Bogna Jarzemska-Misztalska, Memories of Summer

Bogna Jarzembska-Misztalska, Recollection of Summer, enamel on metal, 30 x 40 cm, 2019
BOGNA JARZEMSKA- MISZTALSKA (b. 1979)
She graduated from the Warsaw Academy of Fine Arts in Warsaw in 2003 with a degree in painting in the studio of Professor Krzysztof Wachowiak and in mural painting in the studio of Professor Edward Tarkowski. The diploma was awarded, among other prizes, founded by the Mazovian Governor, the Professor Józef Szajna Award for Innovation in Art. The painter is a finalist in the 6th International Painting Biennale "Colors and Textures". Bogna Jarzemska-Misztalska's work was awarded Professor Józef Szajna's statuette for innovation in art and recognized as the best painting diploma of 2003. The artist was a finalist in the International Biennial of Painting and Unique Textile in Gdynia 2011 and the 24th and 25th Festival of Polish Contemporary Painting in Szczecin. Bogna Jarzemska Misztalska was invited to participate in the Polish-Saudi painting exhibition commemorating the tenth anniversary of Polish-Saudi diplomatic relations . Her works are in the private collection of the Royal Family of Saudi Arabia. The painter's passion is enamel - paintings covered with colored glazes and fired at high temperatures. The colors when put in the kiln are completely different from when taken out. Enamel creates an alchemical aura over the painting. The painter often composes her enamels into modern applied art solutions, such as individual furniture designs.