aleksandra kalisz
Was born in Gdynia, Poland in 1992. Currently living and working in Guimarães, Portugal. Studied Fine Art in the Academy of Fine Arts in Gdansk. Got Master degree in the studio of Maciej Swieszewski in 2016. Currently doing her PhD in Universidade do Porto in Porto, Portugal. Specializes in painting, drawing and installation.
"For me painting is a never-ending investigation. It is an exploration on many different levels. Starting with a search for subject and choosing materials. It is an examination of technique and style. Each new work offers a fresh start and what comes with that, new challenges. It gives a room to experiment or practice what has already been learnt. Painting is an exploration of colours, hues and values. It is a pursuit for ideal composition, lines and shapes. The act of painting is an endless search and re-search and the painting itself is a medium which provides a way of conveying the message."
Selected Solo Exhibitions
2018 UN/COVERED, CSW in Toruń, Toruń, Poland
2016 Act of Pattern, Master Thesis exhibition, Academy of Fine Arts, Gdańsk, Poland
Selected Group Exhibitions
2019 NordArt 2019, Kunstwerk, Budelsdorf, Germany
Trees Outside the Academy #3, CAAA, Guimarães, Portugal
Painting Today, European Museum of Modern Art, Barcelona, Spain
2018 Eibisch 2018, finalist's exhibition, Napiórkowska Gallery, Warsaw, Poland
2017 Sarto | Grøngaard | Kalisz, Beauton Art Gallery, Copenhagen, Denmark
Metamorphosis, Galeria Miejska, Wrocław, Poland
Gentse Feesten, Vlask Art Gallery, Ghent, Belgium
NordArt 2017, Kunstwerk, Budelsdorf, Germany
Young Painting in Gdańsk, University of Gdańsk, Gdańsk
A1 Łódź- Gdańsk, ASP in Łódź, Łódź, Poland
Metamorphosis, Baltic Sea Culture Centre, Gdańsk
2016 Gdańsk Biennale 2016, Gdańsk Gallery of Art, Gdańsk
Promotions, finalists’ exhibition, Legnica Gallery, Legnica, Poland
Ale sztuka!, finalists’ exhibition, Kolonia Artystów, Gdańsk
Red 2, online group show, Gallery25N
2015 Here and There, Bottlerbush Gallery, Harmony, USA
In-flight, collaboration with Urszula Sakowska, Non Iron Salon, Gdynia
Everything/ nothing, Academy of Fine Arts, Gdańsk
Painting- works of the students of the Fine Arts Academy in Gdańsk, Debiut Gallery, Gdynia
2014 Afterimages, Zadra Gallery, Warsaw, Poland
Plein-air painting Chmielno 2013, Start Gallery, Gdańsk
Awards and Grants
2019 BIAFARIN AWARD, for 10 young artists at NordArt 2019
2017- now CAAA, artist in residence, Guimarães, Portugal
2017 Dar Slimane, art residency, Marrakech, Morocco
2016 Center of Contemporary Art in Toruń Award, Promotions, distinction
The ArtSlant Prize, Round 6 showcase winner
2013/14 LPP Erasmus programme, scholarship, Universidad Complutense de Madrid, Spain
Selected Collaborative Projects
2015 Animal Parade, participation in artistic show, Teatr Transgatunkowy SFINKS, Sopot, Poland
Zemsta czyli łoskot ciszy na temat trudności porozumienia, artistic collaboration with Academy of Fine Arts in Wroclaw, happening symposium, Wroclaw
2013 Plein- air, Chmielno, Poland
Publications
2018 Painting The Figure Now, Poets Artists, p. 81, July 2018
Glorious Color, Poets Artists, p. 10-11, June 2018
Aleksandra Kalisz, The Guide Artists, p. 20-29, Issue 12, February 2018
In laces, Weranda, p. 32-33, 2/2018, February 2018
2017 A5, #6, September 2017
NortArt 2017, exhibition catalogue
Wotisart?, #4, July 2017
Society 6, Art Quarterly, No. 2.2 2017
Painting. ASP Graduates 2016, exhibition catalogue
Metamorphosis, exhibition catalogue
2016 K MAG, #84, November-December 2016
Polish artists, risunoc.com,
Matadors Review Fall 2016
Portfolios, Niezła sztuka.com
Night of Museums 2016. Academy of Fine Arts in Gdańsk, exhibition catalogue
2015 Everything/nothing, exhibition catalogue
2014 Afterimages, Zadra Gallery, exhibition catalogue