GRAND PRIX of the first edition of POSTAWY (ATTITUDES) 2013 painting competition

The first edition of POSTAWY (ATTITUDES) 2013 painting competition, organised by the Faculty of Painting and Sculpture of The Eugeniusz Geppert Academy of Art and Design in Wrocław, took place this May.

The best artworks by students were chosen from each studio of the Academy and took part in the competition. The jury, composed of: Maria Dziedziniewicz, Andrzej Saj, Andrzej Jarosz, Wojciech Kaniowski i Paweł Lewandowski-Palle, granted the Grand Prix to Katarzyna Frankowska and Katarzyna Wiesiołek, students from professor Stanisław Kortyka’s studio, and the honorable distinction to Marcelina Groń and Klaudia Zawada.

Grand Prix in the competition this year is the individual exhibition in Galeria M in Wrocław, to the opening of which we would like to invite you on Friday, 4th of October 2013, at 7 PM.

 The organisors of the exhibition are Maria & Marta Dziedziniewicz – Galeria M and The Eugeniusz Geppert Academy of Art and Design in Wrocław.

Katarzyna Frankowska (1988)

Born in Złocieniec, graduate of the Secondary School of Arts in Szczecin, at present, painting student of the 4th year at The Eugeniusz Geppert Academy of Art and Design in Wrocław, in the studio of professor Stanisław Kortyka.

 ..I would like to present my current stand on painting. It is a mixture of constructivism, figurative art, expressionism and painting caught up in numerous symbols. Perhaps this attitude is a bit baroque, with its divergence and accumulation of topics, nevertheless, its common ground would be the poetic and humorous qualities present in my works for years. As the poet Eugeniusz Tkaczyszyn-Dycki said: Art reflects the need to disgrace oneself, and disgrace is associated with a certain risk. Risk I am willing to take. – Katarzyna Frankowska

Katarzyna Wiesiołek (1990)

Born in Nowogard, graduate of the Secondary School of Arts in Szczecin, since 2010 painting student at The Eugeniusz Geppert Academy of Art and Design in Wrocław, at present, in the studio of professor Stanisław Kortyka. Scholar of the President of the City of Szczecin (2009, 2010) and of the Minister of Culture and National Heritage (2010). Had several individual exhibitions, took part in competitions and group shows: 8th International Biennial of Drawing Pilsen 2012, 5th International Drawing Competition in Wrocław (2012) or 9th Small Form Painting Triennial in Gallery Wozownia, in Toruń (2012).