Beata Garanty
Between 1995 and 2000, Beata Garanty studied painting at the Faculty of the Academy of Fine Arts in Kraków in the studio of Prof. Sławomir Karpowicz, and for two years the specialization in unique textiles in the studio of Prof. Liliana Kulka at the same faculty and academy. In 2001, she also completed postgraduate studies in pedagogy at the Kraków University of Technology.
In 2001, she went to the United States, where she spent 11 years. In the USA, she was involved in painting, artistic functional textiles, and decorative wall painting.
She is the winner of the international competition of the Agora Gallery in New York. The prize was an exhibition of the finalists' works in the gallery. Both her paintings and her textiles are in the collections of private collectors in the USA, Great Britain, Australia, Germany, Mexico, and Poland.
Exhibitions:
- “Pryzmat” Gallery, Kraków
- “Agora” Gallery, New York, USA
- Festival of Visual Arts, “Around The Coyote” Gallery, Chicago, USA
- Multimedia Museum, 9th Annual Exhibition for Women Artists, London, UK
- “Around the Coyote” Gallery, Curator's Selection, Chicago, USA
- “Polish Center of Wisconsin”, Franklin, USA
- “Black Walnut” Gallery, Chicago, USA
- EC Gallery, Chicago, USA
- “Dream box” Gallery, Chicago, USA
- Business Center, Chicago
- Chicago Women's Alliance
- Cultural Center of the Municipal Office, Mielec, Poland
- 2020 BWA Gallery “Comparisons”, post-competition exhibition, Sandomierz, Poland
- TDK Gallery, competition exhibition, Tarnobrzeg
- BWA Gallery, “Diversity”, Sandomierz
- “Na Poddaszu” Gallery, “How to Read Art”, Prudnik
- Gallery in the Museum - Tarnowski Castle, “Diversity”, Tarnobrzeg
- Oranżeria Gallery, “How to Read Art”, Kielce
About my art
Already during my studies at the Academy of Fine Arts, I began experimenting with the language of contemporary art, its color forms, and themes. However, I have always expressed this mainly through painting and drawing. Yet I longed for literal visual art, for its more accessible form, color, and simpler message, above all for content, so that it could reach many people. Art is not only a form of self-expression, but also a form perceived by other people who look at it. I have always been interested in people. By reflexively doodling on paper, an eye, a nose, an eyebrow, an ear, and finally an entire face emerged, undeniably a mirror of feelings. From the face, we can read what hurts us or pleases us. Without the face and all its elements, we would be as if without a center, without a soul, without expression. The human being, especially the portrait, is the subject of my work. I choose the figures I paint for various reasons: because they are beautiful to me, because they have psychological depth, because a fleeting emotion rested on their face for a moment, or because I am friends with one of them and they have special meaning for me. In the “Diversity” series, the diversity of the characters was important, where they come from, their culture, religion, skin color. That is what makes us as people unique and interesting, and this diversity is a positive thing. We do not have to be the same, and we are not the same, which is why this series is also about tolerance toward the other, their difference, and the beauty that lies within it. But the human being is not alone; they are surrounded by nature, captured in the landscape that we observe more or less closely. We do not float in empty space; we stand on the earth, we are surrounded by mountains, lakes, seas, flowers, trees, and we are part of this nature, so we long for it. When we stand consciously and look at the landscape around us, we are usually overcome by peace, rocked by the wind, feeling the smell of the sea and of freedom. That is also why I paint landscapes; it is a kind of consolation, also for myself. I want my paintings to be received positively, to transport the viewer into that space in our mind that awakens positive emotions in us, so that whoever hangs my work on the wall looks at it with joy and discovers something new each time.
In a world that has become difficult for many people, the art I create is meant to be positive from the outset. The energy of this intention vibrates when I begin to paint a new picture, and I hope that this can be seen and felt.
When I exhibit my works, they are received as follows:
People say they are beautiful, strong, nostalgic, very, very positive, so I think I achieve my goal every time....
Beata Garanty
