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Nika Jaworowska-Duchlińska
„Citizen Hare. Picking Holes"

My name is Hare. Citizen Hare.
One day I found a hole.
To be able to define its size I had to look at it from the distance.
I left my Little Valley and looked. The Hole was large and deep.
Since then I had been leaving my Little Valley every day examining.
Examining the Hole.
There is plenty to examine, the Hole grows bigger every day.
Grows larger and deeper. Non stop.
It is an ongoing process. You can't stop it.
I would leave it alone, but its sucking in everything around it.
Dangerously it approached the edge of the Little Valley.
It started to influence the inhabitants of the Little Valley. Including me.
There are better days and worse days. There are crazy days and absurd days.
The bad days happen more and more often. It becomes crowded...
Welcome in the Little Valley!

Nika Jaworowska-Duchlińska

Exhibition presents over 60 works from the Citizen Hare series of the renowed Polish cartoonist, illustrator and painter Nika Jaworowska-Duchlińska. The series is a collection of drawings that have been created since 2015 featuring the Hare, who in fact has more human than hare characteristics. The protagonist's character is a figure of rich and complex character, engaged in events and who reacts to external stimuli interpreting in a way the reality. The whole set covers a wide range of topics ranging from political issues through environmental protection to social issues. The drawings selected for the exhibition create a story that can be divided into two parts. Narration starts with showing the various aspects of life of the Hare in the Little Valley, where he comes from. In this section are presented, among others, topics concerning family, work, study and entertainment issues. Part two shows the realitiy outside the Little Valley, where our hero has to value and comment various issues related to his findings. Using simple, black lines, reminiscent of children's drawings, Jaworowska-Duchlińska makes ironic comments, distances herself from the reality and shows a certain degree of bitterness. In the numerous images of the Hare there may be a hidden alter ego of the author herself, who, by sarcasm and sense of grotesque, masterfully maneuveres between seriousness and humor. The work comes from the artist's private collection.

Nika Jaworowska-Duchlińska

Cartoonist, illustrator, painter and graphic artist, stage designer and costume designer. Born in 1969 in Olsztyn. Graduated from the High State School of Art in Poznań, the Academy of Fine Arts in Cracow and the Warsaw University. She started her education in 1987 in the High State Art School in Poznań (graduated in 1992) having studied among others drawing with prof. Bogdan Wegner, painting with prof. Jacek Waltoś, litography with prof. Lucjan Mianowski, illustration with prof. Grzegorz Marszałek and poster design with prof. Waldemar Świerzy. In 1993 she started studies at the Cracow Academy of Fine Art, at the post graduate Course of Theatre and TV stage design with prof. Andrzej Krauze-Majewski and prof. Jerzy Skarżyński (graduated in 1997). In 2016 she completed a post graduate course at the Warsaw University - 'Literature and books for children in the face of modern challenges. In 1996 she worked for the ITI Film Studio in Warsaw. Since 1997 she has been working with theatre director Marek Fiedor. She has designed the scenery and costumes for more than twenty shows in theatres in Warsaw, Wrocław, Poznań, Cracow Łódź and Toruń. She is also the author and illustrator of many children's books. She made her debut as caricaturist in the daily "Rzeczpospolita" in 1996. She has worked with such titles as: "Polityka”, "Wprost”, "Twój Styl”, "Gazeta Wyborcza”and "Dziennik Pojezierza”. Her first individual exhibition took place in 1992 in the Archeological Museum in Poznań. Since then she has participated in many exhibitions in Poland and abroad. Over the years received many awards and distinctions. Her works are in the collections of the Museum of Caricature in Warsaw, Satyrykon in Legnica and in many private collections in Poland, Germany, France, Great Britain and Australia. The artist runs literary-artistic workshops for children "Rysobookżercy" (Drawingsandbookeaters) She is a co-author of the artistic blog 2wilki.pl. And finally she is the creator of the alter ego of Citizen Hare. More works of Nika Jaworowska-Duchlińska can be seen at www.nika.art.pl, www.behance.net/nikajaworowska and on facebook: fb/zajacszaryobywatel.

exhibition curator: Paulina Pilcicka

colaboration: Elżbieta Laskowska

artistic arrangement of the expositon: Nika Jaworowska-Duchlińska, Leszek Mozolewski

animated film: Rafał Grabarczyk / 2wilki.pl

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Nika Jaworowska-Duchlińska
Citizen Hare. Picking Holes („Zając Szary Obywatel. Dziura w całym")

opening night: 31 May 2017
1 June – 3 September 2017
29 September – 15 October 2017