Barbara Rosiak, Awakening, 2000

Barbara Rosiak is a Polish painter and graphic designer born in 1955 in Lodz. From 1974 to 1979, she studied at the National Superior School of Fine Arts at the Faculty of Painting and Graphic Design of Lodz. She counted among her teachers, Leszek Rozga (Graphic design) and Stanislawa Fijakowskiego (painting). He graduated with honors in rotogravure, she then started an artistic career. Barbara Rosiak works a lot with metal. The etchings that she does are colorful and make reference to classical techniques of the Renaissance, Baroque and New Art. The subjects approached by the artists revolve around landscapes. Whether urban or rural, Barbara Rosiak does not hesitate to approach them with power, through a work focused on the color. The artist is indeed fascinated by engraving with color, which she usually associates to the application of a varnish called Aquatint. A versatile artist, Barbara Rosiak also does paintings with watercolors and paint, drawings and ex-libris where her obsession for colors is reflected once again. Barbara Rosiak has participated in more than 90 group exhibitions. We can admire his pieces at the National Museum of Szczecin, at the Museum of Gdask-oliwa, at the National Museum of Toru, at the Stadt Museum in Sint Niklaas, as well as in the Public Library of Nancy and at the Boston Public Library. The artist has also done numerous solo exhibitions in Europe, Asia and in the United States.