This week on Cosimo Studio Art Tours, we visit Joanna Pilarczyk’s (@joannapilarczyk) artist studio based in North London. 

A colorful neon oasis, Joanna is a contemporary figurative painter. She works predominately in oils, as well as in acrylics and in spray paint. Joanna was born in Poland. She studied at the Art University in Zielona Gora where she holds a degree in Visual Arts and in Art Education.

She has exhibited her work internationally in group and solo shows in London and in the United States. Joanna has displayed her work at Saatchi Gallery’s Start Art Fair and The Other Art Fair. She recently had a solo show with Oink Gallery. Joanna also won the Boynes Monthly Artist Award and was a Women United Art Prize finalist in 2021 and 2022.  She has been featured in art magazine publications such as All She Makes, Art Seen, Create! Magazine and Women United Art Magazine (to name and to list a few).

Her work explores subjects related to nature and intimacy. In this interview, we talk all about her process, and how she works with her subjects: exploring topics such as diversity, representation, and racism when it comes to telling the stories behind the figures in her works. We also speak about her artistic inspirations (how this changed pre and post-pandemic) and advice that she would give to other emerging artists embarking on their creative journeys.