Anna Kordowicz-Markuszewska

Anna Kordowicz-Markuszewska – painter & architect. Post-abstract, conceptual roots; research on color, form and light; non-narrative compositions with pure visual impact.

About the Artist – Anna Kordowicz-Markuszewska

Anna Kordowicz-Markuszewska’s work grows from impressionism, post-impressionism and early 20th-century European/American abstraction, with a strong conceptual affinity. She explores the psychological effect of color, form, light, sign and symbol, seeking a direct encounter between artwork and viewer—free from narrative guidance.

Post-abstract composition

After discarding subject matter and description, color–form–light acquire a new dimension. Her canvases operate as a laboratory of composition, inviting the viewer into a painterly labyrinth—a meticulous process of letting the image permeate the mind.

Bio & Education

Born in Warsaw. Painter, M.A. in Fine Arts, and architect. Graduated in Architecture at Warsaw University of Technology and in Painting at the Academy of Fine Arts in Warsaw (diploma with Prof. Marek Sapetto, 2009). Drawing annex with Prof. Ryszard Sekuła (“Game”), textile annex with Prof. Dorota Grynczel (batik, “Boats & Fishing Cutters”), theory with Prof. Wojciech Włodarczyk. Earlier assistant at Prof. Halina Skibniewska’s architecture chair.

Practice, teaching, La Grupa

Co-created experimental interiors and authorial design with Leszek Markuszewski; now focuses on experimental visual art (oil painting & drawing) and teaches painting and contemporary composition using an original activation method (often within La Grupa).

Selected Exhibitions

• Solo: ASP Warsaw (2004); Izabelin Gallery (2004); Drawing, Faculty of Painting (2007); “Wywczasy”, Apteka Sztuki (2010); “Night of Museums”, MYdomek, Kazimierz Dolny (2021); “Abstract Art”, W Małym Domku (2021); La Galeria new show (since 11.03.2022).
• Group: Kazimierz Dolny (2004); Warka Art Festival (2006); Prof. Sapetto’s Students (2007); “Kontratak”, Apteka Sztuki (2012); “Only Stones Do Not Move” – launch of MIKRO-MUSEUM La Galeria (2014); weekly “Events” (2014–2016); permanent New Abstraction at La Galeria, Milanówek (2018–2020); “Modern Polish Colorists”, Rusiko Wine Bar (2019); “Sensory Art”, Podkowa Leśna (2019).

Award

Polish Ministry of Culture Award for overall achievement at the Academy of Fine Arts (2006).

Direction

Abstraction / post-abstract composition; high-craft oil painting.