Thank you 2023 for treating me well and for providing me with so many amazing moments!
It was a very busy, challenging and exhausting year. But at the same time, it was a year of new opportunities, new encounters and new experiences.
It was a year of learning- I was lucky to have the opportunity to work with Lois Anvidalfarei, Walter Moroder and Sevda Chkoutova during the summer academy in Gröden, South Tyrol, Italy, as well as alongside international artists at the euartnetwork art symposium in Rust, Austria.
It was a year of group exhibitions- I took part in the “Kulturmeile” in Gufidaun, Italy, “Querschnitte” in Bayreuth, Germany and the exhibition for female artists “Kobieca Strona Sztuki” in Warsaw Poland curated by Iza Rogala at Defabryka.
I was also invited by the curators Hannes Egger and Stefanie Prieth to take part in the Via Illuminativa in Brixen, Italy alongside artists like Yoko Ono or Valie Export. A special and important exhibition of 13 artists on the topic of peace in the town, where I live.
And it was a year of solo exhibitions- I collaborated with MG Decoration by Maya Gruber for Bolzano Art Weeks and together we created a beautiful and sensual exhibitions of flowers and figurative art.
But the highlight of this year for me was my solo exhibition Piece/Peace at InParadiso Gallery in Venice. I was selected by Concilio Europeo dell’Arte to exhibit my project at the prestigious and historic gallery in the Giardini della Biennale in Venice.
I am so grateful for everything I experienced this year. Thank you to everyone for your support, thank you for liking and commenting on my posts online, thank you for coming to my exhibitions, thank you for taking my art home, thank you for exhibiting my art, thank you for listening to what my art has to say, thank you for helping me grow artistically, thank you for believing in me, encouraging me and showing me so much love.
Thank you, it means the world!
See you next year, there’s lots more to come!
Wishing you all health, happiness, love, smiles and peace…and don’t forget to add some creativity to your life!
Karolina Gacke - The Path to Peace on Südtirol Magazin - RAI Sender Bozen
My work "The Path to Peace" on TV
Recently the RAI Sender Bozen came for a visit. I got the chance to show where and how I create, and to explain the process behind my work “The path to peace”, currently on show as part of the Via Illuminativa in Brixen, South Tyrol.
The five-minute clip was part of the popular programme “Südtirol Magazin” on RAI.
I feel grateful to have been invited to show my project PIECE-PEACE on TV and to be able to spread the message of peace through my art.
Thanks to:
Adina Guarnieri (editor), Agostini Fuscaldo (camera), Hannes Egger (curator), Stefanie Prieth (curator), Mediaart Production Coop/ Südtirol Magazin 2023
Women‘s art in Warsaw
This December I will taking part in the group exhibition Kobieca Strona Sztuki IV (the women’s side of art) at Defabryka in Warsaw, Poland.
I’m very proud to be one of the 52 participants, selected from over 350 applicants.
I’m especially happy to be part of an event supporting female artists, and even more so, in the city where I was born.
Dziękuję.
Spreading the message of peace this Christmas
A sign against war, but above all a sign for peace, is the exhibition of more than 10 contemporary works of art, which will be on display in churches, shop windows, squares, house facades and public places in the Episcopal City of Brixen from 22nd November 2023 to 7th January 2024. The curator Hannes Egger has selected works of art by local and international artists such as Yoko Ono, Michelangelo Pistoletto, Valie Export, Martin Rainer and Sissa Micheli.
I am honored to have also been selected to take part in this beautiful project. My artwork “The path to peace” will be exhibited at the Raiffaisen bank.
Text adapted from www.suedtirol.info
Group exhibition: Earth and Water
Every year the artist group of Brixen/Bressanone organizes an exhibition of its members. This year the theme is “Earth and Water.” I will be taking part with my piece “Planet Earth Anno 21..” made of a ceramic plate, resin, gold leaf and spray paint.
I hope to see you at the opening on the 24th of November.
My nudes at the Neue Rathaus in Bayreuth
I am honoured to have been chosen to be part of this international group exhibition at the renowned Ausstellungshalle Neues Rathaus in Bayreuth, Germany.
The exhibition has been opened on October 4th in presence of the mayor Thomas Ebersberger and will be open until October 27th.
The nude sketches I made in August 2023 during my art residency in Rust, Austria are on show.