Kamila CK
Kamila CK is an interdisciplinary Polish-British artist merging boundaries between Japanese Zen calligraphy (shodo), contemporary abstract painting and performance work (including dance and circus) in a contemporary art context.
Interdisciplinary Polish-British artist merging boundaries between performance art (circus, movement, dance, musicality) abstract painting and Japanese Zen ink painting in a contemporary art context.
When she turned 30, Kamila decided to leave her full-time occupation to become an artist in 2018. Since then, she studied at Slade School of Fine Arts in London and completed a Professional Course in Circus Arts with AirCraft Circus Academy, London. She also visited Japan multiple times and had the great fortune of studying the spiritual painting practice known as “shodo” in Japanese Zen calligraphy under Japanese teacher, Rie Takeda. This way of painting became a cornerstone in her artworks, combined with five years of movement-based performance practices including trapeze, aerial hoop, and silks.
In her interdisciplinary practice, she attempts to change people’s vibration using visual storytelling, movement, colours and consciousness stimulating messages.
Her performance and visual works have been exhibited and staged in London by Laura I Gallery, Affordable Art Fair, Bloomsbury Theatre and Greenwich Circus Festival as well as abroad including NG Residency and Gallery, France and Florence Contemporary Gallery, Italy (international finalist 2022). Her works are held in private collections in the UK, US, France and Poland.
Kamila CK lives and works between Lincoln and London, UK.
Kamila CK Artist CV
(b.1985, Lublin, Poland). Lives and works in Lincoln and London, UK.
REPRESENTATION
2021 onwards Laura I Gallery, London, UK. Multi-award winning contemporary art gallery.
EXHIBITIONS
2022 NG Art Residency & Gallery, Provence, France: “5 Year Extravaganza” Exhibition
2022 Florence Contemporary Gallery, Italy: ,, “Reminiscence” Exhibition.
2022 Laura I Gallery, London: Solo Virtual Room: “Dancing Through Painting” in collaboration with Artsy
2022 Affordable Art Fair (Spring) Battersea, London, UK.
2021 Laura I Gallery, London: “The Art for the Soul”.
2021 Laura I Gallery, London: “Globalisation - Exploring the I and You”.
2021 NG Art Residency & Gallery, Provence, France. End of Residency soiree.
2021 Boomer Gallery, London: “What is Art II?”.
2021 Doncaster Art Fair, UK: “Art As a Response to Mental Health”.
PERFORMANCES
2022 “Enso” (working title) Aerial Hoop and Enso Painting Performance, Clamecy, France - a collaboration with audiovisual duo Lola and Yukao Meet.
2021 “Walk in Between” Trapeze and Painting Performance, NG Art Residency & Gallery , France - a collaboration with a pianist, Lila Ba.
2020 “Encounter with Mt.Fuji” Aerial Silks Performance, Bloomsbury Theatre, London, UK.
2019 “The Pendulum of Life” Aerial Hoop Performance, AirCraft Circus, London, UK.
ART RESIDENCES
2022 Lola and Yukao Meet Collaboration & Residency, Clamecy, France.
2021 NG Art Residency & Gallery, Provence, France.
EDUCATION
2018 until now; The Art of Japanese Calligraphy, School of SHODO under Japanese calligrapher and artist Rie Takeda. Berlin, Germany/Virtually.
2019 Colours for Painters, Slade School of Fine Art, London, UK.
2019 Professional Course in Circus and Performance Arts, AirCraft Circus, London, UK.
2010 MA in International Hotel Management, Oxford Brookes University, UK.
2007 BA Hons in Hospitality and Tourism, Lublin, Poland.
PRESS
2022 Circle Spotlight, Contemporary Art Magazine, Issue 30 (Print Magazine and Online)
2022 Al-Tiba9, Collectors’ Book 2022 (Print Magazine and Online Interview)
LANGUGES
English, Polish, French, Japanese