Aleksandra Waliszewska lives and works in Warszawa and is graduated from the Academy of Fine Arts in Warsaw. She repeatedly received the Ministry of Culture scholarship.
During an interview with Maurizio Cattelan about her art, she stated: “I worship art of the Renaissance, but some elements of what is going on right now are also an important influence. For example, not long ago I’ve painted a series of pieces on the massacre on Norwegian island of Utoya.
It’s a bit of a romantic need to locate “grand subject” of the present time, I guess. All kinds of influences, both by Memling’s doomsday painting and weird Japanese horror movies, are being mixed at this point.”
Her work has been published by Editions Timeless, My Dance the Skull, FUKT, United Dead Artists, Les Editions Du 57, Drippy Bone Books, Editions Kaugummi to mention only few. Her works have been used on covers such as Chicaloyoh, Scarcity of Tanks, Mike Doherty, and the Populist series issued by Bolt Records.
In 2012, Athina Rachel Tsangari, a Greek director, made a film “The Capsule” inspired by her work. Waliszewska is also the co-scriptwriter and played a supporting role in the film. It was commissioned by Dakis Ioannou / Deste Foundation, filmed on the island of Hydra in Greece and premiered at Documenta XIII in Kassel. In 2013 she was awarded the AECA prize for best foreign artist at ARCO Art Fair in Madrid.
Images courtesy of Aleksandra Waliszewska
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