Beata Bigaj, Departure - a study interpretation of Departure (excerpt) by Max Beckmann

oil on canvas, 100,00 x 70,00 cm

Born in 1972 in Chrzanow. Graduate of the Faculty of Graphic Arts at the Academy of Fine Arts in Cracow, diploma in the Lithography Studio in 1997. Lecturer at the Ignatianum Academy in Cracow. Winner of the Scholarship of the Minister of Culture and National Heritage "Young Poland" (2008). Winner of the Grand Prix of the "Confrontation of the Youngest Artists of Cracow and Bratislava", Myslenice (1998) and the "D'Ann and Gus Mazocca Award", Cracow (1996). She is a member of the Association of Polish Artists and Designers and the International Association Focus-Europa. She co-founded the Kontrapost Artists Association (2001 - 2018). Her works are in the collections of the National Museum in Cracow, the Polish Army Museum in Warsaw, the Frissiras Museum in Athens and many private collectors. In her academic work, she focuses on the problems of artistic technique and the experience of the creative process, and is interested in figurative art, as well as the artistic transformations of the early 20th century and Expressionist art.