Exhibition of paintings by Katarzyna Środowska

31/03/2025

We invite you to the exhibition of paintings by Katarzyna Środowska titled “RETROGRANDE” and “PARALLEL PLANES”.

KATARZYNA ŚRODOWSKA – painter born in Warsaw in 1971. She works with oil painting on canvas. She simultaneously develops two styles: figurative and geometric. Her works emanate calm and harmony, encouraging the viewer to reflect and focus, to find inner balance. Through precision in color choice and proportion, the artist creates spaces that seem almost three-dimensional. In the world of geometric forms and minimalist compositions, there is a deep need for order, reflected in the artist’s work.

A graduate of the Warsaw University of Technology in the Faculty of Environmental Engineering and post-graduate studies at the Academy of Fine Arts in Łódź at the Faculty of Painting and Drawing. A member of the Mazovian Association of Fine Arts (Vice-President for the term 2024-2028). A finalist of the V National Painting Competition in Honor of Leon Wyczółkowski, organized by the ZPAP Bydgoszcz District in cooperation with the Municipal Gallery bwa in Bydgoszcz. Author of solo exhibitions and participant in numerous group exhibitions and painting plein airs. She collaborates with Polish galleries and auction houses. Many of her works are in private collections in Poland and abroad.

The “Retrogrande” series of paintings combines the past with the present. It is a return to the shapes, motifs, and colors of the 70s, which serve as a backdrop for simple geometric forms symbolizing the 21st century. Colors play an important role here. They are strong, intense shades of geometric shapes combined with blurred, subtle pastels, vintage textures, creating minimalist compositions. Gentle browns, yellows, beiges, oranges are meant to put the viewer in a good mood, offering comfort, peace, and joy. By using characteristic colors of the 70s, I try to maintain the nostalgic atmosphere of the past while combining it with the modernity and freshness of contemporary times.

The “Parallel Planes” series consists of squares that represent spatial tunnels leading to the individual realities of each of us, to our personal worlds. Through form, color, and light, I introduce the viewer to border states – an experience at the intersection of reality and illusion. The centrally placed Symbol – Square – a symbolic representation of the perfect form, is located at the point where the material meets the beyond-worldly. It takes us from one plane to another, participating in both.

The exhibition will last until May 17.