About Jowita
Jowita Wyszomirska is an interdisciplinary artist working in the areas of drawing and large scale installations. She is captivated by the motion and stillness of Nature and its unseen forces and infuses her work with information from satellite imagery, weather patterns, maps, and other data combined with impressions of physical landscapes. Moving between representation and abstraction, her work focuses on and then conceptualizes our landscapes, bringing together aesthetics and… more
Works on paper, 2016
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Ground, Water, Sky 22016 Ink, acrylic, pencil, conte, markers, and graphite on paper 24.5” x 34”
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Wisps and Currents 2 (Apr. 7, 3:59 PM Chesapeake Bay - Aug. 23, 2016, 12:21 PM GA)2016 Ink, acrylic, pencil, conte, markers, and graphite on paper 26” x 34”
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Sterty Nieba (Heaping Sky)2015, 34 x 26.5, ink, markers, acrylic, graphite on paper
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Przeswity 2 (Interstices 2)2016 Ink, acrylic, pencil, conte, markers, and graphite on paper 24.5” x 34”
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Przeswity 1 (Interstices 1)2015 Ink, acrylic, collage, pencil, conte, markers, and graphite on paper 32” x 43”
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Ground, Water, Sky 12016 Ink, acrylic, pencil, conte, markers, and graphite on paper 24.5” x 34”
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Ground, Water (Red Creek WV)2016 Ink, acrylic, pencil, conte, markers, and graphite on paper 34” x 19.5”
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Can’t Stop It (July 7, 7:44 AM - Aug. 23, 2016, 12:21 PM GA)2016 Ink, acrylic, pencil, conte, markers, and graphite on paper 24.5” x 34”
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Out of Fragments2016 Ink, acrylic, pencil, conte, markers, and graphite on paper Out of Fragments 16” x 24”
In the Liminal
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In the Liminal2016 Paint, markers, mylar, thread, felt, monofilament Dimensions variable Installation created at the University of Maryland Art Gallery, University of Maryland, College Park, MD
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In the Liminal2016 Paint, markers, mylar, thread, felt, monofilament Dimensions variable Installation created at the University of Maryland Art Gallery, University of Maryland, College Park, MD
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In the Liminal2016 Paint, markers, mylar, thread, felt, monofilament Dimensions variable Installation created at the University of Maryland Art Gallery, University of Maryland, College Park, MD
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In the Liminal2016 Paint, markers, mylar, thread, felt, monofilament Dimensions variable Installation created at the University of Maryland Art Gallery, University of Maryland, College Park, MD
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In the Liminal2016 Paint, markers, mylar, thread, felt, monofilament Dimensions variable Installation created at the University of Maryland Art Gallery, University of Maryland, College Park, MD
Unseen Patterns
Curated by Susan Laney of Laney Contemporary (Savannah), Unseen Patterns, was a site-specific installation in a solo show at the Westobou Gallery in Augusta GA. Based on aerial maps of the Savannah River and satellite imagery of weather patterns of the Chesapeake Bay and Georgia region, I incorporated a cumulative data compiled between Feb. 28, 2015, 11:41 am, the Chesapeake Bay to Aug. 24, 2016, 9:03 AM Georgia. With the use of software, I turned this visual data into patterns which were cut into a wide array of shapes and used as templates to paint the layers of information embedded within the shapes to create fluid, open compositions in which suspended felt and Mylar seemed to defy gravity.
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Unseen Patterns (Feb. 28, 2015, 11:41am, Chesapeake Bay- Aug. 24, 2016, 9:03 AM Georgia)2016 Paint, markers, mylar, thread, felt, monofilament Dimensions variable Created with the support from Augusta Westobou Festival, Inc.
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Unseen Patterns (Feb. 28, 2015, 11:41am, Chesapeake Bay- Aug. 24, 2016, 9:03 AM Georgia)2016 Paint, markers, mylar, thread, felt, monofilament Dimensions variable Created with the support from Augusta Westobou Festival, Inc.
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Unseen Patterns (Feb. 28, 2015, 11:41am, Chesapeake Bay- Aug. 24, 2016, 9:03 AM Georgia)2016 Paint, markers, mylar, thread, felt, monofilament Dimensions variable Created with the support from Augusta Westobou Festival, Inc.
