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Blanka Adamus

Blanka Adamus (b. 1988, Kraków, Poland) is a contemporary painter living and working between Paris, France and Kraków. Her practice focuses on the representation of the human body. Working primarily in oil on canvas, she combines figuration with gestural abstraction, where matter, color, and movement carry as much meaning as the subject itself.

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A sense of unreality

What starts out as a contemplation of every day images becomes an excuse for metaphorical language where reality is questioned.

Blanka's paintings aim to capture the importance of light and the environment, rather than providing an idealistic view. She focuses on a place's energy and emotional and spiritual vibrations. Her goal is to create compositions that generate tranquil and poetic images that leave traces and balances on the edge of recognition and alienation, amplifying the spectator's astonishment.


Her works delve into representations of seemingly concrete situations, as well as depictions and ideas that can only be realized in painting. By replaying the work and pushing the evocative power of the work a little further, she creates an unprecedented situation using daily recognizable elements. This forces the viewer to confront their own conditioning and reconsider their biased position.


Blanka's paintings characteristically feature human bodies. She uses figurative painting as part of an abstract image, where flesh, light, and everyday objects are incorporated to create a unique viewing experience.

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Education

UFR Arts Plastiques, Paris I Panthéon-Sorbonne, Paris, FRANCE

UFR Histoire de l'art, Paris I Panthéon-Sorbonne, Paris, FRANCE

Morphologie artistique, ENSBA Paris, FRANCE

Ateliers des beaux arts de la ville de Paris, Paris, FRANCE

Exhibitions

2021, Young Art, Pragaleria, Warsaw, Poland

2021, Young Art, Kwadrat Art, Poznań, Poland

2021, Young Art, Pragaleria, Warsaw, Poland

2022, Small Format, Pragaleria, Warsaw, Poland

2023, Young Art, Pragaleria, Warsaw, Poland

2024, Young Art, Pragaleria, Warsaw, Poland

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1988 Born in Cracow, Poland

2007 Depart for Paris, France

2008 Study Philosophy at Sorbonne, Paris, France

2009 Study Art History and Plastic Arts at Sorbonne

2010 Study Artistic morphology at Académie des beaux-arts in Paris

2017 Depart for Ottawa, Canada for International Experience

2019 Starts to pursue a career as a professional painter