About

Ewa Gołogórska-Kucia was born in Cracow. She graduated from the Department of Painting at the Fine Arts Academy in Cracow, at the studio of Professor Jonasz Stern. She is a painter, graphic artist and photographer. She works at the Faculty of Architecture, Cracow University of Technology since 1978. In 1997 she received the title of Professor of Visual Arts. In the years 2000 – 2010 Ewa Gołogórska-Kucia has been the head of the Division of Drawing, Painting and Sculpture at the Faculty of Architecture, CUT. She leads courses and prepares programmes at the Faculty of Architecture, for the curricula Architecture and Landscape Architecture. The scope of courses comprises: principles of freehand drawing and painting; graphic and painting composition; plein-air internships; elective course: ‘Art of place – in search of meanings’ (multifarious art activities).

Member of the ZPAP – Association of Polish Visual Artists – and of the International Association Triennial of Graphic Art. In the years 1993-1999 Deputy Chairman of the Board of Cracow Chapter of ZPAP; since 2010, member of the Board of the Cracow Chapter and head of the ‘Pryzmat’Gallery.

Moreover, Ewa Gołogórska –Kucia cooperates with other artists in realisation of animated films, which were shown during many festivals (e.g. ‘Best of theWorld’) and received many prestigious awards in Poland and abroad. She took part in over 100 presentations of Polish art both in Poland and abroad. Had several dozens solo exhibitions.

Awards and citations:

  • Award at the exhibition of the Cracow Chapter of the ZPAP, Cracow 1971
  • Award at the 3rd National Exhibition of Young GraphicArt Poznań 1973
  • Awards in the competitions ‘Best Graphic Work of the Month’ Cracow 1971, 1972, 1973, 1974, 1976
  • Award at the 6th Exhibition of Graphic Art., Warsaw 1973
  • 2nd Award in the competition ‘Music i Graphic Art’, Cracow 1975
  • Award in the Polish presentation at the Salon of Art, Paris, France 1972
  • Award at the Art. Festiwal, Madrid, Spain 1977
  • Honorary Diploma at the Salon of Painting, Cracow 1978
  • Citation in the National Painting Competition, ‘Habitat”, Warsaw 1996
  • Nomination for an award in the National Painting Competition, Warsaw 1997
  • Citation in the competition „Best GraphicWork of the Month” , Cracow 1998
  • Grand Prix in the competition „Best Graphic Work of the Month”, Cracow 2001

State honours:

  • Golden Cross of Merit, 2002
  • Medal of National Education, 2005
  • Knight’s Cross Order of Polonia Restituta, 2013
  • Brown Medal “GLORIA ARTIS”

Solo exhibition:

  • Cracow, Poland 1970, 1972, 1980, 1991, 1994, 1995, 1998, 1999, 2000, 2001, 2002, 2003, 2010
  • Vienna, Austria 1973
  • Skawina, Poland 1974
  • Wałbrzych, Poland 1975
  • Erlangen, Niemcy 1975
  • Pecs, Hungary 1979
  • Bergkamen, Germany 1975
  • Lanckorona, Poland 1995
  • Budapest, Hungary 1999
  • Zakopane, Poland 2001
  • Przemyśl, Poland 2002, 2004
  • Toruń, Poland 2012
  • Nowy Sącz, Poland 2012
  • Kraków, Poland 2014, 2015, 2016

Works in museum collections in:

  • Cracow, Poland
  • Madrid, Spain
  • Sant Elpidio a Mare, Italy

Graphic works and pictures in private collections in Poland and abroad.