Iwona Siwek-Front Atelier

If You are adorer of elegant and eccentic art, You shoud visit Iwona and absolutelly buy Her art! …and You‘ll have a pleasure to talk directly with Her. Beautiful place, amousing art…unique artist’s personality! Be careful…Her art makes dependent on!

Born in Krakow in an artistic family (her mother is a designer and her father a recognised draughtsman and painter).

Education

* Emily Carr Institute of Art&Design – animated film and video studio, Vancouver, Canada
* Academy of Fine Arts, Faculty of Graphic Arts, Krakow

Recent exhibitions

2005

* "Animals" The Artefactum Gallery, Wiesbaden, Germany, paintings

2003

* Galleri Ofoten, Narvik , Norway, individual exhibition of drawings
* "Pino – Tuscany 2003" post plein air session painting exhibition, The Sukiennice Gallery, Krakow, Galeria SD Panorama, Warsaw
* "Syros – Greece 2002" post plein air session painting exhibition, The Gołogorski Gallery, Krakow

2002

* "Faces" joint exhibition with Andrea Zago, Institute of Italian Culture, Warsaw and Krakow
* "Artists from Krakow – three generations", The Kunen Gallery, Dülmen, Germany

2001

* Individual exhibitions of drawings and painting, The Sukiennice Gallery, Krakow
* "10 artists from Krakow", The Kunen Gallery, Dülmen, Germany
* "French Impressions", Historical Museum of Krakow

The artist’s works are placed, among others in the collections of the following

* Stadtmuseum, Bergkamen, Germany
* Historical Museum of Krakow
* Cabinet of the Governor of the Region of Narvik, Norway
* Institute of Italian Culture, Warsaw
* Lawery’s Office in the White House, Washington, USA
* And in private collections in Poland and abroad.

Realisations

* Graphic work for programmes on TVP2, TVP Krakow,
* Animated work for programmes of PHARE Foundation (UE), participation in independent film festivals, visualization of concerts, video-clips, murals in pubs of Krakow (among others: Alter Ego, Migrena), book illustrations, illustrations for publications, poetry, comics,
* Co-operation with Nowy Dziennik Polish daily in New York.

Membership in organisations

* Member of Association of Friends of Fine Arts, Krakow
* And the Association of Education and Progress STEP, Galeria 2B, Warsaw

Places of rest

* Czasław, a place outside Krakow, Venice in her beloved Italy and her own balcony, unique atelier at 8 Wislna Street in Krakow.