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Unseen Patterns (Feb. 28, 2015, 11:41am, Chesapeake Bay- Aug. 24, 2016, 9:03 AM Georgia)2016 Paint, markers, mylar, thread, felt, monofilament Dimensions variable
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Unseen Patterns (Feb. 28, 2015, 11:41am, Chesapeake Bay- Aug. 24, 2016, 9:03 AM Georgia)2016 Paint, markers, mylar, thread, felt, monofilament Dimensions variable
Installations, 2015
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Accretion2015, Mixed media, approx. 18'h x 20'w x 10'd Baker Artists Awards Exhibition, curated by Helene Grabow, Baltimore Museum of Art, Baltimore, MD
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Accretion2015, Mixed media, approx. 18'h x 20'w x 10'd Baker Artists Awards Exhibition, curated by Helene Grabow, Baltimore Museum of Art, Baltimore, MD
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Accretion2015, Mixed media, approx. 18'h x 20'w x 10'd Baker Artists Awards Exhibition, curated by Helene Grabow, Baltimore Museum of Art, Baltimore, MD
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Untitled2015, mixed-media, approx. 15'w x 15'h x 5'd Iterations, Installation at VisArts, Rockville
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Untitled2015, mixed-media, approx. 15'w x 15'h x 5'd Iterations, Installation at VisArts, Rockville
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Untitled2015, mixed-media, approx. 15'w x 15'h x 5'd Iterations, Installation at VisArts, Rockville
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Untitled2015, mixed-media, approx. 15'w x 15'h x 5'd Iterations, Installation at VisArts, Rockville
The Tempest, Stop-Motion Drawings
Stop-Motion Drawings: Jowita Wyszomirska Editing and Digital Animation: Chad Tyler
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The Tempest2013, Projected Stop-Motion Drawings, Play produced by the Krannert Center for the Performing Arts and Illinois Theater at the University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign Playwright: William Shakespeare Director: Robert G. Anderson Scenic Design (Artist in Residence): Chad Tyler Lighting Design: Joseph Burke Projections Design: Chad Tyler Stop-Motion Art: Jowita Wyszomirska
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The Tempest: The Storm - Act I Scene One
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The Tempest2013, Projected Stop-Motion Drawings, Play produced by the Krannert Center for the Performing Arts and Illinois Theater at the University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign Playwright: William Shakespeare Director: Robert G. Anderson Scenic Design (Artist in Residence): Chad Tyler Lighting Design: Joseph Burke Projections Design: Chad Tyler Stop-Motion Art: Jowita Wyszomirska
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The Tempest: Brambles Build, Act 3 Scene 32013, Projected Stop-Motion Drawings, Play produced by the Krannert Center for the Performing Arts and Illinois Theater at the University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign Playwright: William Shakespeare Director: Robert G. Anderson Scenic Design (Artist in Residence): Chad Tyler Lighting Design: Joseph Burke Projections Design: Chad Tyler Stop-Motion Art: Jowita Wyszomirska
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The Tempest2013, Projected Stop-Motion Drawings, Play produced by the Krannert Center for the Performing Arts and Illinois Theater at the University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign Playwright: William Shakespeare Director: Robert G. Anderson Scenic Design (Artist in Residence): Chad Tyler Lighting Design: Joseph Burke Projections Design: Chad Tyler Stop-Motion Art: Jowita Wyszomirska
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The Tempest: Pre-show sequence2013, Projected Stop-Motion Drawings, Play produced by the Krannert Center for the Performing Arts and Illinois Theater at the University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign Playwright: William Shakespeare Director: Robert G. Anderson Scenic Design (Artist in Residence): Chad Tyler Lighting Design: Joseph Burke Projections Design: Chad Tyler Stop-Motion Art: Jowita Wyszomirska
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The Tempest2013, Projected Stop-Motion Drawings, Play produced by the Krannert Center for the Performing Arts and Illinois Theater at the University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign Playwright: William Shakespeare Director: Robert G. Anderson Scenic Design (Artist in Residence): Chad Tyler Lighting Design: Joseph Burke Projections Design: Chad Tyler Stop-Motion Art: Jowita Wyszomirska
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The Tempest: Magic Circle2013, Projected Stop-Motion Drawings, Play produced by the Krannert Center for the Performing Arts and Illinois Theater at the University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign Playwright: William Shakespeare Director: Robert G. Anderson Scenic Design (Artist in Residence): Chad Tyler Lighting Design: Joseph Burke Projections Design: Chad Tyler Stop-Motion Art: Jowita Wyszomirska
Vanishing Point
The Chesapeake Bay has long been a focus of my work and I have used NASA satellite images and weather data to generate patterns, creating layered drawings and installations on the region's changing environment. In my newest work, I turn to one of our most vulnerable landscapes, the glacier fields of Alaska. Retreating glacier ice is one of the most visible signs of climate change and is a marker for the quickly shifting (i.e., degrading) ecologies of Alaska and of the planet.
This project is largely informed by my research into the writings of early American pioneers of geophysics and glaciology, John Muir and Harry F. Reid. Both conducted research in Alaska between 1890 and 1900 that focused on measurements of glacial movement, data that was transformed into poetic writings on the ever-changing nature, and color, of their subject. My drawings present chronology of marks, layers of color and texture that evolved as I worked, a weathering process based on how glacial ice changes as air, light, and water transform it. As Reid noted, “The ice-front has a wonderful coloring. All stages [of transformation] are represented in the ice-front, which therefore shows all shades of blue in striking variety.”
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Melt 1 (59°7′40″N 138°37′14″W)2017 Ink, acrylic, pencil, conte, markers, and graphite on paper 35 x 51.5”
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Inlet, 1899 (59°04'41.9"N 136°21'38.2"W)2017 Ink, acrylic, pencil, conte, markers, and graphite on paper 44 x 52"
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Untitled ( 38°58'51.23"N 77°14'24.11"W)2017 Ink, acrylic, pencil, conte crayon, markers, and graphite on paper 24.5 x 34”
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A moulin in Finsteraar Glacier, 1900 (After Harry F. Reid)2017 Ink, acrylic, pencil, conte, markers, and graphite on paper 37 x 52"
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Melt 2 ( 58°48'24.00"N 137°15'1.01"W)2017 Ink, acrylic, pencil, conte, markers, and graphite on paper 24.5 x 34”
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Vanishing Point (Feb. 28, 2015, 11:41 am, Chesapeake Bay- Jan. 12, 2017, 11:32 am, Alsek Glacier, Yukon)2017 Acrylic paint, markers, thread, monofilament, felt, mylar 11 x 17 x 6 ft
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Vanishing Point (Feb. 28, 2015, 11:41 am, Chesapeake Bay- Jan. 12, 2017, 11:32 am, Alsek Glacier, Yukon)2017 Acrylic paint, markers, thread, monofilament, felt, mylar 11 x 17 x 6 ft
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Vanishing Point (Feb. 28, 2015, 11:41 am, Chesapeake Bay- Jan. 12, 2017, 11:32 am, Alsek Glacier, Yukon)2017 Acrylic paint, markers, thread, monofilament, felt, mylar 11 x 17 x 6 ft