Joanna Pilarczyk

Joanna attended Art College in 1995 in Zielona Gora and after five years she gained a Diploma from the faculty of Painting as the best student in the class. In 2003, she went to study Visual Arts where she gained her MA degree in Fine Arts (specialising in oil painting)in 2008.

Arriving 10 years ago in London from her native Poland, Joanna fell in love with the city immediately. Amazed and entranced by many cultures and the vibrant life of the city, she took her sketchbook everywhere, indiscriminately and discreetly recording people on the streets, in parks and cafes. Fleeting moments, everyday lives were rapidly captured in her sketchbooks, as she made her first responses to "being hit by the exciting lifestyle and different, interesting people from all over the world."

As she grew more settled, in her new environment, Joanna began to paint oil portraits of new acquaintances and friends within the artist community of North London. In these paintings, the person is set within their surroundings, in a pub, a garden or at their place of work, and always with a vibrant palette of colours.

Pilarczyk has exhibited widely in her native Poland, and since moving to the UK has continued to show her work at venues such as the Boomer Gallery, Candid Arts Trust, Autonomous Gallery and Hive Dalston. She currently showcases her artwork at Mixx Atelier gallery in Telluride, US and at virtual solo exhibition' Intimate Times' on Visionary Art Collective online platform. Her painting “Sunday Chill' was shown in the virtual exhibition 'Intrinsic Nature' organised by The Curator's Salon.

https://www.joannapilarczyk.com/