BIOGRAPHY
Agnes Grochulska is a contemporary artist working in oils and drawing media. She works across a variety of subject matter, including portraits, figures, and landscapes, with the underlying themes centering around the interconnectedness of all things. Her hope is to create thought-provoking work that is inviting the viewer to reflect on their own place in the world.
Born in 1974 in Poland, Agnes Grochulska studied at the Warsaw Academy of Fine Arts, and lives and works in Richmond, Virginia.
Her work has been exhibited in numerous solo and group shows, including a recent solo exhibition of her work “Archetypes” at the Virginia Museum of Contemporary Art, and a solo show “The Outline“ at Pulpo Gallery in Germany.
Her work has been published in several books and magazines (Juxtapoz, Colossal Magazine, Whitehot Magazine)
Her drawings and paintings have been shown and privately collected throughout the US and around the world.
Agnes Grochulska suggests themes and ideas in her work, but also leaves room for individual narrative, preferring to create works “in which not everything is fully realized. Art where the viewer can finish the story in their mind and in their own way.”
At the same time, the visible brush strokes, vivid colors and gestural character of her paintings offer their viewer an insight to the painting process itself. Her paintings express time spent looking and creating, an interest and a feeling for an irreplaceable time spent on creating. A feeling, not only for the portrayed person, but the person looking at the finished work as well. By highlighting the physical process of painting, Grochulska emphasizes the ever-shifting, intricate connection between the artist, the subject and the viewer.
Agnes Grochulska
grochulska@gmail.com
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AGNES GROCHULSKA
Born in Warsaw, Poland, 1974
Lives and works in Richmond, VA
EDUCATION
1993-1997 Academy of Fine Arts, Warsaw, Poland
EXHIBITIONS
2022
“The Outline”, solo exhibition at Pulpo Gallery, Murnau, Germany
2021
“Agnes Grochulska - Archetypes”, solo show at Virginia Museum of Contemporary Art, Virginia Beach, VA
“Thinking Out Loud”, group exhibition at Pulpo Gallery, Murnau, Germany
2020
New Waves 2020 at Virginia Museum of Contemporary Art, Virginia Beach, VA
ArtLife Fest 2020, Moscow, Russia
NOMAD, St. Moritz, Switzerland (John Wolf, Los Angeles, US)
2019
CURRENT ART FAIR, Richmond, VA
“National Juried show”, group show, Larkin Arts, Harrisonburg, VA
“Uncommon Grounds”, group show, Black Iris Gallery, Richmond, VA
“Line and Color. Paintings of People”, solo exhibition, Eric Schindler Gallery, Richmond, VA
“Offscreen Art Show”, group show, Ground Floor Gallery in Brooklyn, NY
“Headcount”, group show, Endeavor Gallery, Richmond, VA
“Return to Order”, Conde Contemporary, Miami, FL
2018
“28th Annual Holiday Miniatures Show”, Abend Gallery, Denver, CO
“Monochroma” ArtPrize10, Grand Rapids, MI
“Annual Drawing Exhibition”, Yellow Barn Studio Gallery, Glen Echo Park, Washington DC
“Visual Therapy”, The Frank Gallery, Miami, FL
2017
CURRENT ART FAIR, Richmond, VA
“Single Fare 4”, Highline Stages, New York , NY
“Serenum”, Dacia Gallery, New York, NY
2016
“Painting in the Garden”, Edgar Allan Poe Museum, Richmond, VA
“New Work by Miguel Carter-Fisher and Agnes Grochulska”, Eric
Schindler Gallery, Richmond, VA
SELECTED PUBLICATIONS
2021
“Agnes Grochulska - Archetypes @ Virginia MOCA” - Juxtapoz Magazine
2020
“Bold Outlines Delineate Expressive Portraits by Agnes Grochulska “ Colossal Magazine
“ Agnes Grochulska - artist interview “, PROVK Magazine
“An Interview with Agnes Grochulska” - Plebeian Magazine
2019
“Artist Interview - Agnes Grochulska”, Faithwaites - Cat & Jordan
Spilman
“Division of the Plane: Agnes Grochulska”
Whitehot Magazine of Contemporary Art - Daniel Maidman “Headcount Show at Endeavor”, Lucid: A Richmond Based Review for the Visual Arts - Miles Hall“June First Friday”, Lucid: A Richmond Based Review for the Visual Arts - Miles Hall
2018
“Drawing with Expression not Expectation”, Artists on Art Magazine
2017
“The Male Muse”, PoetsArtists Magazine
Honorable Mention All-Media Competition, The Artist’s Magazine
“The Portrait Issue”, PoetsArtists Magazine
2016
Second Place Winner, Shades of Gray Competition, Drawing Magazine
Strokes of Genius 9