ARTIST'S BIOGRAPHY
My name is Katarzyna Hasnik
In my artistic career in Fine Arts, I am discovering various themes, mediums, techniques, and styles. Most likely the one which applies to me as a true calling is a figurative surrealism within a subject of theology, monotheism, polytheism, religion, symbolism, and humanism with a hint of iconic tradition but in a more provocative, unapologetic, radically honest direction to question us humans, our true essence and honest values and our relationship with Him, God and Life itself. The second theme is the relationship between your own body within the awareness and acceptance as well as two sexes and two genders: female and male in loving sensual and sexual acts to bring more intimacy and connection to our life with our significant other in a monogamous lasting dedicated relationship in the era where promoting polygamic casual fling became a glorified "norm", in social media, movies and music industry, which I stand firmly opposite.
EXPERIENCE
February 2024 - Present
Community Well Donabate
Teaching adults fine art: sketching, drawing and painting using a variety of media, techniques and eras. Exploring a variety of topics from landscape, including plein air, through portraiture to still life. Teaching design including digital and printed pre-press, desktop publishing (DTP) production. The development of artistic personal branding on social media including business cards, and websites. Curating an exhibition for fine art students with the opportunity to sell their pieces at e.g. Community Well Donabate, Co. Dublin.
January 2016 - April 2020
Community Well Donabate
Teaching adults fine art: sketching, drawing and painting using a variety of media, techniques and eras. Exploring a variety of topics from landscape, including plein air, through portraiture to still life. Teaching design including digital and printed pre-press, desktop publishing (DTP) production. The development of artistic personal branding on social media including business cards, and websites. Curating an exhibition for fine art students with the opportunity to sell their pieces at e.g. Community Well Donabate, Co. Dublin.
January 2016 - April 2020
Community Well Donabate
Healing Through Art - Workshop for Adults as a Yoga Teacher, Holistic Therapist and Fine Art Teacher.
January 2015 - Mar 2015
Blossom Charity
Arts and Crafts and Yoga Classes for Children with Special Needs.
January 2014 - Mar 2015
The Elbowroom
Arts and Crafts and Yoga Classes for Children and Adults with Special Needs.
September 2010 - November 2013
Chrysalis
Teaching Fine Arts to children aged 3-12 years old and organising Fine Arts exhibitions as Montessori Teacher and Afterschool Tutor at Chrysalis, Montessori and Afterschool, Castleknock, Dublin.
September 2005 - June 2008
University of Trade
Collaborative teaching as fine arts lecturers' assistant. Running individual peer-to-peer classes. Posing as a model for drawings, paintings and photography in exchange for requiring modelling for my fine arts during studies in Łódź, Poland.
November 2003- November 2004
Au-Pair
Teaching Fine Arts to Children as an Au-Pair in Oudewater, Holland.
1998-2003
Youth for Youth by Nokia
Fine Arts High School
Variety of fine arts projects organised e.g. by Nokia in cooperation with high schools to teach children including, children with special needs, orphans and from disadvantaged families by their peers in Będzin, Katowice, and Zakopane in Poland.
Posing as a model for drawings, paintings and photography in exchange for requiring modelling for my fine arts during my peers' Fine Arts High School in Dąbrowa Górnicza, Poland.
June 2005 - February 2009
Travel Agencies, Youth Camps
Teaching Fine Arts to 7-18-year-olds as Summer and Winter Camp Tutor.
EVENTS
May 2023
Best Design Award
Design Rush
May 2023 till present
Fine Arts Artists' Association
Howth Yacht Club
January 2018 till present
Drawin' Together Association
September 2018 till present
Best Design Award
Design Rush
October-November 2020
Fine Arts Artists' Association
Howth Yacht Club
International Best Design Award, in Communication Visual Design, UX/UI Design, Communication App "Small Talk". Design Rush & read more
Fine Artists' Collaborative Group at Howth Yacht Club, Howth, Co. Dublin, Ireland. Fine Arts at HYC
Drawin' Together - Artists' Group - artspace and individual and collaborative Fine Arts projects, Ireland. Drawin' Together
VIA, IAA - Visual Artist Ireland and International Association of Art, Member. www.vai.ie
Visual Communication Posters "Women's Strike", Poland. Plakat Na Strajk
December 2019
Drawin' Together Association
Drawin' Together - Charity Laura Lynn Artistic Project of 24 Artists, Illustrators, Designers, Ireland. Laura Lynn
May-September 2016-2018
Dublin Canvas
Dublin Canvas Projects, Dublin, Ireland. www.dublincanvas.com
July 2017
Fine Arts Artists' Association
Howth Yacht Club
"Style" in Photography, Women's Photography Project, Atlanta, Georgia, United States.
