Olga BUKOWSKA (b. 1979), Warrior Woman; 2021

oil, acrylic, charcoal, tempera, canvas; 180 x 120 cm
signed l.d.: BUK.
signed and dated and described on the reverse: WARRIOR GIRL /2020-2021/ (BUK) /OLGA BUKOWSKA

She shaped her workshop during her studies at the Faculty of Art at the University of Rzeszow, where she received her diploma in the Interdisciplinary Studio under the direction of professors: Antoni Nickel, Marek Olszynski and Marek Pokrywka. Her works have been exhibited in Warsaw, Aveiro, Moscow, Gdynia, Krakow and many others. She is the winner of the Academy of Effective Women's plebiscite in the category of Art 2021, and a film "Passion Counts" was made about her. She also participated in Olga Chajdas' film "Erotika" or the forthcoming "Imago". Olga Bukowska is an artist sensitive to the world, art and people. She inextricably connects life with beauty, goodness, which she expresses passionately with line, spot, light. However, her art is not "pretty pictures", the artist in her works contains questions through the image addressed to the viewer. What is important to her is the dialogue between her - the creator and the viewer.
The work "Warrior Woman" evolved over time. Initially, the painter created a woman culturally defined as submissive, focused on fulfilling other people's desires, a woman of expectation. Later, however, her own internal rebellion against socially accepted norms made her transform her own work. This is how the "Warrior Woman" was created, a beautiful woman not giving in to expectations, with her own desires, aspirations, remaining strong in her femininity.