Dimensions: 80 x 100 cm
Signed l.d.: 'P. Taranek.'
signed on the reverse: 'Paulina | Taranek'
Biography
Graduate of the Faculty of Conservation and Restoration of Works of Art at the Jan Matejko Academy of Fine Arts in Krakow, where she currently lives and works. Scholarship holder of the Erasmus program in Antwerp (2011/2012). Her works have been presented in solo exhibitions in Krakow, Warsaw, Lodz and Czestochowa, including at BWA Gallery ("Big City Light", 2019). She has participated in group exhibitions nationally and internationally - in Brussels, Tokyo and at art fairs in Vancouver and San Diego. The artist has won numerous awards, including the National Geographic competition "I paint what I see" for her interpretation of the Cracow Lajkonik, the national competition "Zadra" (2012), "Magic of the Quarter of Four Faiths" in Wroclaw (2013), and received an honorable mention in the International Competition for the portrait of G. J. Steenke. In 2021-2024, her works were presented at the Museum of Cracow in the exhibitions "Coexistence" and at the Krzysztofory Palace, as well as at the Wozownia Gallery in Toruń (2022). She was honored by American Artist Portfolio Magazine, and an article about her work appeared in Life is Art Magazine. In 2020/2021 she was included among the Faces of the Future of Czestochowa. Her work has been published in "Women of the Academy" and "Feminativas of the Academy" published by the Academy of Fine Arts in Krakow.
