About Izabela Kowalewska-Cole

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Izabela Kowalewska-Cole was born in Wrocław, Poland, where she attended the Academy of Fine Arts (Akademia Sztuk Pięknych), earning Master's Degrees in Fine Arts in both painting and ceramics in 1988.

 

Izabela's ceramic works range from whimsical, whistling heads to large, abstract geometric shapes. And she paints, in the European tradition, all forms: landscapes, portraits, and still lives.

 

Her landscape paintings have been described as "works of an eloquent and poetic colorist." Her portraits "are creations of the attentive eye seeking the truth of a sitter. She neither flatters nor humuliates her subjects, but grasps the uniqueness of a person through the use of color, varied brush stroke and thickness of paint."

 

Izabela has exhibited her work at galleries throughout the United States (including in Los Angeles, San Francisco, Scottsdale, New Orleans, and Indianapolis), as well as in the United Kingdom and Poland.

 

Two of her paintings, which won the top two prizes in a Polish competition, were given to the Pope, and now reside in the Vatican's permanent collection.

 

Solo Exhibitions

 

October 2000. Clare Hall, University of Cambridge, Cambridge UK.

 

April-May 1998. 4 Star Gallery, Indianapolis, Indiana.

 

April-May 1996. Hugh N. Ronald Memorial Gallery, Portland, Indiana (sponsored by Jay County Arts Council).

 

December 1995. The Towne Collection Gallery, Scottsdale, ArizonaMarch 1995. The Towne Collection Gallery, Scottsdale, Arizona.

 

April 1994. Trojanowska Gallery, San Francisco, California.

 

January 1993. Trojanowska Gallery, San Francisco, California.

 

June 1992. Trojanowska Gallery, San Francisco, California.

 

January 1991. Stanford University, Bechtel International Center, Stanford, California.

 

Group and Studio Shows

 

August 2008. Dean Johnson Gallery, Indianapolis, Indiana.

 

September 2008. Prima Gallery. Bloomington, Indiana.

 

March 2006. Indianapolis Art Center, Indianapolis, Indiana.

 

March 2004. LAMP Gallery, Indianapolis, Indiana.

 

March 1997. Aula Zak ładu Narodowego im. Ossolinskich, Wrocław, Poland.

 

January 1997. Galeria Sztuki BWA, Jelenia G óra, Poland.

 

December 1996. Salon Wystawowy Bok, Boles ławiec, Poland.

 

November 1996. Artsgarden, Indianapolis, Indiana.

 

July 1994. Trojanowska Gallery, San Francisco, California.

 

December 1993. Studio Show, 3001 N. New Jersey, Indianapolis, Indiana.

 

July 1989. Modern Art Gallery, Los Angeles, California.

 

October 1988. Akademia Sztuk Pi ęknych, Wrocław, Poland.