a / t e r e d s t a t e is a body of work that has developed from my most recent artist residency in Vadodara, India. It explores the chaos, the cultural displacement and a personal experience of finding identity. The title itself, acts as a double entendre, referring to the various states and editions of my printmaking process as well as altered states of mind. Through the technique of traditional etching onto steel, my work investigates a vulnerable relationship which can develop between identity and place. Is it a response to how we behave within our surroundings as well as how experience can define us. As a first-generation child of Polish migrants, I am continually fascinated by how we ‘belong’ and connect within community. Having recently moved to Melbourne, this work reflects on my own cultural experience and the concept of living between two cities. The layering in this work as well as the architectural jungle and repetition of motifs, becomes a metaphor for chaos and how the audience can ultimately navigate, dancing between foreground and background. These autobiographical landscapes ultimately attempt to connect to place, to find connection between something concrete and something intangible, as the protagonist becomes lost between worlds.
EDUCATION
2009- 2011 Bachelor of Fine Arts, School of Art, University of Tasmania, Hobart
2011-2012 Graduate Diploma of Fine Arts, School of Art, University of Tasmania, Hobart
2012-2013 Masters of Fine Art and Design in Printmaking, School of Art, University of Tasmania, Hobart
2014 Diploma of Visual Arts, Jewelry, TAFE Tasmania
SOLO EXHIBITIONS
2011-08 Entrepot Gallery, Salamanca TAS – Oh Nostalgia, how did you find me?
2012-02 Rebecca Roth Gallery, Salamanca TAS – A European Nostalgia
2012-03 Preachers, Salamanca TAS- Works by Kate Piekutowski
2012-04 Goulburn Street Gallery, West Hobart TAS – Birdsong
2012-08 Inka Gallery, Salamanca TAS- The Depiction of a Romantic, Solo Exhibition
2012-12 Rebecca Roth Gallery, Salamanca TAS- Solo Exhibition of prints
2013-01 Sidespace Gallery, Salamanca TAS- Belonging- Collaborative Exhibition of works with Chris Kurrish and Steph Parkyn
2013-06 Gallery Pejean, Launceston TAS- Solo Exhibition of Prints
2013-12 Agora Gallery, New York City- Group show
2013-12 Brunswick Street Gallery, Melbourne, Solo Exhibition of Prints
2014-06 Colville Gallery, Hobart, TAS- Solo Exhibition
2014-11 Gallery Pejean, Launceston, TAS- Solo Exhibition
2015-04 The Search for the Lily of the Valley, Melbourne, FAWN Gallery, Solo exhibition
2015-06 Gather ye rosebuds, Sidespace Gallery, Hobart, TAS, Solo exhibition
2015-09, Lightness of Being, Gallery Pejean, Launceston
2016-07 Solo Exhibition, Colville Gallery, Hobart
2016-11 Solo Exhibition, Lightness of Being, Gallery Pejean, Launceston
2017-08 Solo Exhibition, Gallery Pejean, Launceston, TAS
2017-09 Solo Exhibition, Colville Gallery, Hobart, TAS
2018-04 Solo Exhibition, Between Worlds, Manyung Gallery, VIC
2018-07 Solo Exhibition, Concrete Jungle, Daddy Bar, Brunswick, VIC
2018-10 Solo Exhibition, Tiffany Jones Art Consultant, Buderim, QLD
2018-11 Solo Exhibition, Colville Gallery, Salamanca, TAS
GROUP EXHIBITIONS
2011-05 Entrepot Gallery, Hunter Street TAS- Exhibition Newsprint
2011-08 Inka Gallery, Salamanca TAS- Gallery Member
2011-09 The Long Gallery, Salamanca TAS- A collaborative exhibition
2011- 12 The Stable Gallery, Moonah TAS- Mini print and painting exhibition
2011 -12 Inka Gallery, Salamanca TAS- Blank canvas exhibition
2012-02 Inka Gallery, Salamanca TAS- Blue
2012-05 Inka Gallery, Salamanca TAS – May Sale Exhibition
2013-04 Mixed Borders & Hybrid Identities, Riccione ITALY
2013-05 Kingborough Art Prize and Exhibition Group Show
2013-11 Fawn Gallery, group exhibition
2013-12 The Long Gallery, Images of Tasmania, Group exhibition
2013-2012 Colville Gallery, Group Exhibition
2014- 03 The Long Gallery, Running with Scissors, Group Exhibition
2014-11 Mini Print Exhibition, Sidespace Gallery, Group exhibition
2014- 12 Colville Gallery, Group Exhibition
2014-12 UTAS Art School, Group Exhibition of Jewellery
2014-12 Images of Tasmania, Group Exhibition, Sidespace and Long Gallery, Salamanca
2015-10 Iron Pot Bay group exhibition, East Coast, Tasmania
2015-11 Mini Print Exhibition, Sidespace gallery, Salamanca
2015-12 Images of Tasmania, Long Gallery, Salamanca
2016-06 Members Group Show, Hunter Island Press, Rosny Barn, Hobart
2016-11 Mini Print Exhibition, Sidespace Gallery, Salamanca Art Centre, Hobart
2017-01 Running with Scissors, Sidespace Gallery, Salamanca, TAS
2017-05 Curated HIP exhibition, Unique State, MAC, Hobart, TAS
2017-07 Curated HIP exhibition, Rosny School House Gallery, Rosny, TAS
2017-09 Curated Exhibition, Sydney, NSW
2017-11 Curated HIP exhibition, Mini Print, Sidespace Gallery, Salamanca, TAS
2017-09 Group Exhibition, Manyung Gallery, Malvern, VIC
2018-09 Group Exhibition, Pop-up Gallery, Art-to-Art, VIC
2018-11 Curated HIP exhibition, Mini Print, Sidespace Gallery, Salamanca, TAS
MARKETS
2016 The Barn Market, Rosny
2014-2018 The Market, Masonic Temple, Hobart
2017-2018 The Cuckoo Market, Shambles Brewery, Hobart
2017 Deloraine Craft Fair, Deloraine
2018 Rose Street Market, Fitzroy, VIC
2018 Sisters Market, Brunswick, VIC
2018 The Melbourne Collective, Federation Square, VIC
2018 Hatch Craft Market, Craft Victoria, Collingwood, VIC
ART FAIRS
2017-11 Singapore International Art Fair, Represented by Manyung Gallery
2018-05 Hong Kong International Art Fair, Represented by Manyung Gallery
NOT FOR PROFIT
2015-2016 Exhibition Co-ordinator at Hunter Island Press Inc. Hobart
2012-2018 Committee member at Inka Gallery, Salamanca
2018 Committee member, Hammer and Hand Gallery, Salamanca
ART RESIDENCIES
2012 June/July- Self-funded residency in Venice, Italy
2013 September/October – Self-funded residency Skopelos Island, Greece
2014/2015 Self-funded residency Mt Bruce, New Zealand
2015 Art residency, Cerdeira, Portugal
2017 Cradle Mountain Artist Residency, Cradle Mountain, TAS
2017 Chaaap Art Residency, Vadodara, India
2019 Printmaking residency, Spain
Past events
Hunter Island Press Mini Print Exhibition
Exhibitions
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77 Salamanca Place, Battery Point
Colville Gallery
Galleries
91a Salamanca Place, Battery Point
Gallery Pejean
Galleries
57 George Street, Launceston