Joanna Ambroz, Doctor of Arts
Understatements and embarrassing thoughts.
I am interested in current events and the pains and passions of my friends and family. I am part of a generation rooted in a culture of constant self-improvement and a belief in the individual’s absolute ability to self-regulate and impact the world around them. I comment on this by using the self-portrait as a prop. In this way, I want to emphasize the universality of human existence in the context of sensations and conflicts and initiate a dialogue on the contemporary condition of the individual.
I use two colours in my artwork: red and blue. Red represents tension, temperament and conflict. Blue is a symbol of harmony, reflection and mourning. I am curious about the interaction of these colours and the contrast that represents an exchange between the intensity of impressions and the compulsion to block them out.
For questions, please email:
ambrozjoanna@gmail.com
ambrozjoanna@gmail.com
Works in collections
‣ National Museum in Poznan, PL (2021, 2022, 2023)
‣ Poster Museum in Wilanów, PL (2019)
‣ Poster Museum in Wilanów, PL (2019)
Education
2018–2023
Doctoral Studies, Academy of Fine Arts in Katowice, Poland
2016–2018
Honours, Master's degree, Academy of Fine Arts in Katowice, Poland
2012–2016
Honours with medal, Bachelor's degree, Academy of Fine Arts in Katowice, Poland
2006–2012,
Jacek Malczewski's School of Fine Art, Czestochowa, Poland
2013
Sculpture fellowship, Tomas Bata University in Zlín, Czech Republic
2011
Art Scholarship as part of a European Union Program – Leonardo Da Vinci, Portugal
Doctoral Studies, Academy of Fine Arts in Katowice, Poland
2016–2018
Honours, Master's degree, Academy of Fine Arts in Katowice, Poland
2012–2016
Honours with medal, Bachelor's degree, Academy of Fine Arts in Katowice, Poland
2006–2012,
Jacek Malczewski's School of Fine Art, Czestochowa, Poland
2013
Sculpture fellowship, Tomas Bata University in Zlín, Czech Republic
2011
Art Scholarship as part of a European Union Program – Leonardo Da Vinci, Portugal
Selected international group exhibitions:
‣ Eve Leibe Gallery, London, Eve Presents Number Three, 2023
‣ The 8th DAEJEON International Art Show 2022, South Korea, 2022
‣ Women in poster, China, 2022.
‣ 2nd International Poster Triennial in Cyprus, Cyprus, 2022
‣ Bolivia International Poster Biennale "BICeBé", poster, Bolivia, 2021
‣ Das kleine Format, 11th Internationale Biennale der Miniaturen aus Tschenstocha, Galerie Brötzinger Art, Pforzheim-Brötzingen, paintig, Germany, 2021
‣ Meat Design Festival, Design out of the box, book,
Ostrava, Czech Republic, 2019
‣ Social Poster - New Polish Poster Exhibition 2019, Glasgow, United Kingdom, 2019.
‣ International Poster Trienale in Trnava, Slovakia, 2018.
‣ Ratata Festival, Exhibition of illustrations from the book "Empty Place at the Table", together with Joanna Concejo, Macerata, Italy, 2017.
‣ TYPHLO & TACTUS, final of the book competition for blind children, book "Feelings" France, 2017.
‣ Eve Leibe Gallery, London, Eve Presents Number Three, 2023
‣ The 8th DAEJEON International Art Show 2022, South Korea, 2022
‣ Women in poster, China, 2022.
‣ 2nd International Poster Triennial in Cyprus, Cyprus, 2022
‣ Bolivia International Poster Biennale "BICeBé", poster, Bolivia, 2021
‣ Das kleine Format, 11th Internationale Biennale der Miniaturen aus Tschenstocha, Galerie Brötzinger Art, Pforzheim-Brötzingen, paintig, Germany, 2021
‣ Meat Design Festival, Design out of the box, book,
Ostrava, Czech Republic, 2019
‣ Social Poster - New Polish Poster Exhibition 2019, Glasgow, United Kingdom, 2019.
‣ International Poster Trienale in Trnava, Slovakia, 2018.
‣ Ratata Festival, Exhibition of illustrations from the book "Empty Place at the Table", together with Joanna Concejo, Macerata, Italy, 2017.
