Author Archives: jolanta

My recent body of work is somewhat of an epiphany to me; before these drawings I had taken an unconscious hiatus from drawing for four years. It wasn’t until I worked on the artwork for Lesser Panda (London gothic dance act) that I picked up the pencil again and rekindled everything I love about image […]

Bending Nature is an exhibition of contemporary art assembled for the environment of a botanical conservatory. It is a look at how 15 very different artists and designers have been inspired by plants, plant growth, and horticultural traditions. Bending Nature is part of an ongoing program of exhibitions at the Franklin Park Conservatory that draws […]

It’s an old New York story: Artist moves to industrial-cum-desolate neighborhood, other artists follow, then the artist is promptly priced out of the zip code when boutiques and a less scrappy stock of settlers invade. This is the nature of the beast in a property-starved city. Unnecessary wastefulness is the thematic glue that conjoins McKendree […]

You see I am here after all (2008) is the third in a series of projects at Dia:Beacon commissioned from a younger generation of artists in response to the museum’s collection and/or location. Comprising some 4,000 vintage postcards sourced mostly online over the past year, Zoe Leonard’s piece reveals its renowned subject, Niagara Falls, from […]

I am an Irish artist who lives in Los Angeles. I have lived and worked in New York City, Italy, Belfast, and Dublin. My work is included in many European and Irish collections, public and private. Initially recognized as a painter, I have in recent years produced a consistently strong body of video-based work. My […]