May-June 2010-2013
Colour Dublin Project
Colour Dublin Project, Dublin, Ireland.
EXHIBITION
November 2023 - Present
Howth Yacht Club Gallery
Howth Sailors and Artists, Collective Exhibition, Howth Yacht Club, Howth, Co. Dublin, Ireland.
May 2023 - October 2023
Howth Yacht Club Gallery
Howth Sailors and Artists, Collective Exhibition, Howth Yacht Club, Howth, Co. Dublin, Ireland.
March 2023
Institute of Art, Design + Technology
Collective Exhibitions of Master of Arts and Bachelor Honours Students, Institute of Art, Design and Technology, Dún Laoghaire, Dublin, Ireland. www.onshow.iadt.ie
March 2019-2020
ArtExpo
ArtExpo, Collective Exhibition, Barcelona, Spain and Maimi, USA.
August 2019
ArtExpo
ArtExpo, Collective Exhibition, Zürich, Switzerland.
May 2019
Gallery X
"Cock and Pussy", Gallery X, Collective Exhibition, Dublin, Ireland. www.galleryx.ie
April-May 2019
ArtBoxy
ARTBOX.TALENT, Artbox Project, Collective Exhibition, Zürich, Switzerland. www.artboxy.com
October - November 2018
ArtBoxy
ARTBOX.TALENT, Artbox Project, Collective Exhibition, Zürich, Switzerland. www.artboxy.com
March 2018
ArtBoxy
"ArtFair - Collective Exhibition", ArtBox Projects, Collective Exhibition, New York, USA.
August 2017
Gallery X
"Cock and Pussy" Collective Exhibition, Gallery X, Dublin, Ireland. www.galleryx.ie
June 2017
ArtBoxy
"Basel Collective Exhibition" - ArtBox Projects, Collective Exhibition, Basel, Switzerland.
June 2017
FilmBase Gallery
"Wonder" Illustrations Group Exhibition - FilmBase Gallery, Dublin, Ireland. FilmBase
May-September 2010-2013
D-Light Gallery
"Homeless" "Black and White" "Portrait" Collective Exhibition, D-Light Gallery, Photography Installations, Dublin, Ireland. www.d-lightstudios.com
2009 - 2010
Various Galleries
Collective Exhibitions organized by Oakland College in various galleries, in St Albans, Hertfordshire, and London City, United Kingdom.
2005-2008
Various Galleries
Collective Exhibitions in various galleries organized by the University of Trade in Łódź, Piotrków Trybunalski, Warszawa (Warsaw), Poland.
EDUCATION
2021-2023
Master of Arts
Institute of Art, Design + Technology
Master of Arts, Design for Change, Level 9 - Strategic Research, UX/UI Design, Visual Communication and Editorial Design, at Institute of Art, Design and Technology, Dún Laoghaire, Dublin, Ireland. www.iadt.ie
2019-2021
Professional Diplomas
Career Foundry
Professional Diplomas in UX/UI Design, Frontend Development for Designers, and Voice UI Design, at Career Foundry, Berlin, Germany. www.careerfoundry.com
2019-2020
Diploma
Dublin Business School
Diploma, Level 7 in Digital Marketing at Dublin Business School, Dublin, Ireland. www.dbs.ie
2016-2017
Diploma
Illustori Academy
Digital and Manual Illustration Boot Camp, at Illustori Academy, Dublin, Ireland.
www.adriennegeoghegan.com
2010-2016
Professional Certifications
New Horizon
Professional Certifications in Digital and Print Visual Communication Graphic Design at e.g. New Horizon in Dublin, Ireland. www.nhireland.ie
2009-2010
Certifications
Oakland College
Certifications in Fine Arts (Drawing, Painting, Jewellery, Screenprinting) at Oakland College, Saint Albans, Hertfordshire, United Kingdom. www.oaklands.ac.uk
2005-2008
Bachelor Honours
University of Trade
Bachelor Honours, Level 8 in Computer Graphics, Visual Communication Graphic Design and Fine Arts (Drawing, Painting, Analogue, Digital Photography, Digital Media, Graphics),
at University of Trade, Łódź, Poland.
1990-2003
Certifications
Various
Fine Arts (Drawing, Painting, Sculpture, Pottery, Screenprinting, Analogue, Digital Photography, Screenprinting, Digital Media, Computer Graphics) courses during secondary and primary school in Zakopane, Kraków, Katowice, Będzin, Dąbrowa Górnicza, Poland.