Agata Czeremuszkin-Chrut
Degree: Phd
University: Academy of Fine Art, Lodz, Poland
Graduation Year: 2019
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With a nod to Bacon, Czeremuszkin-Chrut concerns herself with the life that paint can breathe into the human form. Vividly painted figures twist and float, the forms reminiscent of Clemente or Chagall. As the identities of her subjects fade beneath a primordial cocktail of colour and line, Agata reveals herself as more expressionist than realist. From viscous washes and liberal gestures emerge new characters; characters with their own impetus to huddle in corners, to blend together, or to move across the page. There is never a dull moment in these compact images.
Artist Statement
Painting is my main tool of describing the world, it serves its glorification or sometimes negation. Simultaneously, my actions constitute of a record of emotions and observations, often subconsious, expressive, and very intuitive ones. They oscillate around a person, his or her dependence on others, mutual influences, constraints, or manipulations. I am interested in life, energy, the body and all biological processes…and fascinated by that which has its own anatomy, weight, scale, heat. In the step-by-step process of their transformation body images are deformed and deconstructed so they can be assembled anew. I strive for simplification of form.
I reduce superfluous things in order to achieve more intensity and credibility in my message. My creation, despite being expressive and figurative, brushes against abstract organic forms. In art, I value freedom above all – my own and that of the recipient. I avoid overintellectualization, I don’t pierce my art with a gibberish relay of socially or politically correct information. I also leave viewer with the freedom of interpretation. I don’t try to be literal, I leave most things unanswered often by choosing a suggestive title – still enigmatic, but slightly directing the viewer to my train of thought. I use photographic material in my work. Usually they are photos found on the Internet or in the press, or stills from movies. Just the press itself is an unlimited arsenal of materials and ideas for collages on paper, which I use as sketches for my oil paintings. What also helps me in the process of creation is the ubiquitous chaos and crowd surrounding me. The hypodermic pulse of the metropolis having its own life, and at the same time the anonymity and alienation which accompany the city life, are my impulses for the artistic expression.
Solo Exhibitions
(2023) Materials, Xanadu, Warsaw
(2021) Papers, Xanadu, Warsaw
(2021) Wyjście w przestrzeń, Warsaw Art Fair with Xanadu Gallery, Warsaw, PL
(2021) Like a rolling stone, Xanadu Gallery, Warsaw
(2020) River stones, Sanocka Gallery, Sanok, PL
(2020) Anatomy of colour, Contemporary Art Gallery, Ostow Wielkopolski, PL
(2019) Nothing is an abstract, Xanadu Gallery, Warsaw, Poland
(2019) Painting in space. Series of polychrome blocks (doctoral defence exhibition), Na Dach Gallery, Academy of Fine Arts, Lodz, Poland
(2019) Mural execution, Sheraton Hotel, Warsaw, Poland
(2018) Objects, Wejście przez sklep z platerami Gallery, Warsaw, Poland
(2018) Expression, colour, form (duet with A.Zawisza), Tymczasowa Gallery, Warsaw, Poland
(2017) The body is in the eye (duet with M.Roca die), Berlin Blue Art Gallery, Berlin, Germany
(2016) Źródła konfliktu, BWA Gallery, Rzeszow, Poland
(2016) Prace, Mostra Gallery, Warsaw, Poland
(2016) Konkret albo rzeczywistość rozproszona (duet with A.Pietrzykowska), 105 Gallery, Koszalin, Poland
(2016) CAR, Contemporary Art Fair, Essen, Germany
(2015) Taste of art, Bristol Hotel, Warsaw, Poland
(2015) Dokumentacja obrazu, Muzeum Częstochowskie / Centrum Promocji Młodych, Częstochowa, Poland
(2015) Ćwiczenia z organizmów żywych, Warzywniak Gallery, Gdansk, Poland
(2014) Meat&geometry, City Gallery / Bałucka Gallery, Lodz, Poland
(2014) To be titled, EC Gallery, Chicago, USA
(2013) Paper – Canvas – Wall, BWA Gallery / MOSART, Gorzow Wielkopolski, Poland
(2013) Minimalization, 022 Gallery / OW ZPAP, Warsaw, Poland
(2012) Body language (duet with J.Zochowska), Agora Gallery, Wroclaw, Poland
(2012) Beds, Elektor Gallery, Warsaw, Poland
(2012) Zmysły Sztuki, Museum / Palace in Wilanow, Warsaw, Poland
(2011) Skin on skin, EC Gallery, Chicago, USA
(2009) Relations, Jazzownia Liberalna, Warsaw, Poland
(2009) Works on Paper, EC Gallery, Chicago, USA
(2009) Write letters, Dluga Gallery / BOK, Boleslawiec, Poland
(2009) Paintings, EC Gallery, Chicago, USA
Group Exhibitions
(2024) 4DesignDays, Xanadu Gallery, Katowice
(2023) 73. PAMIĘCI AK-Di, Regional Museum in Bydgoszcz – Modern Art Gallery, Bydgoszcz, PL
