ABOUT US
ABOUT US
We are Ola Ignasiak and Karolina Gebka — Polish-born painters, creating together as SLOW PAINTING STUDIO.
Our work is interdisciplinary with the focus on zero waste and ephemeral painting. Since 2020 we are researching possibilities of natural dyes and pigments for art.
Our fundamental mission is to instigate a global shift in the way color is perceived. We aim to challenge the conventional practices involving environmentally detrimental synthetic dyes and pigments, prevalent across various industries.
fot. M Kieroń 2021
STUDIO CV
fot. M Kieroń 2021
Exhibitions and awards
2020 Kultugrant 0.2 Award for project Color Recipe by Lodz Events Center for supporting the creative sector, Łódź, Poland LINK
2020 Solo exhibition Recipe for painting, FRAEYM, Berlin, Germany LINK
2021 Grant for Research Project (I) funded by The Strzemiński Academy of Fine Arts in Lodz, Poland
2021 Workshops and performance Painterly Appetizer accompanying Artystyczna Podróż Hestii Exhibition at the Museum of Modern Art, Warsaw, Poland
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2022 Grant for continuation of the Research Project (II) founded by The Strzemiński Academy of Fine Arts in Lodz, Poland
2022 Solo Exhibition Color Recipe (do not exist), Punkt Odbioru Sztuki, Łódź, Poland
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2022 Group exhibition MATERIALIZED at the invitation from ISOLA Design, at the Milan Design Week, Milan, Italy. LINK
2022 Solo Exhibition Zero Waste Planets, Gallery at Peter's, Physiography and Arboretum Plant, Bolestraszyce, Poland. LINK
2022 Zero waste planets - participation in the nationwide auction "Beauty in Art"
in cooperation with the Artinfo.pl
2022 Painting Group Exhibition Rejwach, ASP Gallery Piotrkowska 68, Łódź, Poland
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2022 Qualification to the I have an idea for a startup! year long incubator and competition,
Łódź, Poland LINK
2022 Project presentation as a part of ETHICAL COLOUR Exhibition by Colour of Saying during COLOR BEYOND Conference in Tucson, AZ, US LINK
2022 Finalists of the You have an idea for a Start-up competition LINK
2023 Solo Exhibition I Am Here for a While, FRAEYM Gallery, Berlin, Germany
https://www.instagram.com/p/CoM4REDMDhQ/
2023 Feature at Future Materials Bank in cooperation with the department
of Jan van Eyck Academie, Netherlands LINK
https://www.futurematerialsbank.com/material/red-cabbage-waste/
2023 Participation in the competition exhibition "What Do We Need Freedom For?" as part of the Ravekjavik Art Festival, Łódź, Poland Award from the AOKZ Gallery
2023 Qualification for the international business competition and incubator "EIT Jumpstarter". I July: Qualification for the second stage I November: Finalists in the competition, 3rd prize in the EIT Jumpstarter competition in Manufacturing category
2023 Qualification for the international business competition and incubator "EWA by EIT Food" I. November: 2nd place in the competition
2023 Creation of an ephemeral mural "I Am Here for A While" as part of the international Landscape Festival, Jihlava, Czech Republic
2023 Group exhibition "Ethical Colors" (II edition) as part of the International Scientific Conference ECO-MAKE, curator: Laura Perryman - Colour of Saying, Łódź, Poland
2023 Solo exhibition "Fleeting Moments I Capture," AOKZ Gallery, Łódź
2024 Group exhibition of ephemeral painting "BREATHE IN" curated by Slow Painting Studio, as part of the Research Project "The Ephemeral Color Chapter," Fraeym, Berlin