Karina Wisniewska. Meditations in Three Movements. 222 E. 41st Street. New York, NY 10017

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1 Karina Wisniewska Meditations in Three Movements 222 E. 41st Street New York, NY 10017

2 Karina Wisniewska Meditations in Three Movements Dates: March 18, 2013 September 13, 2013 Location: 222 E. 41st Street Lobby New York, NY Artist: Karina Wisniewska Courtesy of: Hollis Taggart Galleries 958 Madison Ave New York, NY 10021

3 Karina Wisniewska Meditations in Three Movements g a macura inc., Hollis Taggart Galleries, and 222 East 41st Street are proud to present Karina Wisniewska: Meditations in Three Movements. The pieces included in this exhibition examine how our interconnectedness with nature and our environment create a relationship that reverberates on a subconscious, soulful, and metaphysical level. Coming from a remarkable background, Swiss artist Karina Wisniewska utilizes her training as a renowned concert pianist to craft exceptional works that focus on the magnitude, energy, and composition of nature. Having an international career in both the performing and visual arts, Wisniewska is a highly recognized artist that has won several awards and mentions for her musical talents since the 1990 s, and is a three-time recipient of the Swiss Young Musicians Competition. Her atypical training has lead to an artistic repertoire that delves into the subconscious and mystic properties of creation the cultivation of the space wherein inspiration occurs. The canvases on which Wisniewska sculpts her vision are ruminations on the course of nature and its realm in the universe. Her work, heavily focused into three movements, discloses the underlying dialogue between an individual soul and its surroundings in her Deep Mapping, Field Light, and Nature paintings. The Deep Mappings are an intense concentration of color mixed with sand a visual reference to Zen meditative techniques. Her floral Field Light paintings represent the creative realm between heaven and earth, with layer upon layer revealing imprints of organic materials through the dreamy haze of memory and reflection. In her Nature paintings series, the harmonic biology of our environment flows together to create vibrant, cadenced compositions that harken back to an early language of movement and interaction both with and within the energy of earth and nature. We are all interconnected tangibly and spiritually with the organic vitality that encompasses us.

4 This exhibition will intend to showcase Wisniewska s larger pieces, proposing a reflective impression in three distinct series Floral Light, Deep Mappings, and Nature Pieces. These works allow for introspection on our day-to-day existence and its connection, both physically and metaphysically, with the environment that surrounds us just as the burgeoning springtime light begins peeking over the horizon, offering a fresh and enlightened perspective to emerge. Karina Wisniewska: Meditations in Three Movements will be on display through September 13, If you have questions about the exhibited work, please contact Glenn Macura of g a macura inc. at or glenn@gamacurainc.com.

5 222 E. 41st Street Lobby 1. Listed Artwork Karina Wisniewska, Tell Me Your Secrets Karina Wisniewska, Life is for Living Karina Wisniewska, Ask Me Your Questions A. 4. Karina Wisniewska, Imaginary Landscape II 5. Karina Wisniewska, Imaginary Landscape I Alice Dalton 6. Karina Wisniewska, Imaginary Landscape III Brown - Locations B. C. 7. Karina Wisniewska, Heaven and Earth A. - Island Columns Meeting in Mid-Air 8. Karina Wisniewska, Nature Tunes I B. - Calm 9. Karina Wisniewska, The Blue Hour C. - Afternoon Calm 10. Karina Wisniewska, Nature Tunes II D. - Quiet Window E. - Sunlit Path 11. Karina Wisniewska, Nature Tunes I F. - My Good Day 4 D. G. - Autumn Reverie H. - Westfield Columns I. - Anthenaeum Reflections 5 E. J. - White Corner 6 F. G. H. I J.

