Meet Joanna Guzowska | Artist

What’s More, I felt that I just discovered „ myself” that had always existed, only never had a chance to reveal itself.
On that day, I began to create paintings.

Each of them was created out of curiosity, emerged from me, my experiences, needs, memories and dreams. I have never studied techniques. But what I created was mine, as if it had always been in me, as if I had always known and allowed it to come out. I was sure of every brushstroke , sure that it was one with me.
I began to paint what I love, what I feel, what makes my heart beat faster. I paint because I am. A painting is me, my longings, experiences, joys, loves and dreams. Sometimes it is the despair and loneliness of the moment I am stuck in.

The hardest decision I made was to reveal all this to the world. To show myself and my paintings.

First there were loved ones and friends , who with admiration in their eyes built my wings. Then the professionals. Who, not believing that what they see revealed itself so suddenly without years of learning. They made me word by word an artist was born in me. It was they who gave me the courage to think about painting professionally, to make it a part of my life. Thanks to this courage I started, selling paintings at auctions and created my website, fully revealing myself to the world.

Then already like in a movie, amazing moments experienced during exhibitions in Venice, Rome and London, where each of these places is a fulfillment, and the people representing them, are words whose strength allows you to reach for the stars.
Decisions, even the difficult ones, hide power. Power that reveals itself in the form of fulfilled dreams.

My biggest dream is Miami. ” My American Dream ” to at least for a moment become part of this amazing city, where Art Deco is an integral part of it.
In June,my paintings hung in an Exhibition at a Gallery in Miami, and through them, for a moment, I too became part of this City.
I still dream…

Thanks to one decision, which was the most difficult one for me, I found my way towards fulfilling my dreams ….

I am fascinated by cities as chronicles of human history that undergo transformation through time.The world in which we live and create is difficult to define today. On the one hand, the multitude of all experiences is huge, and on the other hand, we try to make everything easier, simpler, and faster, at all costs. We live in a world of consumerism and artificial intelligence, we are constantly racing against time. And yet we need time to create something that will delight. Sadness and joy, light and darkness: in order to create emotions one must first find them inside, immerse oneself in them, take time to translate them, so that the other person who looks at the picture feels them too.
In my opinion, being an artist is being yourself. I believe that only when we are real, when we follow our needs to express ourselves and what is inside us, we are real in our work.
I draw inspiration from travel. I love big metropolises, Art Deco buildings, futuristic skyscrapers. I store their shapes in the abyss of my memory like travel souvenirs, only to find them later, unexpectedly, on the canvas.
I paint what I love. Art déco has always fascinated me. In my previous lives (I strongly believe I had at least one), I must have lived in the Art Deco period. I had fun at Gatsby’s parties and drunk champagne with Tamara Lempicka. My art déco paintings are nostalgia for the life I don’t even know had ever happened.
I paint what I feel. The images that are born under the influence of lived moments, experiences and emotions. For example the series “Love in times of plague” reflects my feelings, my fears from the days of pandemic: Fear, Loneliness, Love and Hope.
I paint what I think. My own realities. All it takes is an impulse, a frame from a movie, an amazing combination of colours in clothes, a dream full of unreal events or a painting by a beloved artist. I created the painting “City of Artists/2019” after visiting the Peggy Guggenheim Collection in Venice. The presence of my masters’ paintings gave rise to the idea of what would happen if I invited them to my imagination.

For me, painting is a form of meditation, when all parts of me have a chance to hear each other. I immerse myself in my thoughts, feelings and desires, they create the canvas. I have an impression that it’s like writing a book: you start creating and you never know where it will lead you. When I take a brush in my hand, I start a new adventure. At times I know how I want the painting to look like, I know what I would like to achieve, and nonetheless I am surprised with what I meet at the end of the road.
I am an artist, …….who is born anew in each painting.

But it was six years ago that Miami forever stole my heart.
It was when I first visited this City, staying at the Essex House Hotel at the time, that I first visited the Art Deco Center, where my adventure with the Art Deco Historic District began.
No other place made such an impression on me. These buildings which by their very existence, pay homage to that time, the people of that era and their stories.
I realized then that this is my dream place on earth.

Talks and words written in messages.
The likes and posts full of kindness and supportive words.
Moments that piece by piece build my faith, strength and courage.
Until one day I can see my wings.
It is these people and these moments that create them.
Michał , Robert, Kasia i Ewa .Thank you.