Karolina Albricht is a Polish artist living and woring in London, UK.She completed a Socrates-Erasmus at ArtEZ Institute of Fine Arts, an MA in Painting at the Jan Matejko Academy of Fine Arts, Krakow and undertook the Turps Studio Programme between 2018 and 2020. She is currenly based in London and works from her studio in Bow. She was awarded the ArtGemini Public Choice Award in 2015, The Tyson Award selected by Liz Gilmore in 2021 and the Artist Surfaces Award in 2021.Recent solo exhibitions include: 16 Branches High, (STUDIO WEST, London, 2022), OFF-BEAT, (JGM Gallery, London, 2021) and The Unknown Land, (Vinarius, London, 2017). Recent selected group exhibitions include: Studio: Response 03, (Saatchi Gallery, London, 2022), Ingram Prize, (Unit 1 Gallery, London, 2022), Swamp Legends curated by Suzanne Holtom & Miranda Boulton, (Terrace Gallery, London, 2022), Fulgurance curated by Martin Gayford, (ASC Gallery, London, 2022), IMPROV curated by Gabriella Giroletti and Henry Tyrrell, (APT Gallery, London, 2022), Things I Like I Lick curated by Thomas MacGregor, (Terrace Gallery, London, 2022), Paint Talk: A Drawing Show, (VO Curations, London, 2022), A Faint Ground curated by Darren O'Brien and Tobias Sternberg, (HilbertRaum, Berlin, Germany, 2022), LON2022NDON curated by Eigil Nordstrom, (Galleri Ismene, Trondheim, Norway, 2022) and A Generous Space, (Hastings Contemporary, Hastings, 2021).Karolina Albricht sees painting as an opening, stretching beyond dimensionality and optical perception. Its process is driven by curiosity, a desire to see what is possible, and what can be uncovered. Her work probes the reciprocity of colour, shape, line and texture, and their responsiveness to the painting’s edges. Albricht attempts to generate an active space, a visual environment which can be perceived and responded to through one’s intellectual and physical faculties, through the sum of one’s senses. She is interested in the interrelation of the body, its movement, and the space it occupies, and the transference of these relationships to the pictorial field. What she is searching for in painting is a dislocation – a glimpse of a possibility, the very edge of seeing and unseeing.
Education:
2020- Turps Studio Programme, London, UK
2008- MA Painting, Jan Matejko Academy of Fine Arts, Krakow, Poland
2007- Socrates-Erasmus at ArtEZ Institute of Fine Arts, Arnhem, the Netherlands
Selected Exhibitions:
(Upcoming) Group show, Artistellar Gallery, London UK
(Upcoming) '2019' , Campbell Works, PV 20th April 6-9pm, London, UK
2023- One Creechurch Place x JGM Gallery, Karolina Albricht and Alice Wilson, London, UK
2022- 16 Branches High, Studio West Gallery, London, UK
2021- OFF-BEAT, JGM Gallery, London, UK
2017- The Unknown Land, Vinarius, London, UK
2022- Studio: Response 03, Saatchi Gallery, London, UK
2022- Ingram Prize, Unit 1 Gallery, London, UK
2022- Swamp Legends, curated by Suzanne Holtom & Miranda Boulton, Terrace Gallery, London, UK
2022- Fulgurance, curated by Martin Gayford, ASC Gallery, London, UK
2022- IMPROV, curated by Gabriella Giroletti and Henry Tyrrell, APT Gallery, London, UK
2022- Things I Like I Lick, curated by Thomas MacGregor, Terrace Gallery, London, UK
2022- Paint Talk: A Drawing Show, VO Curations, London, UK
2022- KCAW X Chelsea, London, UK
2022- Shoreline, curated by Ralph Anderson, TM Lighting Gallery, London, UK
2022- Caught By The Tail, Studio 4G, Vanguard Court, London, UK
2022- A Faint Ground, curated by Darren O'Brien and Tobias Sternberg, HilbertRaum, Berlin, Germany
2022- LON2022NDON, curated by Eigil Nordstrom, Galleri Ismene, Trondheim, Norway
2021- A Generous Space, Hastings Contemporary, Hastings, UK
2021- 21 Fathoms, ASC Gallery, London, UK
2021- Room Share, Safe House One, London, UK
2021- Wild Grapes, Unit 3 Projects, London, UK
2021- Your Foot in My Face and other tectonic strategies, Kingsgate Projects, London, UK
2021- Friends with Benefits, Safe House One, London, UK
2021- Turps Studio Programme Leavers Show, Thames-Side Studios Gallery, London, UK
2021- Studio Confetti, curated by Karl Bielik, Terrace Gallery, London, UK
2020- Art on a Postcard, Winter Auction
2020- Concrete Blue, Unit 3 Projects, London, UK
2020- Reflection, JGM Gallery, London, UK
2020- Artists on the Radar, Viewing Room, JGM Gallery, London, UK
2020- Dear Painting, Nordic Art Agency, Malmo, Sweden
2020- Adazzle, JGM Gallery, London, UK
Awards:
2022- Ingram Prize (finalist)
2021- Artist Surfaces Award
2021- Contemporary British Painting Prize (longlisted)
2021- A.P.T. & Fenton Arts Trust Award (shortlisted)
2020- Tyson Award selected by Liz Gilmore