Ewelina Skowronska
Born: 1980
Hometown: Wroclaw
Based in: Tokyo
Visual artist (b. 1980 in Poland, currently lives and works in Tokyo). After having an accomplished career in advertising, Ewelina decided to fully dedicate herself to art in 2013. She retrained and specialised in visual arts at University of The Arts London where she graduated with distinction in 2015.
Female body is at the forefront of Ewelina’s prints and ceramic sculptures. She moves away from showing it as a finite whole, instead expressing it through a sense of space and fluidity, producing a distinctive vision of feminine physicality. Through exploration of the fundamentals of colour, form, lines and negative space, she focuses on ephemeral and unspoken aspects, using a combination of different printing techniques to produce a unique and powerful contrast. By exploring the interplay between nudity and carnality, she creates images on the edge of the figurative and abstract.
Ewelina's work has been exhibited in London, Ireland, USA, Canada, Poland, and Japan. In 2017, she was awarded the Print Prize by ST Bridge Foundation, and in 2018 she was shortlisted for Ashurst Emerging Artist Prize 2018. Her prints are in the collection of VA Museum London; Spiral Wacoal Art Foundation, Tokyo, Japan; Guanlan Printmaking Museum, China and many more.
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Ewelina Skowronska In The Studio
More About Ewelina Skowronska
What inspires you?
everyday human experience
Describe your creative process.
My work is on the edge of figuration and abstraction. I use printmaking as my main medium. Printmaking has a long history and tradition, and, as a medium which is not very immediate and which has quite a lot of limitations, it is very often placed in a different category than, for example, fine art. That is why it is very interesting for me to use traditional mediums, such as etching or woodcut, while working on my subject matter. I am interested in pushing the boundaries of this medium.
What are 3 words that best describe your work?
sensual, colourful, dynamic
Who are some artists that have influenced your work?
Louise Bourgeois, Tracy Emin, Betty Woodman
Credentials
Awards
Print Prize by ST Bridge Foundation
2018
Awards
Print Prize by ST Bridge Foundation
2018