Barbara Palka Winek
Biography
I was born in Upper Silesia and comes from an artistic family. Graduated from the Academy of Fine Arts in Krakow, Department of Painting. I studied in the studios of professors Szancenbach, Brzozowski and Buczek. I graduated in 1983.
I deal with easel painting, watercolor, monotype and photography.
My painting is characterized by seeking and experiments on matter and form in picture. It is important for my painting technology improved and enriched by their experience and even lead to the development of my own technology.
I enjoy working cycles.
I'm fascinated by Carl Gustav Jung’s personality. Merger his philosophy of psychology depth and metaphysics. Particularly important are the issues of archetypes. In particular, the archetype of the „Great Mother”, „Shadow”, „Self”. I'm interested in aspects of mind and self. Combined with the Absolute Self. I’m working on a few cycles that complement each other and form as a result of the full scale of my feelings and experiences.
I leave and work in Krakow. My children have gone the same way, also ending the Academy of Fine Arts.
Exhibitions:
1984
1985 — participation in the collective exhibitions in Koeln and Nurnberg
1988 — Dell Bello Gallery, Toronto Internalional Exhibition of miniature Art
1988 — Galerie Nawrocki, Dortmund - individual exhibition
1989 — Mirage Gallery, Krakow - individual exhibition
1990 — Fondazione Sinaide Ghi, Rome International Exhibition of Water Paintings
1991 — „Transcendence”. Katowice, Biennial of the Sacral Art
1991 — Black Gallery, Krakow - individual exhibition
1992 — Fondazione Sinaide Ghi, Rome International Exhibition of Water Paintings
1992 — Palace of Art. Krakow Grand Salon of Painting
1993 — „Ecce Homo”, Katowice, IV Biennial of the Sacral Art
1993 — IV Triennale of Water Paintings. Lublin
1994 — Fairs of the Modern Art. Opole
1994 — Palace of Art. Krakow, The Spring Salon of Art, ZPAP
1994 — II Triennial of Fine Arts . „Sacrum”, Czestochowa
1995 — Polnische Kulturtage in Hilden
1995 — „Ars Pro Natura” Stutlgart
1996 — Palace of Art, Kracow, The Spring Salon of Painting, ZPAP
1996 — Auction of Contemporary Polish Paintings, New York
1997 — Palace of Art, Krakow, The Autumn Salon of Painting, ZPAP
1999 — „Piano Nobile” Gallery,Krakow - individual exhibition
2000 — „Fra Angelico” Gallery, Katowice - individual exhibition
2000 — „Format” Gallery, Krakow, „Colour — pulse of the picture” – Krakow 2000 Festival
2000 — Krakauer Turm Galerie, Nurnberg
2000 — Dramatic Theater, Hellbronnie „The Polisch Culture Days”
2000 — Goethe Institute, Frankfurt, —”Frankfurt 2000 - Poland 2000”
2002 — Gologorski Gallery, Krakow — „Ars Erotica”
2002 — Iglinska Gallery, Krakow — „Screens - Ilumination” - individual exhibition
2004 — Gologorski Gallery, Krakow — „Nude”
2004 — Europ’Art, Geneve
2005 — Gologorski Gallery, Krakow — „Tango”
2005 — Polisch Museum, Rapperswil — „Persons of my word”- individual exhibition
2005 — SD Gallery, Warsaw
2005 — Gologorski Gallery, Krakow — „Obsession”
2007 — PicassoMio Gallery
2008 — Gologorski Gallery, Krakow — „Fetish”
2008 — Palace of Art, Krakow, Zacheta, Warsaw, BWA, Kielce - „For your own neighbour”
2009 — Opera Gallery, Budapest-—” Selected Artists from Poland”
2009 — Opera Gallery, Budapest- —” European Contemporary Party”
2009 — ART FAIRS INTERNATIONAL, New York
2010 — Southern Nevada Museum of Fine Art, Las Vegas, International Contemporary Masters 2010
2010 — Agora Gallery, New York —”Enigmatic Realms”
2010 — Raven Gallery, Krakow, individual exhibition „Intimate wibration of plants” - monotypes
2011 — Artspace Galleries, Paris, London
2011 — Florence Biennale, Florence
2012 — Ward Nasse Gallery, New York
2012 — „Effecto Biennale”, Merida, Mexico
2012 — Art Galleries Europe, Paris
2012 — MOYA, Vienna, „Spirit of Art”
2012 — Artists Haven Gallery, F. Lauderdale, Floryda, individual exhibition „Fantasmamorphes” - monotypes
2012 — Marzia Frozen Gallery, Berlin, „Another Criteria”
2013 — Art Galleries Europe, London
2013 — Ward-Nasse Gallery, New York
2013 — LONDON BIENNALE, London
2013 — GAGLIARDI GALLERY, London
2013 — ART EXPO, New York
2013 — PALACE OF ART, Krakow, individual exhibition
2014 — Gadarte Galleria, Florence, Premio Michelangelo
2014 — Agora Gallery, New York
2014 — ART EXPO, New York
2014 — The Best Modern and Contemporary Artists, Palermo, Italy
2014 — Galleria Centro Storico, Florence, Italy
2014 — Broadway Gallery, New York
2014 — Raven Gallery, Krakow, individual exhibition "Chimeras"
2014 — Galleria Centro Storico, Florence, Italy "Vetrina d'Arte a Firenze"
Awards:
2009 — ARTIS LAUDABILIS award, The Europa Authentica Cultural Organization, 03.05.2009 Budapest
2014 — honorable mention - 9 ART CONTEST, Santa Barbara, California
2014 — THE BEST MODERN AND CONTEMPORARY ARTISTS - for the stylistic value, Palermo
2014 — I PERSONAGGI DELL' ANNO 2014 - Associazione Galleria Centro Storico, Florence
2014 — OSCAR DELLA CULTURA - Associazione Galleria Centro Storico, Florence
Artworks are in collections of the Diocesan Museum in Katowice, Southern NevadaMuseum of Modern Art, Las Vegas.
