the Florida Artists Group member Kasia Bruniany

Area III Member

Kasia Bruniany— Painter

Con Fantasia
24 x 24

Daydreams Liberated
48 x 60

Spirit of Space
48 x 60

Kasia Bruniany
Starry Eyed Encounter
48 x 60

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Member of Flag since:
2016- 2020

Artist Bio:

Kasia’s European heritage, extensive international travels, and memories of places, situations, and people have always been an inspiration for the art she creates today.

She received an MFA in Art and Design with a minor in Interior Design from the Academy of Fine Arts in Krakow, a hub of academic, cultural and artistic life. As a student she was fascinated with printmaking processes and became proficient in the difficult techniques of etching. From the beginning however, Kasia recognized that painting would be her primary art form. She began experimenting with various techniques from realistic portrayals to the abstractions and over time her paintings began to emerge as a combination of abstract and realism.

After her formal education, she gained a wide range of experience working in graphic design, television set design, and interior design. Her travels throughout Europe, Asia, South America and North America gave her the opportunity to study art of both the past and present and expand her knowledge of diverse styles and cultures.

In the middle of her career, she moved to the United States (Pittsburgh, PA) where she continued to work successfully as graphic artist, art director and fine artist. In 2013, after moving to Lakewood Ranch, FL, Kasia decided to concentrate exclusively on painting.

Today, through a synthesis of visual sharpness and fearlessness, she portrays the full spectrum of emotions with all its inherent strengths and fragility. A self-described optimist, she is adventurous in her technical experimentation and bold in plumbing the emotional depths of her subjects. Using emotions as her filter, Kasia creates paintings that reveal the magic of the world and invite celebration of its soaring possibilities. Her work has appeared in 18 solo and group exhibitions in the U.S. and Europe and received numerous recognitions. She is represented by the Dabbert Gallery, located on historic Palm Avenue in Sarasota, FL.

Education:

MFA in Art and Design with a minor in Interior Design from the Academy of Fine Arts in Cracow, Poland, in 1988

Artist Statement:

I believe art is about our connection to each other as human beings and to nature. I strive to create an intimate conversation between the work and the viewer so that the viewer becomes sensitized to seeing more, appreciating more, connecting more, and loving more in everyday life.

Exhibitions:

elected Juried and Solo Exhibitions:

2019       Abstraction Without Boundaries, Group Show, Dabbert Gallery, Sarasota, FL
2019       Figuratively Speaking, Group Show, Dabbert Gallery, Sarasota, FL
2018      Season of Color, Group Show, Dabbert Gallery, Sarasota, FL
2018       Spring's Promise Group Show, Dabbert Gallery, Sarasota, FL
2017       Mahaffey Theatre Exhibition , Florida Artists Group, St. Petersburg, FL
2017       Florida Finest, Juried, Art Center Sarasota, FL
2017        Celebration of Color and Life, Group show, Bird Key Yacht Club, Sarasota, FL
2017       Mind & Body Transformation, Two-artist exhibition, Art Uptown, Sarasota, FL
2016       State Swing, Juried, Honorable Mentioned, Art Center Sarasota, FL
2016       Local 707 , Juried, Honorable Mentioned, Art Center Sarasota, FL
2016        66th Florida Artists Group Exhibition, 2016, Juried, Center for Visual Arts Bonita Springs, FL
2016        Gulf Impressions, Solo Show, Art Uptown Gallery
2015        Annual Community Show, Honorary Mentioned, Longboat Key Center for the Arts, FL
2015        All About Animals, Venice, FL
2015        Spring Members, Venice Art Center, FL
2015        The Human Conditions, Faces & Forms, Merit Award, Venice Art Center, FL
2015        Member Show, Art Center Manatee, Bradenton, FL
2014        Matters of The Heart, Art Center Manatee, Bradenton, FL
2014        Dog Days Exhibition, Art Uptown gallery, Sarasota, FL
2012       Nature and Wildlife, Art Center Butler, PA
2006        Site-specific installation-Solo Show, Hartwood Acres Polo Match, Pittsburgh, PA
2006        Museum of Imagination, Site-specific installation-Solo Show, Pittsburgh Emergency Medicine
                  Foundation, Pittsburgh, PA
2006        Museum of Imagination, Site-specific installation-Solo Show, Carnegie Museum, Pittsburgh, PA
1991        International Triennial of Graphic Arts, Krakow, Poland
1991        Summer Art in Krakow, Krakow, Poland
1990        Poland Junge Grafik aus Krakau, Leipzig, Germany
1990        Young Artists of Krakow, Krakow, Poland
1989        Young Artists of Poland, Lemmer, Holland
1989        Young Artists of Poland, Oldemarkt, Holland
1989        Young Artists of Poland, Vollenhove, Holland
1989        Young Artists of Poland, Emmeloord, Holland
1989        Young Artists of Poland, Urk, Holland
1989        Urban Experience, Warsaw, Poland
1988        Master and His Students, Krakow, Poland

Foreign Travel For Study:

1985         Florence, Venice, Siena, Perugia, Vatican City & Rome, Italy
1987        Vienna, Austria
1988        Budapest, Hungary
1989        Athens, Sparta, Crete & Rodhos, Greece
1990        Istanbul & Izmir, Turkey
1992        Amsterdam, Holland
2004        London, England
2005        Rio de Janeiro & Salvador, Brazil
2006        Tokyo & Kyoto, Japan
2007        Barcelona, Spain
2008        Paris, France
2012        Beijing, Shanghai & Xi’an, China

Professional Organizations:

Florida Artists Group
Fine Art Society of Sarasota

Gallery Representation:

Dabbert Gallery, Sarasota, FL, www.dabbertgallery.com