


Drawings of Life 3 — Elise Schonhowd and Dorota Mytych
DESCRIPTION
Ink, charcoal, pastel drawing and photocopy on paper
29.9 x 20.6 cm
2023
BIO Elise Schonhowd
Elise Schonhowd is a Norwegian interdisciplinary artist who after she graduated in 1989 from KHiO; Oslo National Academy of the Arts, went on for 15 years to teach painting, drawing and sculpture at Lorenzo de Medici; The Art Institute of Florence.
Schonhowd has since 2006 taught classes to professional artists and fresh students of the arts in her large studio in Norway. She regularly attends long workshops offered by Rose Shakinovsky and Claire Gavronsky in Italy, and continues to offer shows yearly where reflections concerning both local and international politics and visual poetry plays equal parts.
Reference to recent shows in Norway concerning the many aspects of war can be seen on the website eliseschonhowd.no . While living in Italy Schonhowd participated in both the national and the international biannuals at the Flesh Art Museum with work concerning victims in/of war.
BIO Dorota Mytych
Dorota Mytych was born in Elblag, Poland. She received her Diploma of Fine Arts from the Art Institute Lorenzo di Medici in Florence, Italy as well as an Honours Degree of Fine Arts Painting from the Accademia di Belle Arti in Florence, Italy. She continues to study under the guidance of artists Rose Shakinovsky and Claire Gavronsky, participating in regular workshops.
Mytych has exhibited widely internationally. Her work is represented in many notable museum collections and institutions, including the Museum of Contemporary Art, Sydney, Australia; Artbank Collection, Australia; the Victoria Legal Aid Collection, Melbourne, Australia. Her work also resides in many private collections internationally.
Mytych has received many prestigious honors, grants, and residencies including the Pollock-Krasner Foundation Grant; The Camargo Foundation Artists in Residency; The Bogliasco Foundation Fellowship; and The MacDowell Colony Artists in Residency.
DESCRIPTION
Ink, charcoal, pastel drawing and photocopy on paper
29.9 x 20.6 cm
2023
BIO Elise Schonhowd
Elise Schonhowd is a Norwegian interdisciplinary artist who after she graduated in 1989 from KHiO; Oslo National Academy of the Arts, went on for 15 years to teach painting, drawing and sculpture at Lorenzo de Medici; The Art Institute of Florence.
Schonhowd has since 2006 taught classes to professional artists and fresh students of the arts in her large studio in Norway. She regularly attends long workshops offered by Rose Shakinovsky and Claire Gavronsky in Italy, and continues to offer shows yearly where reflections concerning both local and international politics and visual poetry plays equal parts.
Reference to recent shows in Norway concerning the many aspects of war can be seen on the website eliseschonhowd.no . While living in Italy Schonhowd participated in both the national and the international biannuals at the Flesh Art Museum with work concerning victims in/of war.
BIO Dorota Mytych
Dorota Mytych was born in Elblag, Poland. She received her Diploma of Fine Arts from the Art Institute Lorenzo di Medici in Florence, Italy as well as an Honours Degree of Fine Arts Painting from the Accademia di Belle Arti in Florence, Italy. She continues to study under the guidance of artists Rose Shakinovsky and Claire Gavronsky, participating in regular workshops.
Mytych has exhibited widely internationally. Her work is represented in many notable museum collections and institutions, including the Museum of Contemporary Art, Sydney, Australia; Artbank Collection, Australia; the Victoria Legal Aid Collection, Melbourne, Australia. Her work also resides in many private collections internationally.
Mytych has received many prestigious honors, grants, and residencies including the Pollock-Krasner Foundation Grant; The Camargo Foundation Artists in Residency; The Bogliasco Foundation Fellowship; and The MacDowell Colony Artists in Residency.