9th -19th July, 12-6pm, XYZ Gallery, 5 Grays Inn Road, London WC1X 8PH (Private View Thursday 10th July, 6-9pm)

Joanna Ciechanowska

‘Seven Deadly Sins’ – 7 oil paintings 100x70cm

Wrath, Envy, Greed (Avarice), Pride, Lust, Gluttony, Sloth (Acedia) – Featured in main image above

‘I am often asked the question: Why, what’s behind the idea of painting sins? Regardless of religion, regardless of where we come from, regardless of upbringing, we are sinners. Excuses are always there, ready to hide behind and yes, mostly it’s religion. Does heaven and hell exist in afterlife or is it here on earth already?

A friend of mine said once: ‘Religion is a crutch for life’. I hope these are ideas with a message which provokes the viewer to examine his own feelings.’

Joanna Ciechanowska – MA ASP-Academy of Fine Arts,Warsaw. Leaving Poland soon after the graduation, she lived and worked in places as diverse as Africa, Egypt, Iran, China and travelled extensively in Australia, India and the Arctic.

Selective exhibitions in Whitechapel Gallery, Royal Academy, Somerset House Gallery, Hamiltons Gallery, Orleans Gallery, Summerhall Gallery – Edinburgh, Pallant House Gallery, Cooper Hewitt Museum – NY, Japan,

Hong Kong and Poland.

Work held in collections in UK and abroad, including Robert Hiscox collection, Prof. Tim Spector, Catherine Wilson.

https://www.joanna-ciechanowska.com

Instagram: @joannaciechanowska.art