Kesja Tabaczuk (Polish, born 1989)
Untitled, 2020
Oil on canvas
35 2/5 × 35 2/5 in (90 × 90 cm)
Private collection
Kesja Tabaczuk was born in Opole, Poland and is currently residing in Oslo, Norway.
She always loved to draw and paint. Subsequently, she started studying art as soon as she could. At the age of 12, Kesja applied to a school of Art in her home city of Opole. She passed the test of drawing and painting with full score at first try. After 3 successful years she decided to continue studying art in “OSSP” high school in Opole. During these 6 years she studied drawing, painting, design, sculptures and art history. She learned many different painting techniques and studied work of the old masters. All that she learned during these years has greatly influenced her later works.
She graduated high school winning first prize for the painting of the year. At age 18, she successfully applied to the University of Art in Poland. Although she was accepted, she did not want to follow the footsteps of being a contemporary artist. She understood that what she was being taught to do, was not what she wanted to do. Kesja really wanted to paint what inspires her and what she was passionate about, so she continued self educating, developing her skills and painting.
In her art work she uses many different techniques, understanding that each painting asks for its own approach and treatment depending on what message she wants to express to the viewer.
"Through my art, I want to show the beauty of people and the world and bring something positive. I understands that there is a lot of beauty in the world, and it’s hard to refuse to express that through painting. I’m always trying to represent nature’s visiual effects relaying on the progression of knowledge shared and learned from the previous great artist of the past. My biggest inspiration are people. Therefore, my work is often a portraiture and figurative painting."
― Kesja Tabaczuk