Artist CV

Artist's statement

(b 1983PL. Lives and works in London)

Karolina Albricht’s paintings come from a private imaginative space. Her work is rooted in figuration but make use of abstract language in which a generative force of space, time, movement and feeling meet on their own terms. She often works on the floor of her studio, which enables her to approach the collaging and painting process from different angles. As such, her work becomes a part of the studio, absorbing debris from older works, rags and scraps of canvas. She constantly reviews her materials, reaching for alternative elements that can expand her paintings. This way of working is an amplification of her collages on paper. Her sketches regularly become works in their own right.

Solo exhibitions

2021: OFF-BEAT, JGM Gallery, London, UK
2017: The Unknown Land, Vinarius, London, UK

Group exhibitions

2020: Art on a Postcard, Winter Auction; Concrete Blue, Unit 3 Projects, curated by Beatriz Acevedo, London, UK; Reflection, JGM Gallery, London, UK; Artists on the Radar (online), Viewing Room, JGM Gallery, London, UK; Dear Painting, Nordic Art Agency, Malmo, Sweden; Adazzle, JGM Gallery, London, UK 2019- Glass Cloud Fundraiser, London, UK
2019: Works on Paper: Of the Landscape, online exhibition JGM Gallery; Catamaran, Thames Side Studios Gallery, London, UK; Time Flies Like the Wind, Fruit Flies Like Bananas, The Art Academy, London, UK; We Can Only Have Fun on Certain Days - Stour Space, curated by Warbling, London, UK 2019- Black Stuff, Unit 3 Projects , London, UK; Make Me a Sacrifice, JGM Gallery, London, UK
2018: C'est de la Peinture, curated by Gareth Kemp and Nick Sykes, Bankley Gallery, Manchester, UK; Paper Cuts, curated by Kristian Day, Saatchi Gallery, London, UK; Girls Just Want To Have Fun, Unit 3 Projects, London, UK; Summer Exhibition, curated by K.B. Stowe, The Concept Space, London, UK; Marching Through the Fields, curated by Warbling, Jeannie Avent , London, UK; Third Order, Unit 3 Projects, London, UK; ArtRooms Fair, Melia White House, London, UK
2017: Winter Salon, curated by Victoria Howarth & Paula McArthur, Rye Creative Centre, Rye, UK; '31 Celsius', curated by Paul Carey Kent, ASC Gallery, London, UK; 'As It Stands'; Unrefined, Muted, Abandoned. Hundred Years Gallery, London, UK; 'Small is Beautiful More and Less', Unit 3 Projects , London, UK; Arcadia, curated by Curate: ART|ROOMS, London, UK; Antennae, Lubomirov/Angus-Hughes Gallery, London, UK
2015: ArtGemini Prize, Menier Gallery, London, UK
2014: 'Now in Reverse', Hundred Years Gallery, London, UK
2013: Arte Laguna Prize, 7th edition, Venice Arsenale, Italy
2008: ASP Degree Show, Palac Sztuki Gallery, Krakow, Poland

Awards & residencies

2020: Tyson Award selected by Liz Gilmore #artistsupportpledge
2018: Shortlisted for Royal Scottish Academy Open Exhibition, Edinburgh, UK 2016- Shortlisted for the 20th National Open Art Competition
2015: Shortlisted for Royal Scottish Academy Open Exhibition, Edinburgh; Winner of the ArtGemini Public Choice Award, ArtGemini Prize, Menier Gallery, London, UK; Shortlisted for the Summer Exhibition at the Royal Academy of Arts, London
2013: Shortlisted for the Threadneedle Prize, London, UK; Finalist: Arte Laguna Prize, 7th edition, Venice Arsenale, Italy

Press & publications

2021: JGM Gallery, OFF-BEAT video interview,; https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WAnivYOJTiU; Art Verge Interview,; https://art-verge.com/karolina-albricht-no-face-floating/; Painting in Text Interview,; https://paintingintext.com/2021/02/10/movement-lines-shapes-karolina-albricht/
2020: Remi C.T Studio Interview,; https://www.remict.com/post/in-conversation-painter-karolina-albricht

Education

2020: Turps Studio Programme, London, UK
2008: MA Painting, Jan Matejko Academy of Fine Arts, Krakow, Poland
2007: Socrates-Erasmus at ArtEZ Institute of Fine Arts in Arnhem, the Netherlands