Karolina Jarzębak (born 1990) - visual artist working with performance and video art, creating objects and installations. She graduated from the Academy of Fine Arts in Krakow at the Faculty of Painting in the studio of prof. A. Bednarczyk. Co-founder of Galeria 404 (2015-2017) in Krakow. The sad one in the "Sad Face" duo. Founder of the Jak Zapomniec gallery.
She draws inspiration from memes and pictures found at the end of the internet. Problems faced by millennials, loneliness, the symbolism of sadness and anxiety, caused by the current socio-political situation in Poland and in the world, are the main themes of her work.
She took part in many exhibitions, incl. at Galeria Widna, Galeria Henryk, BWA Wrocław Glowny, Gdansk City Gallery, Galeria Bunkier Sztuki, BWA Bielsko Biala, Jak Zapomniec, BWA Katowice, Galeria Promocyjna and the Museum of Contemporary Art in Odessa. She lives and works in Krakow.
2022
Z mojego okna widać wszystkie żabki, Galeria Jak Zapomnieć, Kraków
Interior, BWA Katowice, Katowice
Z kurzu w kurz, Ośrodek Dokumentacji Sztuki Tadeusza Kantora CRICOTEKA,
Kraków Is it real, Rondo Sztuki, Katowice Rezydencja Artystyczna w MEET Factory, Praga
2021
Hurt Durr, Ośrodek Dokumentacji Sztuki Tadeusza Kantora CRICOTEKA, Kraków
Czysty Kryształ, Galeria Promocyjna, Warszawa
Zachodzące słońce ma tutaj kolor niebieski, Galeria Jak Zapomnieć, Kraków