Joanna Lapuszek

​joannalapuszek@gmail.com

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Joanna Lapuszek is a multidisciplinary visual artist whose work includes painting, graphic arts, sculpture, photography, interior design, and metalwork. She holds a Doctor of Fine Arts degree from the Academy of Fine Arts in Krakow, Poland (2013), where she also completed a three‑year PhD program.

 

Her artistic path also includes teaching experience, including roles as art instructor with the Paphos Youth Theatre (2011, 2013), and early academic work as Assistant in the Academy of Fine Arts in Krakow. She is a long‑standing member of Polish artists’ associations, has curated exhibitions, and has been involved in international art projects and festivals.

 

Lapuszek’s art reflects a fluid interplay between abstraction and figurative representation. Her works are not realistic depictions but rather dynamic, expressionistic forms inspired by nature - the sea, sky, and organic environments. Through bold colour and structural abstraction, her pieces evoke emotional resonance rather than literal scenes. Colour serves as the primary building block of her visual language, interpreted not only from studio observation but as a reflection of lived experience and the natural world.

 

Education & Early Roles

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• MFA, Academy of Fine Arts, Krakow, Poland (distinction)

• PhD in Fine Arts, Academy of Fine Arts, Krakow, Poland

• Scholarship studies at Academy of Fine Arts, Helsinki, Finland

• Assistant in Painting Studio and Art Educator roles

• Curator for Maly Format and Artists Club, Association of Polish Artists

• Co‑creator / organiser of collaborative art projects and festivals in Europe

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Lapuszek has shown extensively in Europe and beyond in both solo and group contexts from the early 1990s to present:

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• Kunstgalerie De Oude School, Ameland, Netherlands (1993–94)

• Gallery ZPAP Sukiennice & Solvay Centre of Modern Art, Krakow, Poland

• 10th Zillisheim Painting Exhibition, France (1st prize)

• ASP Paphos, Cyprus — International Music Festival exhibition (2011)

 

Multinational exhibitions in France, Sweden, Ireland, United Kingdom, Senegal, and beyond.

Solo exhibitions across global ports of call during extended travel and research such as Cape Town, Melbourne, Brisbane, Noumea, Isle of Amsterdam, Iceland, Thailand, Oman and Egypt during her PhD period.

 

Her work appears in public and private collections across at least 15 countries, including Cyprus, Denmark, Germany, France, Netherlands, Ireland, New Zealand, Poland, Portugal, Sweden, the UK and the USA.

 

Lapuszek’s paintings, drawings and sculptural pieces feature in international collections and were recognised early with awards such as:

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• Socrates/Erasmus Scholarship (Finland, 2000)

• Grazella Foundation Scholarship for Painting (2003)

• 1st Prize at Zillisheim Painting Exhibition (France, 2005)

• 1st Gallery Prize for “Small Size Painting” (Krakow, 2004)

• Academic recognition in the art PhD program (Poland, 2012)