Karolina Jaklewicz (b. 1979), From the series 'North', Eastern Space, 2014

Biography
Graduate of the Academy of Fine Arts in Wroclaw at the Faculty of Painting and Sculpture. She received her diplomas with honors in painting in the studio of Prof. Stanislaw Kortyka and in painting design in architecture and urbanism in the studio of Prof. Wojciech Kaniowski. The diploma received the "Diploma of the Year 2007" award. Artist, curator, lecturer at the Faculty of Architecture, Wroclaw University of Technology. Author of texts on art and the novel "Jasmina Berezy" (2020). The exhibitions "Consequences" (2018) and "The Cross Hurts Me" (2019) warned against the fascialization of social life, while "Paradise Not Lost" (2021) and "State of Emergency" (2022) addressed the refugee crisis. The curatorial project "Polish Hospitality," carried out at the Wrocław Contemporary Museum (2019), confronted the myth of Polish openness with current attitudes toward Others.