WŁODZIMIERA
KOLK
Painting · Graphic art · Textile artKoszalin, Poland

Włodzimiera

Beyond the everyday.
Paintings in which the familiar
becomes a mystery.

Painting / explore the works
Flying Away — Włodzimiera Kolk
Flying Away1980 · acrylic · 120 × 120 cm
Explore / selected paintings PAINTING / 1975–201864 works in the gallery
In her own words

“I am fascinated by all
that is unfathomable and cannot be touched, yet undoubtedly exists.”

Włodzimiera Kolk
Kultura koszalińska. Almanach 2008, s. 136

Close-ups / Three canvases

Familiar.
Unexpected.

Clothing, architecture, air.
Everyday things in unexpected arrangements.
Three glimpses into the artist’s world.

Prisoner III

1997 · oil · 80 × 100 cm
01 / 03

Dimension D3 a

2018 · oil · 80 × 70 cm
02 / 03

The Road from Rome to Assisi

2016 · oil · 60 × 81 cm

A fragment of architecture suspended between landscape and imagination. One of the paintings whose titles evoke places in Italy.

A world of painting / 64 works

Every shade
of imagination.

64 paintings from 1975–2018. Select a canvas to explore its details.

64Works / 1975–2018

The marked works are available for purchase directly from the artist. Please contact her to confirm availability and discuss the price.

Archive / publications

Exhibition catalogues.

Lettering, colour, image. Włodzimiera Kolk’s exhibition catalogues, with her distinctive signature lettering recurring on their covers.

Włodzimiera Kolk exhibition catalogue cover — Orange / cream / black
Orange / cream / black
Włodzimiera Kolk exhibition catalogue cover — Olive / ochre
Olive / ochre
Włodzimiera Kolk exhibition catalogue cover — Navy / pink
Navy / pink
Włodzimiera / The artist

Between the world
and imagination.

Włodzimiera Kolk — black-and-white portrait wearing glasses and a hat
Włodzimiera Kolk
Portrait from the Szczecinek exhibition catalogue, 2003.

Figurative painting.
Surreal space.
A language of her own.

1968Diploma from PWSSP, Poznań
30+Solo exhibitions

Włodzimiera Kolk’s practice spans easel painting, graphic design and one-of-a-kind textile works. Her life and work have long been closely tied to Koszalin.

Born in 1942 in Dobre, in the Kujawy region of Poland, she attended the State Secondary School of Fine Arts in Wrocław before studying at the Faculty of Painting, Graphic Arts and Sculpture of the State Higher School of Fine Arts in Poznań. In 1968 she received her diploma in poster and book design in Professor Waldemar Świerzy’s studio.

In her paintings, figures, objects and architecture meet expanses of colour. Set in vast, elusive spaces, these encounters take on a lyrical, mysterious quality. This is how the Museum in Koszalin describes her pictorial language.

After graduating, she worked in Połczyn-Zdrój, then lived in Koszalin before spending more than a decade in Piła. She returned to Koszalin in the early 1990s. She took part in the International Meetings of Artists, Scientists and Art Theorists in Osieki, in Impresje Mikołowskie, and in international painting symposia, including in Italy and Greece.

Paintings that find their place.Her works are held by the Museum in Koszalin, BWA in Piła and the Mikołów City Council. The biography published by Koszalin City Council also lists public and private collections in Europe and Canada.
Presence / Selected exhibitions

Presence
in space.

From leather compositions to museum exhibitions of painting. Selected solo and group exhibitions.

2025–26

Reorientations. A View of the Contemporary Art Collection

11 May 2025–26 July 2026 · group exhibition, museum collection
Koszalin
Museum in Koszalin
2018

A Colourful Jubilee — 50 Years of Artistic Work

2018 · until 17 June · solo exhibition celebrating 50 years of artistic practice
Koszalin
Museum in Koszalin
2016

Trace — 39th Interdisciplinary Meeting of Artists

19 February–12 March 2016 · group exhibition following an artists’ gathering
Piła
BWA Gallery
2011

Woman as Creator and Subject in Painting, Drawing and Graphic Art

10 June 2011 · group exhibition
Piła
Bureau of Art Exhibitions
2003

Włodzimiera Kolk — Painting. 35 Years of Artistic Work

April–June 2003 · solo exhibition celebrating 35 years of artistic practice
Koszalin
Contemporary Art Gallery, Museum in Koszalin
1985

33 Compositions in Leather

1985 · solo exhibition
Piła
Bureau of Art Exhibitions
More exhibitions
2013

Geometry and Metaphor in Miniature

2013 · group exhibition
Kielce
XS Gallery, Jan Kochanowski University
2012

Geometry and Metaphor in Miniature

15 October 2012 · group exhibition
Koszalin
Galeria na Piętrze
1998

Włodzimiera Kolk — Painting

1998 · solo exhibition
Piła
Bureau of Art Exhibitions
1997

Włodzimiera Kolk-Topczewska — Painting

6 December 1997 · solo exhibition
Gorzów Wielkopolski
BWA Gallery
Recognition / Awards and distinctions

A distinctive vision,
recognised.

A long artistic career recognised with awards in painting, graphic art and textile art.

2020

Award of the Mayor of Koszalin

For her lifetime of artistic work and her contribution to sharing and promoting culture.

Lifetime achievement
1999

Second Prize — Postawy Roku 1999

For a collection of paintings.

Painting
—

Awarded four arts grants by the Minister of Culture

She was awarded an arts grant by the Minister of Culture on four occasions.

Arts grants
20+

Awards and distinctions in painting, graphic art and textile art, according to the city’s official biography published in 2020.

Contact the artist

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