6 From left to right: Heaven and Earth Meeting in Mid-Air, Nature Tunes I, The Blue Hour, Nature Tunes II, Nature Tunes I From right to left: Heaven and Earth Meeting in Mid-Air, Nature Tunes I, The Blue Hour, Nature Tunes II

7 Nature Tunes I

8 From left to right: The Blue Hour, Nature Tunes II, Nature Tunes I From right to left: The Blue Hour, Nature Tunes I, Heaven and Earth Meeting in Mid-Air

9 From left to right: Tell Me Your Secrets, Life is for Living, Ask Me Your Questions, Imaginary Landscape II, Imaginary Landscape I, Imaginary Landscape III From left to right: Life is for Living, Ask Me Your Questions, Imaginary Landscape II, Imaginary Landscape I, Imaginary Landscape III

10 From left to right: Tell Me Your Secrets, Life is for Living, Ask Me Your Questions From left to right: Imaginary Landscape II, Imaginary Landscape I, Imaginary Landscape III

11 Karina Wisniewska International artist Karina Wisniewska redefines the art of painting in her extraordinary body of work that balances the organic with the geometric, and pulls at the polarities of stillness and movement. Using luminous color, aflame in radiant reds, rich oranges and penetrating blues, she delicately combines her paint with quartz sand to create lush layers of texture in her engaging, elegant monochrome paintings. Wisniewska s artistic process is both concealed and revealed in her evocative geometric grids painted in shallow relief. Wisniewska s paintings are informed by the artist s own musicality. An accomplished chamber musician and concert pianist, Wisniewska often translates favorite compositions by Johann Sebastian Bach and John Cage into visual art. The linear and gridded contsturctions create rythyms; the resulting rich tones and harmonies, advancing and receding, grant her paintings a distinct musicality and order that explore the mysteries of chance and intention. Wisniewska has exhibited widely at galleries and art fairs around the world. Her work can be found in the collections of the Museum Abbatiale de Payerne, the Museum zu Allerheiligen, Schaffhausen (both Switzerland), and corporate collections including Credit Suisse, UBS, and VP Bank, Vaduz. Before working as a visual artist, which she began in earnest in 2000, Wisniewska had a distinguished career as an award-winning musician. Trained at institutions including Salzburg s Mozarteum (Hochschule für Musik und Darstellende Kunst), she recorded more than 10 albums and numerous performances for television and radio. Among her awards are the European Culture Prize, the Swiss Musician of the Year, and the inaugural prize of the Armand von Ernst Banquiers Foundation. She lives and works in Ennetbaden, Switzerland. Copyright 2012 Hollis Taggart Galleries

