Mental Geography features a series of abstract paintings by Beata Kozlowska. With an affinity for a sense of transience, Kozlowska works with colours, shapes and lines, often employing haphazard grids, an overload of forms, and handmade stencils. Her use of grids and geometry is inspired by a range of disparate aesthetics, including modernist abstraction, architecture, constructivism and post-painterly tradition. 

Kozlowska explores the process of finding harmony amidst contradictions, as she plays with opposing elements, such as chaos and structure, destruction and reconstruction. The resulting works become a reflection of the artist's pursuit for balance within the composition.

Beata Kozlowska (born in Poland) received her MFA at Chelsea College of Art and Design London and her BA in Fine Art Drawing, Camberwell College of Art at University of the Arts London. Before her time in London, she studied Polish Literature and Linguistics, earning a Master's Degree from the University of Warsaw.

Kozlowska has exhibited internationally in London, Lithuania and Spain. Her participation in various international art residencies and projects includes 'Working Title' at Aspex Gallery in Portsmouth, (UK), JOYA in Los Velez, Spain, KCCC Creative Center in Klaipeda, Lithuania, and 'Arteles Creative Centre' in Finland.

Join us for the opening night of Beata Kozlowska’s solo exhibition in Te Whanganui-a-Tara on Thursday the 5th September 5.30pm, with drinks kindly provided by our generous sponsors.