Alicja Bielawska

b. 1980, Warsaw

Sculptor, creator of installations and drawings. She is an art history graduate of the University of Warsaw and a sculpture graduate of the Gerrit Rietveld Academie in Amsterdam. She employs objects and materials of daily use, arranging them in abstract forms. She toys with viewer perception by combining colourful fabrics with metal framing, or arranging semi-transparent curtains in exhibition space. She was a Polityka Passport nominee in 2016. She lives and works in Warsaw.

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from the cycle Patterns, 2011, coloured pencil, paper, 30 × 42 cm

Drawings form a separate field in Alicja Bielawska’s oeuvre. While frequently created in relation to spatial forms, by no means are they the underlying sketches. They occasionally accompany the process of preparing the next project in the pipeline, to ultimately become its summary. As in the case of installations, vivid colours are essential here. Some patterns resemble the ornamental borders drawn by children. Bielawska uses coloured self-adhesive paper, crayons, and drawing carton, all items associated with childhood.

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from the cycle Places, 2013, pencil, ink, paper, 30 × 42 cm

Drawings form a separate field in Alicja Bielawska’s oeuvre. While frequently created in relation to spatial forms, by no means are they the underlying sketches. They occasionally accompany the process of preparing the next project in the pipeline, to ultimately become its summary. As in the case of installations, vivid colours are essential here. Some patterns resemble the ornamental borders drawn by children. Bielawska uses coloured self-adhesive paper, crayons, and drawing carton, all items associated with childhood.

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from the cycle Places, 2014, pencil, ink, oil pastel, coloured pencil, paper, 30 × 42 cm

Drawings form a separate field in Alicja Bielawska’s oeuvre. While frequently created in relation to spatial forms, by no means are they the underlying sketches. They occasionally accompany the process of preparing the next project in the pipeline, to ultimately become its summary. As in the case of installations, vivid colours are essential here. Some patterns resemble the ornamental borders drawn by children. Bielawska uses coloured self-adhesive paper, crayons, and drawing carton, all items associated with childhood.

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from the cycle Places, 2014, pencil, ink, paper, 50 × 65.5 cm

Drawings form a separate field in Alicja Bielawska’s oeuvre. While frequently created in relation to spatial forms, by no means are they the underlying sketches. They occasionally accompany the process of preparing the next project in the pipeline, to ultimately become its summary. As in the case of installations, vivid colours are essential here. Some patterns resemble the ornamental borders drawn by children. Bielawska uses coloured self-adhesive paper, crayons, and drawing carton, all items associated with childhood.

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