Klaudia Ejchorst Intimacy - series of experimental graphics
supervisor:
prof. dr hab. Joanna Piech-Kalarus
Silesian University in Katowice
Faculty of Art in Cieszyn
Faculty of Art in Cieszyn
biography
Born in 1996 in Tychy, Poland. She graduated from the University of Silesia, Institute of Fine Arts in Cieszyn with a Master's Degree in Graphic Design with a specialization of visual communication and graphic arts. She received her diploma with distinction in 2020 at the graphic design studio of dr. hab Stefan Lechwar and the relief printing (linocut) studio of prof. dr hab. Joanna Piech-Kalarus.
She is a laureate of numerous scholarships in the field of art and science including Minister of Science and Higher Education in the 2019/2020 academic year and also the University of Silesia Rector’s scholarship for the best students (four times). Moreover, in 2019 she got a Special Distinction from the Rector of the University of Silesia for art and science achievements and activities for the benefit of the University as well. She became a finalist of the Student Nobel Prize 2020 contest for the best student in Poland in the art category. In her artistic practice, she got a lot of qualifications for international and national art competitions in which she achieved many awards and distinctions. For instance International Biennale of Small Graphic Forms in Rybnik (2017, 2019), International Competition of Small Graphic Form and Ex Libris in Ostrów Wielkopolski (2016, 2019), International Print Triennial in Cieszyn (2017), International Biennale of Socio-Political Poster (2020), Art of Packaging in Poznań (2019), International Student Poster Competition ‘’Include, not exclude” in Macedonia, That’s us Poland II exhibition in Mexico, National Contest of Contemporary Art Foundation Paleta in Warsaw (2020).
In her art she is inspired by human inner self and the relationships between human, world (environment) and nature too. The creative imperative is the ability to look inside myself and subjective feelings of incomprehension, inequity and other empirical experiences which she tries to express through many visual, artistic forms. In her art she crosses the barrier of her own spiritual intimacy, she shows others her vulnerable inner self – her authentic, emotional and nostalgic art.
self-commentary
The Intimacy consists of 30 works done in experimental activities. The graphics were created in a combination of traditional and digital printing techniques. The substrate comes in many types: these are carbon paper with a weight of 45 to 250 g and graphic papers for art print. Author is referring to the psychoanalytic concept of human – self-awareness, way of thinking, ego, personality structure, creating identity and attitudes and other cognitive and empirical features of self-determination. In the author's concept of self quintessence is the process of self-creation. This process is possible in the body, in its space, movement, matter, sensuality, as well as in its wounds, scars, imperfections, and anomalies. Presenting physical, feminine nature means coming out of the comfort zone, crossing it. It is all about the transgressive embodiment of all psychological barriers and their attempt to overcome and understand. The very intimate, close nature of the work is emphasized
by word intimacy in the title. The body is the material manifestation and even closure of our spiritual sphere. Other people evaluate and present a picture of a man based on his visual presence. How others perceive us is therefore very subjective and even elusive, especially in a context with a developed extensive area of thought and experience each individual unit,
or with attention to masks and assumed forms of personality. There are many dualities around the concept of self - for example, it is assumed that we create a personality, adopting our identity to social needs also being simultaneously a private medium for transferring experiences and sensations. Everyone has integral divisions, the development of which is a lifelong process. The concepts of Carl Gustav Jung stand out for the introverted and extroverted dimensions of human personality. The introvert is particularly sensitive to external stimuli, he is a good observer, he is very close to his interior which is his refuge. He is opposed to the extrovert whose energy flow is from the outside. Thus, psychological types include a hierarchical attitude towards the world - for the author of the works as an introvert, the internal state is more important than external stimuli. The experimental graphics present the sense of the author's identity and her relationship with the surrounding external world and the personal, spiritual one.
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