Jolanta JOHNSSON (b. 1955), Evening Sea, 2002

mixed technique (gouache, crayon), handmade paper, 45 x 33 cm, signed p.d.: Jolanta Johnsson 2002

Education:

1984-1989 - Academy of Fine Arts in Warsaw, graphics department, studio of Prof. Halina Chrostowska and Prof. Rafał Strent, painting studio of Prof. Jerzy Tchórzewski.

2012 - Doctor of Fine Arts degree, Academy of Fine Arts in Cracow. Teaches at the Faculty of Graphic Arts at the Vistula Academy of Finance and Business, design graphics studio.

Jolanta Johnsson graduated from the Academy of Fine Arts in Warsaw, where she specialized in graphic design. Since then she has been working as a freelance artist, and painting and drawing are the techniques that dominate her work. She creates figurative compositions and landscapes. Through symbolic simplifications, she tries to raise existential questions. She focuses on the reality that surrounds her, that is, the existence of "modern man" living in an era of multidimensional change. The second central theme of her work is landscapes. She interprets the emotions evoked by her surroundings, especially nature. The artist's compositions sometimes depict the arrangements and divisions she sees. Often, however, imagery leads her to more abstract solutions. Her work on landscapes is dominated by the need to simplify and summarize, but at the same time she works with different textures to create a vivid image. Portraits occupy a special place. With facial expressions she tries to express the truth about a person, whatever that may mean. In printmaking, Jolanta Johnsson likes to work in traditional techniques, especially linocut. She also looks for unusual traces, creating matrices from different materials. Printmaking is a search. Although it allows for reproduction, this feature of printmaking is not the most important for her. The artist always prints small editions. A graphic print on good paper has an element of nobility, of unique beauty. She believes that a handmade graphic print will survive all new inventions in printing technology. Computer techniques, which are already more widely used by visual artists, will not dominate traditional methods.

Jolanta Johnsson has exhibited works in 30 solo exhibitions and many group exhibitions, at home and abroad. Her works are in private collections in Poland, Sweden, Germany, Dubai and the USA.

Individual exhibitions:

2018:

- Aneks Gallery, Dom Chemika, Pulawy
- DAP 2 Gallery, House of the Artist, Warsaw, Poland.
- Kisa Konsthal, Sweden
- Karwacjanów i Gładyszów Manor Museum, Gorlice

2017:

- Center for Promotion of Culture district Praga-Południe, Warsaw

2016:

- COEK Studio, Ciechanow

2014/2015

- Gallery of the European Faculty of Arts AFiB Vistula, Warsaw.

2014:

- Galleri Skadebanan, Linköping, Sweden
- Gallery of the City Hall, Linköping, Sweden
- Gallery U, Inauguration of the year of culture in Ursynów 2014/2015, Warsaw, Poland.

2013:

- Gallery on the Floor, ZPAP Lodz.
- Gallery Dom Artysty Plastyka, Lufcik, ZPAP Warsaw.
- Gallery Przy Bibliotece, Kisa, Sweden
- Gallery By the Library, Boxholm, Sweden

2010:

- Van Golik Gallery, Warsaw

2007:

- Art Depot Gallery, Warsaw
- Palace of Art, Cracow

2006:

- Forma Gallery, Warsaw

2003:

- Test Gallery, Warsaw
- Gallery "To three times... art", Warsaw, Poland

2001:

- House of Art, Ursynów, Warsaw

1998:

- Test Gallery, Warsaw
- Arsenal City Gallery, Poznan

1995:

- Test Gallery, Warsaw

1994:

- Galerie Girardet, Essen, Germany

1993:

- Pestka Gallery, Ethnographic Museum, Warsaw, Poland.

1991:

- Saabs Konstförening, Linköping, Sweden

1989:

- Galerie MB, Stockholm

1988:

- Kulturhuset, Nässjö, Sweden

Group exhibitions:

2019:

- Grafiteka 2018, Exhibition of the graphic arts section of the OW ZPAP, DAP Gallery, Artists' House, Warsaw (post-competition exhibition of the Grafiteka 2019 competition).