12 Karina Wisniewska Education 2002 ZHdK Zürcher Hochschule der Künste, Zurich, Switzerland 1991 Hochschule Mozarteum für Musik und Darstellende Kunst, Salzburg, Austria 1991 Universities of Bern and Salburg 1988 Hocschule für Musik und Theater, Bern, Switzerland Solo Exhibitions 2011 The Solo Project Basel, Switzerland Galerie Proarta, Zurich, Switzerland Museum Art St. Urban, Switzerland Galerie Pesko, Lenzerheide, Switzerland 2010 Galerie des 20. Jahrhunderts, Basel, Switzerland Anne Mosseri-Marlio Galerie, Zurich, Switzerland Silvan Faessler Fine Art, Zug, Switzerland 2009 Octavia Art Gallery, New Orleans, LA Hyposwiss Privatbank, Zurich, Switzerland Karin Weber Gallery, Hong Kong Catherine Asquith Gallery, Melbourne, Australia 2008 Sara Tecchia Roma New York, NY Galerie Bergner + Job, Mainz, Germany Octavia Art Gallery, New Orleans, LA 2007 Catherine Asquith Gallery, Melbourne, Australia Diana Lowenstein Fine Arts, Miami, FL Sara Tecchia Roma New York, NY Galerie Ueker&Ueker, Basel, Switzerland 2006 Karin Weber Gallery, Hong Kong Galerie Elisabeth Costa, Pontresina, Switzerland 2005 Galerie Ueker&Ueker, Basel, Switzerland Galerie Christine Brügger, Bern, Switzerland Galerie am Lindenplatz, Vaduz, Liechtenstein 2004 Galerie Artrepco, Zurich, Switzerland 2002 Galerie Christine Brügger, Bern, Switzerland Galerie Artrepco, Zurich, Switzerland 2001 Galerie Fischer, Lucerne, Switzerland Yehudi Menuhin Festival, Gstaad, Switzerland Group Exhibitions 2012 Hollis Taggart Galleries, New York, NY Galerie Proarta, Zurich, Switzerland 2011 Galerie Forsblom, Helsinki, Finland Galerie des 20. Jahrhunderts, Basel, Switzerland 2010 Silvan Faessler Fine Art, Zug, Switzerland 2009 C.A.M. Galeri, Istanbu,l, Turkey Galerie Bergner + Job, Mainz, Germany Galerie Bernd A. Lausberg, Düsseldorf, Germany Group Exhibitions (cont.) 2008 Visarte, Musée des Beaux-Arts, Neuchâtel, Switzerland Sara Tecchia Roma New York, NY Galerie Elisabeth Costa, Pontresina, Switzerland Diana Lowenstein Fine Arts, Miami, FL 2007 Diana Lowenstein Fine Arts, Miami, FL Galerie Bergner + Job, Mainz, Germany Galerie Ueker&Ueker, Basel, Switzerland Catherine Asquith Gallery, Melbourne, Australia Lausberg Contemporary, Toronto, Canada 2006 Sara Tecchia Roma New York, NY Art Forum Ute Barth, Zurich, Switzerland Galerie Bernd A. Lausberg, Düsseldorf, Germany Galerie Ueker&Ueker, Basel, Switzerland Künstlerhaus Solothurn, Switzerland Diana Lowenstein Fine Arts, Miami, FL Galerie Florian Trampler, Diessen, Germany 2005 Pentimenti Gallery, Philadelphia, PA Gallery Art-2, Singapore Galerie am Lindenplatz, Vaduz, Liechtenstein Art Forum Ute Barth, Zurich, Switzerland Visarte Zürich, Metropol, Zurich, Switzerland Sara Tecchia Roma New York, NY 2004 Galerie Marie-Louise Wirth, Hochfelden, Switzerland 2003 Galerie am Lindenplatz, Vaduz, Liechtenstein 2002 Galerie Artrepco, Zurich, Switzerland 2001 Musée Abbatiale de Payerne, Switzerland Awards & Recognitions 1998 Inaugural prize-winner, Armand von Ernst Banquiers Foundation, Bern, Switzerland 1997 Swiss Musician of the Year, Geneva, Switzerland under the auspices of OMEGA 1997 European Culture Prize, Venice, Italy under the auspices of the European Council and the European Parliament 1991 Jubiläumsstiftung UBS, Zurich, Switzerland 1988 Kiefer Hablitzel Stiftung, Bern, Switzerland Collections Espace de l Art Concret,, Mouans-Sartoux, France Museum Abbatiale de Payerne, Switzerland Museum zu Allerheiligen Schaffhausen, Switzerland Mezzanin Stiftung für Kunst, Schaan, Liechtenstein Credit Suisse UBS Art Collection VP Bank, Vaduz, Liechtenstein Hyposwiss Private Bank Numerous private collections

13 g a macura inc. 809 W 181st Street #191 New York, NY glenn@gamacurainc.com Karina Wisniewska - Selected Works KW Tell Me Your Secrets x 54 in KW Life is for Living x 54 in KW Ask Me Your Questions x 54 in KW Imaginary Lanscape II x 39 1/2 in KW Imaginary Landscape I x 39 1/2 in KW Imaginary Lanscape III x 39 1/2 in. g a macura inc. page 1 of 2

14 g a macura inc. 809 W 181st Street #191 New York, NY glenn@gamacurainc.com Karina Wisniewska - Selected Works KW Heaven and Earth Meeting in Mid-Air x 59 in KW Nature Tunes I x 78 in KW The Blue Hour /8 x 78 3/4 in KW Nature Tunes II /4 x 39 3/8 in KW Nature Tunes I /4 x 39 3/8 in. g a macura inc. page 2 of 2