Anna Kurtycz

Anna Kurtycz (1970-2019) was a Mexican-Polish graphic artist specializing in woodcut engraving.[1]

Biography

Kurtycz was born in Mexico in 1970, as the eldest daughter of the Polish-Mexican avant-garde performance artist Marcos Kurtycz, and lived in Guadalajara, Mexico for most of her youth. She obtained a PhD in Communication from Paris University XIII, worked as a correspondent for the Mexican journal El Occidental, while pursuing a career as a graphic artist. Her work has been exhibited in Benin, Ghana, Canada, France, Mexico, The Netherlands, the United States and in Spain. She has often collaborated with the Dutch artist RUDEK on various projects.[1] Kurtycz died in 2019 in the Hague, Netherlands.

Kurtycz lived and worked in Africa, in Ghana and Benin, from 2008 to 2015. There she created exhibitions, art projects and printing workshops for adults and children. Her work using printing and graphic arts was sponsored by NGOs and local organisations.

Origenes, January 2019

In 2016, she presented the monograph Marcos Kurtycz. Vida y muerte de un impresor on the work of Marcos Kurtycz at the Museo Universitario del Chopo in Mexico.[2]

Kurtycz's work is catalogued in the French Association for Contemporary Engraving ‘Graver maintenant’,[3] the Contemporary Artists Catalogue of the Bibliothèque Nationale de France,[4] and the Printers Association “Graver Maintenant” (France).[5]

Selected exhibitions
  • The Beautiful Ones Are Not Yet Born (Ghana, 2012). In collaboration with the Goethe Institut.[6]
  • Petit et GRAND. (Sucy en Brie, France, 2012). Avec Association Graver Maintenant.
  • Filles en uniforme (Benin, 2015). In collaboration with the French Cultural Institute.
  • Chale Wote 2015 (Ghana, 2015).[7]
  • Broadening Horizons at Victor Laurentius Art Gallery (The Netherlands, 2016).
  • African Perspectives (The Netherlands, 2017). In collaboration with the Africa Studies Center, University of Leiden.[8]
  • Movimiento (The Netherlands, 2019). In collaboration with the Mexican Embassy to The Netherlands.[9]
  • Graphic Dialogues (The Netherlands, 2020). A retrospective of works by Marcos and Anna Kurtycz. In collaboration with the Embassy of Mexico to The Netherlands

References
  1. Kurtycz, Anna (2017-05-01). "ANNA ROSA KURTYCZ ESCAMILLA". The Hague Artists. Retrieved 2020-02-09.
  2. "Marcos Kurtycz; cuerpo y gráfica". Excélsior (in Spanish). 2016-10-04. Retrieved 2020-02-09.
  3. "Anna Kurtycz (1970-2019) - Graver Maintenant". www.gravermaintenant.com. Retrieved 2020-02-09.
  4. "BnF Catalogue général". catalogue.bnf.fr (in French). Retrieved 2020-02-09.
  5. "Anna Rosa Kurtycz". data.bnf.fr. Retrieved 2020-02-09.
  6. "Studio Kurtycz partners Goethe Institute to revive Ghana's art industry". Modern Ghana. Retrieved 2020-02-09.
  7. ADA (2015-08-18). "The CHALE WOTE 2015 Festival Program". ACCRA [dot] ALT Radio. Retrieved 2020-02-09.
  8. "Anna Kurtycz". African Studies Centre Leiden. 2016-12-20. Retrieved 2020-02-09.
  9. "Orígenes enero-febrero 2019". Issuu. Retrieved 2020-02-09.
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