About me
Anja Smolarz , a contemporary painter living and working in her home studio in Świnoujście, on the north-west coast.
The harsh seaside landscape and numerous explorations of the lakes and meadows around the family home have become an endless inspiration for the artist's works.
Her multi-layered, spatial landscapes carry a poetic intensity of colours, creating a harmonious combination of light and subtle darkness.
Using colour and glazing, Anja fills her paintings with an atmosphere of mystery and a certain melancholy, evoking a whole range of emotions. Her works are largely landscapes, suspended between reality and dream.
She creates her paintings by repeatedly applying and removing thin layers of paint, which gives her works depth and spatiality.
She has had exhibitions and collaborations with international art galleries from Italy, Spain and Germany, and her paintings have been exhibited in Barcelona, Madrid, Milan, Genoa, Florence and Berlin. Her works have also been published in the fifth edition of the Italian contemporary art catalogue "Artist of Today and Tomorrow".
Exhibitions:
- 2024 "Session 01", Azur Gallery, Berlin, Germany
- 2023 "Unraveling", Van Gogh Art Gallery, Madrid, Spain
- 2023 "Break A Leg", Museo Luigi Bellini, Florence, Italy
- 2023 "QB Quanto Basta" Palazzo Ducale, Genoa, Italy
- 2023 (UN) Fair Milan, Italy
- 2022 Art Nou Mil Lenni Gallery, Barcelona, Spain
Publications:
- 2024 "Artist of Today and Tomorrow", catalogue of contemporary art, Italy