‣ TYPHLO & TACTUS, final of the book competition for blind children, book "Feelings" France, 2017.
Selected solo exhibitions in Poland
‣Doesn't any burning issue affect your plans, your life or the planet?, Marszalkowska 18 Gallery, Warsaw, 19.10.2023–02.12.2023,
‣ I don't love you, because you ate my cheesecake*.
Warszawa Powisle, Warsaw, 26.11.2021-6.02.2022
‣ When something is thought, it's as if it has already happened a little bit, OPK Gaude Mater, Czestochowa, Text for the exhibition: prof. Irma Kozina,15.06–10.07.2019
‣ I ordered my tongue to nail the nails
PIK Gallery, Ostrów Wielkopolski, 22.04.2021-5.06.2021
‣ Social poster and some insulting radicals, Melina Gallery,
Gliwice, 22.11.2019-20.01.2020
‣ Shame, Sztuka Wyboru Gallery, Gdansk, 16-28.02.2019
Warszawa Powisle, Warsaw, 26.11.2021-6.02.2022
‣ When something is thought, it's as if it has already happened a little bit, OPK Gaude Mater, Czestochowa, Text for the exhibition: prof. Irma Kozina,15.06–10.07.2019
‣ I ordered my tongue to nail the nails
PIK Gallery, Ostrów Wielkopolski, 22.04.2021-5.06.2021
‣ Social poster and some insulting radicals, Melina Gallery,
Gliwice, 22.11.2019-20.01.2020
‣ Shame, Sztuka Wyboru Gallery, Gdansk, 16-28.02.2019
‣ History of the Częstochowa Match Factory, a series of posters,Iron Ore Museum, Railway Museum, Match Factory Museum (three exhibitions), Częstochowa 10.06.2017
‣ Cut – the hair of the Polish folks, KM 0 Gallery, Warsaw 27.05.2017-11.06.2017
‣ Cut - the hair of the Polish people, Pojedyncza Gallery,
Katowice 27.10.2016-9.11.2016
‣ Put together (Poukładane), Off-Art Gallery, Czestochowa, 5-18.11.2015
‣ Cut – the hair of the Polish folks, KM 0 Gallery, Warsaw 27.05.2017-11.06.2017
‣ Cut - the hair of the Polish people, Pojedyncza Gallery,
Katowice 27.10.2016-9.11.2016
‣ Put together (Poukładane), Off-Art Gallery, Czestochowa, 5-18.11.2015
Selected group exhibitions in Poland:
‣ Eibisch Prize 2023 (Nagroda Eibischa 2023), Final of the contest, Galeria Katarzyny Napiorkowskiej, Warsaw, 4.12.2023–8.12.2023
‣ OFF Festival 17/15 Poster Exhibition.
Together with Wilhelm Sasnal, Boleslaw Chromry, Dawid Ryski, Barrakuz.
Gallery+, Rondo Sztuki Gallery, Katowice, 4.08.2022-4.09.2022.
Together with Wilhelm Sasnal, Boleslaw Chromry, Dawid Ryski, Barrakuz.
Gallery+, Rondo Sztuki Gallery, Katowice, 4.08.2022-4.09.2022.
‣ Utopias/Dystopias. The Future of the City.
Curated by Prof. Irma Kozina, Adrian Chorebala.
Rondo Sztuki Gallery, Katowice, 24.06.2022-25.07.2022.
Curated by Prof. Irma Kozina, Adrian Chorebala.
Rondo Sztuki Gallery, Katowice, 24.06.2022-25.07.2022.
‣ Exhibition of the 26th Polish Poster Biennale in Katowice.
Poster Whole Kalarus (catalog),
Organizer: BWA Katowice, 01.2022
‣ Próba 2020
Jan Tarasin Art Gallery,
Curators: Joanna Dudek, Anna Palusinska, Jacek Rózanski, Anna Wolff.
Kalisz, 18.12.2020-20.03.2021
Poster Whole Kalarus (catalog),
Organizer: BWA Katowice, 01.2022
‣ Próba 2020
Jan Tarasin Art Gallery,
Curators: Joanna Dudek, Anna Palusinska, Jacek Rózanski, Anna Wolff.
