About The Artist

Grazyna Adamska-Jarecka is a Polish-Canadian artist whose work is abstract or figurative that addresses depression from a female perspective. Using the human figure, she explores the aesthetics of disengagement and coping behaviours developed in childhood. Her subjects are wounded, maladapted women seeking comfort. The transparent materials stress the subjects' alienation from society and act as a metaphor for their desired state of clarity. Adamska-Jarecka received her MFA in painting from Indiana University of Pennsylvania (2006) and Honors BA in studio art from University of Guelph (2002). Over the past ten years her work has been exhibited in Canada, the US and Brazil and Mexico. In 2010 she received the Au Naturel Solo Show Award (Astoria, USA) and her work appeared in The Los Angeles Art Show, The Rockford Midwestern Biennial, United in Art (San Paolo) and Women’s Vision (New York).She received International award of Lorenzo Medici at 2011 Florence Biennale and is a juried winner of Artslant 2011 showcase in category of drawing.Adamska-Jarecka is presented by WMG (Chicago) and Ward–Nasse Gallery (New York). She lives in Guelph, Canada.