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Joanna Holisz

Joanna Holisz
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On one side is the absurd and the exaggerated; on the other, the unassuming and the earnest. My work sits on both sides, unwilling to choose. Letting each side clash, tug, and then happily coexist in space, I experience blissful confusion.

Currently, my work makes reference to, discusses, and attempts to replicate the most magnificent piece of artwork to have ever existed, and enjoys the chaos which ensues in pursuit of this unattainable dream.
EDUCATION:
2017-21 BA (Hons) Painting and Printmaking, The Glasgow School of Art, UK. (1:1)
2019-20 Academy of Fine Arts Vienna, Austria: Erasmus Exchange Programme.
2016-17 Certificate of Higher Education (General Humanities): English Language and Literature, The University of Glasgow. (distinction)

Exhibitions:
Mar 2020 Rabbit Skin, The Glue Factory, Glasgow.
Jan 2020 Rundgang, AkBild, Vienna.
Jan 2020 Foreign, Bureau Veritas Container, AkBild, Vienna.
Dec 2019The Shop Window, Békési utca, Budapest.
Nov 2019 Knee Deep in Elbows, G7, Grundsteingasse 5, Vienna.
Nov 2019 All Paper Show, Mehrzwecksaal, Atelierhaus der AkBild, Vienna.
Apr 2019 Test Bed II, Tontine Studios, The Glasgow School of Art, Glasgow.
Feb 2019 Vacant//Occupied, The Old Hairdresser’s, Glasgow.

PROJECTS
Co-founder at New Wave Press, an online publication and exhibition space for early and emerging artists and writers. Started during Covid-19 in response to the necessity for increased online presence.

Committee member (venue and participant co-ordination, marketing, events): The Alternative Degree Show Festival. A student-led initiative ranging across a wide-range of exhibition venues throughout Glasgow. A physical response to GSA's online degree show and a means to kickstart the cultural landscape of the city post-Covid-19 for recent graduates.
PLUNGING THROUGH YOUR GLUTTONOUS SOUL
  • Joanna Holisz
  • PLUNGING THROUGH YOUR GLUTTONOUS SOUL
  • Oil
CHURNING THROUGH THE MINDS OF THE DIVINE
  • Joanna Holisz
  • CHURNING THROUGH THE MINDS OF THE DIVINE
  • Oil
MOUNTAIN SUBMERGED IN A BATH OF HONEY
  • Joanna Holisz
  • MOUNTAIN SUBMERGED IN A BATH OF HONEY
  • Watercolour
IN A FLASH
  • Joanna Holisz
  • IN A FLASH
  • Oil
REVOLVING AXES OF YOUR SALTED EARTH
  • Joanna Holisz
  • REVOLVING AXES OF YOUR SALTED EARTH
  • Oil
'AND HURL YOUR VERY SOUL INTO THE ABYSS'
  • Joanna Holisz
  • 'AND HURL YOUR VERY SOUL INTO THE ABYSS'
  • Oil
  • Joanna Holisz
  • Mixed Media
  • Joanna Holisz
  • Mixed Media

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