Kalisz, 18.12.2020-20.03.2021
‣ 27th Polish Poster Biennale in Katowice.
BWA Katowice, Katowice, 1.2022
BWA Katowice, Katowice, 1.2022
‣ Femininity. (Kobiecość.)
Gallery +, Rondo Sztuki Gallery, Katowice
Curator: Adrian Chorebała
Katowice, 4.10.2020-20.11.2020
Gallery +, Rondo Sztuki Gallery, Katowice
Curator: Adrian Chorebała
Katowice, 4.10.2020-20.11.2020
‣ 26th Polish Poster Biennale in Katowice.
BWA Katowice
Katowice, 1.2020
‣ Best diplomas of the Academy of Fine Arts in Katowice 2018.
Rondo Sztuki Gallery, Katowice, 25.06.2018–20.07.2018
‣ Salon of Illustrators 2017, illustration, organized by Zamek Cultural Center in Poznań, Poznań International Fair, Poznań 23.03-26.03.2017.
‣ Please disperse! There is nothing to look at here.
Katowice City of Gardens - Krystyna Bochenek Institution of Culture.
Katowice, 14-28.12.2017
‣ Best diplomas of the Academy of Fine Arts in Katowice 2016.
Rondo Sztuki Gallery, Katowice, 27.06.2016–24.07.2016
‣ Cult of life
Arsenal City Gallery
Poznan, 2009
BWA Katowice
Katowice, 1.2020
‣ Best diplomas of the Academy of Fine Arts in Katowice 2018.
Rondo Sztuki Gallery, Katowice, 25.06.2018–20.07.2018
‣ Salon of Illustrators 2017, illustration, organized by Zamek Cultural Center in Poznań, Poznań International Fair, Poznań 23.03-26.03.2017.
‣ Please disperse! There is nothing to look at here.
Katowice City of Gardens - Krystyna Bochenek Institution of Culture.
Katowice, 14-28.12.2017
‣ Best diplomas of the Academy of Fine Arts in Katowice 2016.
Rondo Sztuki Gallery, Katowice, 27.06.2016–24.07.2016
‣ Cult of life
Arsenal City Gallery
Poznan, 2009
Scholarships and grands
2022
‣ Pro-Quality Scholarship of the Katowice Academy of Fine Arts
2021
‣ Pro-Quality Scholarship of the Katowice Academy of Fine Arts
2020
‣ Pro-Quality Scholarship of the Katowice Academy of Fine Arts
‣ Scholarship of the Rector of ASP Katowice for the Best Doctoral Students
2019
‣ Scholarship of the Rector of ASP Katowice for the Best Doctoral Students
‣ Artistic Scholarship of the Mayor of Czestochowa
2018
‣ Lotto and Totalizator Sportowy Foundation Scholarship 100 per 100, 100 scholarships for the Polish Independence Centenary for academic achievements and active social attitude.
2017
‣ Scholarship of the Rector of ASP Katowice for the Best Students
2016
‣ Patronage by Patronite and ZIPSEE Cyfrowa Polska
‣ Artistic Scholarship of the Mayor of Czestochowa
‣ Scholarship of the Rector of ASP Katowice for the Best Students
‣ Pro-Quality Scholarship of the Katowice Academy of Fine Arts
2021
‣ Pro-Quality Scholarship of the Katowice Academy of Fine Arts
2020
‣ Pro-Quality Scholarship of the Katowice Academy of Fine Arts
‣ Scholarship of the Rector of ASP Katowice for the Best Doctoral Students
2019
‣ Scholarship of the Rector of ASP Katowice for the Best Doctoral Students
‣ Artistic Scholarship of the Mayor of Czestochowa
2018
‣ Lotto and Totalizator Sportowy Foundation Scholarship 100 per 100, 100 scholarships for the Polish Independence Centenary for academic achievements and active social attitude.
2017
‣ Scholarship of the Rector of ASP Katowice for the Best Students
2016
‣ Patronage by Patronite and ZIPSEE Cyfrowa Polska
‣ Artistic Scholarship of the Mayor of Czestochowa
‣ Scholarship of the Rector of ASP Katowice for the Best Students