Kamila Wozniakowska

Kamila Wozniakowska is a Polish-Canadian painter whose work "blends the narrative aspects of 18th century engravings, appropriation art techniques, and repetition."[1]

Kamila Wozniakowska
Born1956
Warsaw, Poland
NationalityPolish-Canadian
Known forPainting, engraving

Early life and studies

Wozniakowska was born in Warsaw, Poland in 1956.[2][3] She studied painting in France before emigrating to Montreal, Quebec, Canada.[4]

Art career

Wozniakowska was commissioned in the late 1990s to decorate the theatre of the new Maison Théâtre in Montreal. Wozniakowska's work in the theatre "reunites the traditional with the modern"[5]

In 2007, Wozniakowska was inducted into the Royal Canadian Academy of Arts.[6]

Collections

Wozniakowska's 1996 painting The Changing of the Guard is currently held in the permanent collection of the Musée national des beaux-arts du Québec in Quebec.[3]

In 2011, Concordia University commissioned Wozniakowska to create the piece Acer Concordia, a series of 26 metal panels engraved with maple trees. These panels are located in the Guy-Concordia metro station. These panels are supposed to represent "the university’s growth from fragile sapling to a strong, vibrant part of the city’s landscape."[7]

References
  1. "Kamila Wozniakowska". Archived from the original on 2018-03-28. Retrieved 2018-03-28.
  2. "Kamila Wozniakowska". www.concordia.ca. Archived from the original on 2018-03-28. Retrieved 2018-03-28.
  3. "La Relève de la garde". Musée national des beaux-arts du Québec (MNBAQ) (in French). Archived from the original on 2018-03-28. Retrieved 2018-03-28.
  4. "Kamila Wozniakowska". MACM. Archived from the original on 2 April 2015. Retrieved 7 March 2015.
  5. Vigeant, Louise (1997). "The new Maison Théâtre". Game. 85: 135.
  6. "Cross-section of artists lauded". The Windsor Star. 23 June 2007. Archived from the original on 24 September 2015.
  7. "Artist Kamila Wozniakowska's maple trees grow in Guy-Concordia metro". Montreal Gazette. 2011-04-27. Archived from the original on 2018-03-28. Retrieved 2018-03-28.


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