Participant in the National Competition of Contemporary Painting "Bielska Jesień 2007" at the BWA in Bielsko-Biała. Nominated for the Pomeranian Artistic Hope Award 2009 for 2008 in Gdansk. She participated in the "25th and 27th International Art Salon" in Lublin in 2021 and 2023. She took part in the "5th Wyczółkowski National Painting Competition" in Bydgoszcz in 2022. She was among the artists in the Warsaw exhibition "Polish Painting Landscape" at the Zachęta National Art Gallery in 2023. Her work is part of the University of Gdansk's contemporary painting collection.
2025 - "Under a glass sky," OPEN GALLERY Monika Krupowicz, Szczecin;
2022 - "Under the glass sky",ŻAK Gallery, Gdansk;
2007 - "Painting and graphics", ZPAP Gallery, Gdansk;
2007 - "Painting" , Artinfo.pl Gallery in Fabryka Trzciny, Warsaw;
Collective exhibitions:
2024 - "ON(a) Attention". , WL4-Milk Piotr, Gdansk;
2024 - "Gallery Amphitheater_Stage 1" - Summer Theatre (Kasprowicz Park), Szczecin;
2023
- "27th International Eastern Salon of Art" - Meeting of Cultures Center, Lublin.
- "Landscape of Polish Painting". - Zachęta National Gallery of Art, Warsaw
- "Interior of the City" - OPEN GALLERY Monika Krupowicz and Kurkowa Apartments Dorota and Tomasz Kaweccy, Szczecin.
2022
- V All-Polish Leon Wyczółkowski Painting Competition - BWA City Gallery, Bydgoszcz.
2021
- "Removal" - OPEN GALLERY Monika Krupowicz, Szczecin.
- "She Energy" - Stolarska/Krupowicz Gallery, Warsaw.
2020
- "25th International Eastern Salon of Art" - Meeting of Cultures Center, Lublin.
2013
- "I Triennale of Pomeranian Art". - State Art Gallery, Sopot
2011
- "100+1 Beautiful Paintings" - DAP Gallery of ZPAP, Warsaw, Poland.
- "Exhibition of the 100th anniversary of ZPAP" - Science and Technology Park, Gdansk
- "Exhibition of the 100th anniversary of ZPAP" - State Art Gallery, Sopot
2009
- "28 DAYS" - ŁAŹNIA Center for Contemporary Art, Gdańsk
2008
- Second edition of the contest "My story with cancer. When words are not enough..." - Center for Contemporary Art Ujazdowski Castle, Warsaw
- "Everyday life" - Artinfo.pl Gallery in Fabryka Trzciny, Warsaw, Poland.
2007
- "Draught" - Festival of Young Art, Pomeranian Dukes' Castle, Szczecin.
- National Competition of Contemporary Painting "Bielska Jesień 2007". - Bielska Galeria BWA, Bielsko-Biala
- "Warsaw in Kyiv - young Polish painting" - Mistek Arsenal, Kyiv.
- "Image of Life" - Museum of the Origins of the Polish State, Gniezno
- "Observatory of Reality" - Tamka Gallery, Warsaw
- "Observatory of Reality" - State Art Gallery, Sopot.
2005
- "Graduates and Students of the Screen Printing Studio 1977-2005 / exhibition within the framework of the 60th anniversary of the Academy of Fine Arts in Gdansk". - Museum of the City of Gdynia, Gdynia
- "Exhibition of paintings by students from the studio of Prof. M. Swieszewski". - Baltic Sea Cultural Center, Gdansk
2004
- "Painting of the Year 2003" - Królikarnia Palace (Branch of the National Museum), Warsaw
Awards:
2009
- Nomination to the Pomeranian Artistic Hope Award for 2008 - Gdańsk
2008
- First prize for the painting "Feeling of Marking" in the competition "My story with cancer - When words are too little". - Warsaw
2005
- Diploma of the Minister of Culture for co-participation in the realization of mural paintings - project "In color it hurts less" in the Children's Oncology and Hematology Clinic in Gdansk - Warsaw.
