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2010
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Acrylic paint on canvas
Signed lower right
Unique work
Joanna Flatau was born in Varsaw, Poland.
She graduated from Varsaw History of Arts University and from the Fine Arts Varsaw Academy in 1969.
She has lived and worked in Paris since 1971, as a graphist and then as a painter.
She was selected by the Modern Art Museum in Paris to exhibit in 1982 in the exhibition “Works on paper”.
Since then, she exhibited in many solo shows in Europe (France, Poland, England, Switzerland) and in fairs in Paris like the Biennale internationale du pastel, the Salon de Montrouge, the Salon de Mai or the Salon Comparaison at the Grand Palais in Paris. The Fonds national d’art contemporain bought some of her pastels.
She was exhibited many times by Cérès Franco in the “L’oeil de Boeuf” Gallery in Paris and in Cérès Franco private collection in Montolieu, as well as in “Idées d’artistes” Gallery in Paris and abroad.
In 2008, she exhibited in Paris at the Grand Palais, at the IMA (Institut de Monde Arabe) and in Claire Corcia Gallery since then.
- Creator:Joanna Flatau (1949, Polish)
- Creation Year:2010
- Dimensions:Height: 31.5 in (80 cm)Width: 39.38 in (100 cm)Depth: 1.97 in (5 cm)
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- Gallery Location:Paris, FR
- Reference Number:1stDibs: LU103414297221
Joanna Flatau
Joanna Flatau was born in Warsaw, Poland. She graduated in History of Art from the University of Warsaw and graduated from the Academy of Fine Arts in Warsaw (1969). Since 1971 she has lived and worked in Paris, first as a graphic designer and then as a painter. She exhibited in France and abroad since 1982. Collections: Fonds National d’Art Contemporain, Fondation Cérès Franco, Montolieu (Aude), many private collections in France, Great Britain, Poland, USA, Switzerland, Netherlands, South Africa. TV : Paris Première, Canal + (Nulle part ailleurs) and Polish Television Movies : “Le portrait de ma mère » by Filip Flatau, shown at the 1st International Movie Festival on Contemporary Artits MIFAC, Le Mans, september 2015
“Le Formulaire” by Filip Flatau broadcast on France 3 in 2020 Books : 1991 – Exposition à Galerie Pokaz, Varsovie
2004 – Exposition « Joanna Flatau – tête à tête » à la galerie Idées d’artistes, Paris
Parutions dans les Livres :
2010 – « L’expressionnisme contemporain – 200 oeuvres de chair et de sang », p 36-37, sous la direction d’Antoine Campo, préface Christian Noorbergen, Editions Le livre d’art
2011 – « Le portrait dans l’arts contemporain », pages 152-153, Editions Patou
2017 – « Chercheur d’art, 60 artistes contemporains » par Denis-Louis Colaux, pages 68-69, éd. Jacques Flament Editions
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