2018:

- Paint First, exhibition on the occasion of the 45th anniversary of the Jan Cybis Award, Lufcik Gallery, Dom Artysty Plastyka, Warsaw.
- Grafiteka 2018, Exhibition of the graphics section of OW ZPAP, DAP Gallery, Dom Artysty Plastyka, Warsaw.
- Ett verk var, painting exhibition, 60 artists, Stockholm-Husby, Sweden
- Aperio Charity Auction, Arsenal City Gallery, Poznan, Poland.

2017:

- Visions. Exhibition of the painting section of the OW ZPAP, DAP Gallery, Dom Artysty Plastyka, Warsaw.
- Grafiteka 2017, Exhibition of the graphics section of OW ZPAP, DAP Gallery, Dom Artysty Plastyka, Warsaw.

2016:

- Post-competition exhibition of the 13th Józef Gielniak Graphic Competition, Karkonosze Museum, Jelenia Góra.

- 35×35 Art project, Copelouzos Family Museum, Athens
- Three dimensions, Painting on canvas, DAP Gallery, House of the Artist, Warsaw, Poland.
- Grafiteka, printmaking yesterday and today. 2016, DAP Gallery, Dom Artysty Plastyka, Warsaw.
- Aperio Charity Auction, Castle, Poznan.
- Charity Auction For the Cape, Xanadu Gallery, Warsaw.

2015:

- Muse - 2015 - Magdalena Abakonowicz, Promocyjna Gallery, Center for the Promotion of Culture in the Praga-Południe District, Warsaw.
- Aperio Charity Auction, Castle, Poznań
- Charity Auction For the Cape, Pragaleria, Warsaw.

2014:

- News, ZPAP, Warsaw
- Aperio charity auction, Zamek, Poznań
- Charity auction for Olaf, Museum of Modern Art, Warsaw.
- Charity auction for Max, Warsaw
- Abstraction, ZPAP, Warsaw.

2013:

- Abstraction, ZPAP, Warsaw
- News, ZPAP, Warsaw
- Vienna Showcase, Museum of Modern Art, Schonbrun Palace, Vienna.
- Grand Charity Auction for the Police Children's House, Polish Olympic Committee, Warsaw.

2012:

- New Opening, Centennial of the Association of Visual Artists, Artists' House, Warsaw.
- Feast at the Masters, Cracow, Palace of Art

2011:

- Abstraction in Nature, Lufcik Gallery, ZPAP, Warsaw.
- News, ZPAP, Warsaw
- Via Varsovia, 10 years, ZPAP, Warsaw

2008:

- International Art Fair, Galerie Mitteleuropa, Stockholm, Sweden

2006:

- Polish Visual Artists - Children, exhibition together with charity auction, Swidnica - New York.

2004:

- Via Varsovia, Pulawy Art Gallery, Dom Chemika, Pulawy
- Via Varsovia, Gallery "To three times... art", Warsaw.
- Milanówek Art Festival, Municipal Cultural Center, Milanówek

2003:

- Coming out of the drawer, 1st Meeting of Ursynów Artists, Ursynów, Warsaw.

2000:

- Sculpture as a personal object, exhibition of sculpture and drawing, Lufcik Gallery, ZPAP, Warsaw.
- Drawing 2000, Mazovian Reflections, Lufcik Gallery, ZPAP Warsaw.
- Tolos of Art, exhibition of artists of the Warsaw District of ZPAP
- Flower Power, Art Office Gallery, Warsaw

1999:

- My Earth, ZPAP, Warsaw

1998:

- The Artist and Her Worldview. Traces of Polish and American culture - traveling group exhibition of Polish and American women artists, USA.

1997:

- Man in the Image - Xylon-Museum printmaking exhibition + Workshop, Schwezingen, Reutlingen City Museum, Germany.

1996:

- Warsaw Painting Month, April, ZPAP, Warsaw, Poland.

1995:

- Warsaw Painting Month, April, ZPAP, Warsaw.

1994:

- International Triennial of Polish Graphics, Katowice.

1992:

- 1st International Printmaking Biennale, Maastricht, Netherlands

1991:

- National Post-Competition Exhibition of Graphic Arts, Łódź.
- Polish Graphics Triennial, Cracow

1985:

- National Review of Drawings of Higher Schools of Art, Katowice, Educators' Award.

- National Student Graphics Review, Cracow