Karolina Pielak (b. 1994, Poland) is a multidisciplinary artist working with painting, video, and installation. A graduate of the Academy of Fine Arts in Gdańsk (2018), her practice is an intuitive and spiritual inquiry into the subconscious. She deconstructs notions of self and places by examining emotional landscapes and personal narratives, very often inspired by dreams, myths and nature.
Her work has been exhibited internationally in numerous locations, including Turkey, Georgia, France, Spain, Lithuania, Portugal, and the USA.
Solo Exhibtions:
2025 Mouras and Rusalkas, Embassy of Poland in Lisbon, Portugal
2025 Enchanted Waters, The Hidden Space, Porto, Portugal
2023 Redunice, Bistro Młyn, Gdańsk, Poland
2022 I See You, Flow Art House, Warsaw, Poland
2021 Erasing Things and Obviousness, GAK Plama, Gdańsk, Poland
2021 Vivisection of the Imagination, Workshop Gallery, Elbląg, Poland
2020 Unvisible, Gdańsk Dream Republic, Gdańsk, Poland
2020 Roots, 15 Boulev’arts de la Loire, Savenay, France
2019 Transparencies, Żak Gallery, Gdańsk, Poland
Selected Group Exhibitions & Screenings
2025 8th Gdańsk Art Biennale (Laureate of the 2nd Prize), Gdańsk, Poland
2025 Resident’s Exhibition, Prisma Art Residency, Lisbon, Portugal
2024 VJ Performance/Video Screening, Serralves Festival, Porto, Portugal
2024 Splices (Post-Residency Exhibition), Helikon Art Centre, Kocaeli Başiskele, Turkey
2023 Bombay Beach Biennale (Video Screening), Salton Sea, California, USA
2023 Harmony of Being (Art Installation), Biała Podlaska Festival, Biała Podlaska, Poland
2022 Rebellion , Ankara Law Society ABEM Atilla Sav Gallery, Ankara, Turkey
2021 OPA #07, Artist Colony, Gdańsk, Poland
2020 Video online exhibition, Espai / Materic, Barcelona, Spain
2020 I Prize, Viral Art Festival, Chatka Żaka UMCS, Lublin, Poland
2019 Look & Listen, Atelier[S]eruse, Marseille, France
2018 Promotion (Honorable Mention, o.pl cultural portal), Gallery of Art in Legnica, Poland
2018 Umwelt, SOLVAY Center for Contemporary Art, Krakow, Poland
2017 Exposicion Beca-Residencia Paisaje Altea, Altea, Spain
Residencies and Grants
2025 Art Residency, Prisma, Lisbon, Portugal
2024 Art Residency Enchanted Waters, The Hidden Space, Porto, Portugal
2024 Art Residency Exploring Shadows, Aqtushetii, Omalo, Georgia
2024 Art Residency Splices-Turkey (Curator and Artist), Turkey
2023 Collaborative Research Camp ” Mars College” – Bombay Beach, USA
2022 Cultural Scholarship from the City of Gdańsk, Poland
2022 Art Residency Rebellion, Helikon Art Centre, Kocaeli Başiskele, Turkey
2021 Art Residency Reading Man- Jonava, Lithuania
2020 Art Residency, 15 Boulev’arts de la Loire, Savenay, France
2019 Art Residency l’Été du dessin, Friche Belle de Mai Marseille, France
2017 Art Residency, Universidad Miguel Hernández de Elche, Altea, Spain
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