Ida Karkoszka grew up in an artistic environment, but her early interests revolved around the life sciences.
(1985)
Bio
Ida Karkoszka grew up in an artistic environment, but her early interests revolved around the life sciences. She saw herself not so much in art as in veterinary medicine or surgery, professions that offer a real impact on saving lives. Although she eventually graduated from the Faculty of Sculpture at the Academy of Fine Arts in Warsaw in the studio of Professor Antoni Janusz Pastwa with a minor in medallic art from Professor Hanna Jelonek, her early intuitions defined her later artistic choices, influenced the corporeal, vital subject matter of her works and determined her perception of the place and tasks in the world as a public speaker, fighting injustice and striving through art to change destructive attitudes and practices.
Ida Karkoszka draws on the tradition of European representational art. Ida’s sculptures evoke the silhouettes of animals, which are used by the artist to combat the mass phenomena at the interface of power and systemic violence, affecting mostly innocent victims. The artist is seen as an advocate and ally of animals, as most of her works were involved in the fight against bestiality justified by cultural norms. Ida’s works have been exhibited at the Museum of Modern Art in Warsaw and the Centre for Polish Sculpture in Orońsko, among others.
The artist has participated in group exhibitions at Studio Cannaregio in Venice and the Mark Rothko Centre in Daugavpils. Her works are in the collection of the British Museum and in private collections.
