Tiger Strikes Asteroid Los Angeles is proud to present Embody, a three-person exhibition showcasing diverse approaches to relating to memories of the past in the present. The exhibition features a curated selection of works by Polish artists Patrycja Kurus-Rosłoniec, Karolina Lizurej, and Karolina Majewska Freeing. These artists create visual representations that articulate their individual statements, stories, and ideas, offering unique reflections on the past.

Karolina Majewska Freeing’s works act as metaphors for the tumultuous events spanning 2020 to 2022, highlighting the vulnerability of the human form. She crafts intimate, flawed sculptural self-portraits that, in their fragmented and fragile state, evoke a sense of bodily violation. Simultaneously, the act of casting her own form provides Majewska Freeing with the opportunity for introspection and acceptance of her physical mortality.

Karolina Lizurej delves into the complex collective memory surrounding the Warsaw Uprising in German-occupied Warsaw—a period marked by both heroism and tragedy. Her work captures the duality of grand historical narratives and intimate personal stories. Lizurej employs the medium of embroidered drawings, drawing inspiration from vintage photographs. The forms within her compositions are in a state of perpetual flux, materializing only to dissolve again. These elusive shapes never fully reveal themselves, lingering instead in a blurred state, much like the ephemeral traces of memory.

Patrycja Kurus-Rosłoniec engages deeply with the indelible imprints that past events can leave on one’s current reality. She explores the emotional landscape marked by anxiety and inertia, capturing the sense of helplessness and abandonment that can ensue. Through the lens of her own experiences, which she openly shares, Kurus-Rosłoniec shines a spotlight on the often-overlooked and concealed mental struggles that individuals may grapple with in society.

Patrycja Kurus-Rosłoniec is a graduate of the Faculty of Painting at the Warsaw Academy of Fine Arts (2015), where she studied under Professor Wojciech Cieśniewski. She also completed her studies at the Bernard Morando School of Fine Arts in Zamość. She currently resides and works in Warsaw.

Kurus-Rosłoniec’s art serves as a ritual for taming anxiety and an attempt to transcend experiences associated with it. Her paintings depict the obstacles that stand in the way of overcoming unease: endless staircases, confinement within four walls, the inability to step outside one’s comfort zone, and the lack of connection with others. Simultaneously, she seeks to uncover the hidden hope within these challenges. Patrycja Kurus-Rosłoniec has participated in numerous solo and group exhibitions in both Poland and Austria.

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Karolina Lizurej - D.F.A., is an alumna of the Academy of Fine Arts in Warsaw, where she earned degrees from both the Faculty of Painting (2014) and the Faculty of Conservation and Restoration of Works of Art (2018). She currently holds a position as an Assistant Professor in the Artistic Fabric Department at the same institution.

In her artistic oeuvre, Lizurej employs fabric as her canvas and thread as her pencil. Through meticulous hand-embroidered lines and traces, she constructs both form and space, weaving narratives of the past. Her work delves into themes of identity, exploring the roles that memory, history, tradition, and art play in shaping it. By utilizing embroidery, she invokes traditional feminine techniques, thereby accentuating the facets of femininity and the importance of feminist discourse in contemporary art narratives.

Karolina Lizurej has been honored with numerous awards and scholarships. Her work has been showcased in solo and group exhibitions both nationally and internationally, including in the Czech Republic, Slovakia, Lithuania, Hungary, Sweden, Ukraine, Serbia, Romania, and Indonesia.

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Karolina Majewska Freeing is a Warsaw-based visual artist with an MFA in Photography, Video, and Related Media from the School of Visual Arts in New York (2017), as well as an MFA in Painting from the Warsaw Academy of Fine Arts (2014). Majewska Freeing’s recent oeuvre delves into the organic fragility of the human form, with a focus on exploring themes of objectification and repression within the ‘politics of the human body.’

Her installations incorporate natural elements like wax, wood, and clay to further emphasize the organic qualities she seeks to explore. Majewska Freeing’s work has been exhibited across a range of international venues, including the United States, Germany, Italy, Lithuania, Austria, Cyprus, Switzerland, and her native Poland. She has also contributed to academic and artistic dialogues through her participation in conferences and talks, such as Manifesta 12; Rixc, Art and Science Festival, the Open Field Conference, among others.

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