Malgorzata KALINOWSKA (b. 1989), Untitled, from the series: Curse of Carnality, 2014

Own technique, assemblage, canvas;
100 x 70 cm.

Graduate of painting at the Academy of Fine Arts in Gdansk. In 2011, she graduated from Universidad de Salamanca in Spain. She was a participant in the 12th Geppert Competition (2016) and a winner at the Hestia Index National Art Competition (2008) and in the Best Diplomas of the Academy of Fine Arts (2014).
Her works have appeared in such exhibitions as the Gdansk Biennale of Art at GGM2 (2016); Closer to the Body, BWA Tarnów (2016); Arrangement of the Body, Center for Artistic Activities in Piotrkow Trybunalski (2015); Under the Skin, Central Eye Gallery, Poznań (2015); (Don't) Touch! Haptic Aspects of Polish Art after 1945, CCA Toruń (2015); Young Painting. Diplomas 2014, ASP Gdańsk (2015).
"I create from the perspective of my body and my privacy. I try to bring to the surface what is deeply hidden. My works embody my fears, anxieties, traumas, sometimes fantasies... Some of them I am aware of and can name, and others "come out" of me only when I start creating. I start creating when I feel that something has been sitting inside me for too long. It sits in my head and in my body. It makes me uncomfortable, it puts pressure and I feel like getting rid of it. So the creative process requires me to take time, focus and look inside myself. I record my reflections using a variety of techniques, the closest of which to me are collage and assemblage."