Joanna Pilarczyk is a London-based contemporary figurative painter. Born in Poland, Pilarczyk studied at the Art University in Zielona Gora, where she earned a Master's degree in Visual Arts and Art Education. Pilarczyk's artistic talent has earned her international recognition and accolades. She was recently shortlisted for the Herbert Smith Freehills Portrait Award 2024 at the National Portrait Gallery and long-listed for the Jackson's Art Prize 2024. In 2023, she was the recipient of the Boynes Monthly Artist Award and a finalist for the International FiKVA Award for Figurative Painters and the Women United Art Prize in both 2022 and 2021.
Her work has been exhibited nationally and internationally, including at prestigious venues including Mall Galleries Women in Art Fair, Start Art Fair in Saatchi Gallery, and the Other Art Fair, London. Solo shows and group shows include Oink Gallery (Swindon, UK), 33 Contemporary Gallery (Chicago, IL.) and Mixx Atelier Gallery (Telluride, CO.). Her work was additionally featured in the 'Memories in Hindsight' group show at the J/M Gallery in Notting Hill and Fitzrovia Gallery in London, UK. Pilarczyk's paintings have been featured in publications including Create! Magazine, Art Seen, Women United Art Magazine, The Huts, Suboart, All She Makes and Boynes Artist Award.
As the recipient of The Untitled Magazine's 2024 Art Issue Cover open call, her work is featured on the May 2024 digital cover of the publication, featured by The Untitled Space gallery in an online solo exhibition on Artsy, as well as at Untitled's booth at Superfine Art Fair's 10th Anniversary show in Times Square, New York, May 2024.