(2022) Nowe przestrzenie malarstwa, Warsaw Art Fair with Xanadu Gallery, Warsaw, PL
(2021) Il Segno dei Canti, Oranżeria Gallery, Kielce, PL
(2021) Dark is everywhere - from black to black, Gallery of Contemporary Art, Wloclawek, Poland
(2020) 8 Women, Konduktorownia Gallery, Czestochowa, Poland
(2019) Mural execution, International painting symposium, Burullus, Egypt
(2019) Ist International Painting Symposium Silva Linarte, Mark Rothko Art Centre, Daugavpils, Latvia
(2019) Art in Science. Science in Art, 3rd Painting symposium, Ogrod Letni Club, Wygryny, Poland
(2019) Art in science / Science in art, Rampa Theatre Gallery, Warsaw, Poland
(2019) Art in science / Science in art / Spacial forms, Hugonowka, Konstancin, Poland
(2019) Tribute to Wojciech Kapelański, Contemporary Art Gallery, Wloclawek, Poalnd
(2019) Frauen Power Unterwegs, Exhibition Center of General Consulate of Poland, Munich, Germany
(2018) Aleksandrale 2 – primary colours collection, Omega Gallery, Toruń, Poland
(2018) Primary Colours 4, Mini Salon Sztuki MCK, Ciechocinek, Poland
(2018) TPM – Tryptyki Pewnych Malarek, Mini Salon Sztuki MCK, Ciechocinek Poland
(2017) Jeden organizm – jeder Organismus, Alte Feuerwache Loschwitz, e.Kunst- und Kulturverein,, Dresden, Germany
(2017) Pierwsza linia, ODA Gallery, Piotrkow Trybunalski, Poland
(2017) Magiczne Roztocze, Music Teather, Lublin, Poland
(2017) Wspolna przestrzeń – między sztuką a designem, ASP Gallery, Lodz, Poland
(2017) Art Circle, International Art Symposium, Goritza Brda, Slowenia
(2017) Magiczne Roztocze, International Plein Air, Zagroda Guciów, Guciow, Poland
(2017) Wave, Baltic Art Gallery, Koszalin, Poland
(2017) Short stories,, Mario Strzelski Gallery, Stuttgart, Germany
(2017) Salon zimowy, Arttrakt Gallery, Wroclaw, Poland
(2016) All the world’s futures, Kobro Gallery, Academy of Fine Arts, Lodz, Poland
(2016) Far Off, Art Fair, Cologne, Germany
(2016) Atelier am der Donau, International Art Symposium,, Pochlarn, Austria
(2016) International Landschaft Plein Air, Kunstverein Schwedt, Schwedt, Germany
(2016) Group show, Berlin Blue Art Space, Berlin, Germany
(2015) The bridges of art, Art symposium, Rawicz, Poland
(2015) Artist residency, Swietokrzyskie Mountains, Poland
(2015) Small wonders, Atomic Cafe, Detroit, USA
(2015) Nord Art, Kunstwerk Carlshutte, Schleswig-Holstein, Germany
(2015) XIII Warsaw Art Fair, Arkady Kubickiego, Warsaw, Poland
(2014) Taboo, Victorian Artists Society Gallery, Melborne, Australia
(2014) Interference, Polish-German art project, Second Home Project, Berlin, Germany
(2014) Nord Art, Kunstwerk Carlshutte, Schleswig-Holstein, Germany
(2014) Star rituals, The Old School Art Residency, Gorna Lipnitsa, Lovech, Bulgaria
(2014) 8. Biennal of Miniatur Art, Gaude Mater Gallery, Czestochowa, Poland
(2014) Linearium, Pionova Gallery, Gdansk, Poland
(2014) The Marian Michalik V Competition for Young Painters, City Gallery, Czestochowa, Poland
(2013) Interference, Polish-German art project, Sokolnicki Fort Gallery, Warsaw, Poland
(2013) Nord Art, Kunstwerk Carlshutte, Schleswig-Holstein, Germany
(2013) The Third Triennal of Polish Contemporary Painting, BWA Gallery, Rzeszow, Poland
(2013) Wave, Baltic Art Gallery, Koszalin, Poland
(2012) Art n’Bloom, Bloom Hotel, Brussels, Belgium
(2011) Within young figuration, Platon Gallery, Wroclaw, Poland
(2011) Spring Benefit-Kaledoscope, Evanston Art Center, Evanston, IL, USA
(2010) The second Triennal of Polish Contemporary Painting, BWA Gallery, Rzeszów, Poland
(2010) The Marian Michalik IV Competition for Young Painters, City Gallery, Czestochowa, Poland
(2010) Triennal of small painting forms, Wozownia Gallery, Torun, Poland
(2009) Reflections, Polish Center of Wisconsin Gallery, Franklin, WI, USA
(2009) Paintings: Body, Object, Texture, EC Gallery, Chicago, USA
(2009) Intimacy, Flying Gallery, Warsaw, Poland
(2009) Contemporary figrated themed works / winter show (duet with T.Bilecki), EC Gallery, Chicago, USA
(2008) Bloom project / mural execution, Bloom Hotel, Brussels, Belgium
(2008) Podwodny Wroclaw Festival, Browar Mieszczanski, Wroclaw, Poland
(2008) Around the figure, BWA Awangarda Gallery, Wroclaw, Poland
(2008) 127m2 of painting – realization of mural painting, Browar Mieszczanski, Wroclaw, Poland
(2008) International Screenwriter’s Festival, Bourges, France
(2007) Around the Coyote, Festival, Chicago,USA
(2007) The best of the Fest, Around the Coyote Gallery, Chicago, USA
(2007) Examination of self and body, Chopin’s Theatre, Chicago, USA
(2007) Blue and Black, Edinburgh College of Art,, Scotland, UK
(2007) The First student biennal of small forms, Tymczasowa Gallery PWSZ, Raciborz, Poland
(2006) Girls of the professor, Browar Mieszczanski, Wroclaw, Poland