Dimensions: 70 x 100 cm
Signed, dated, and inscribed on the reverse: 'BARBARA V. BOKOTA-TOMALA | "LETTER TO CHOPIN - | SCHERZO" | 2010 | OIL'
Biography
A graduate of the Institute of Fine Arts at the University of Rzeszów. Her work spans painting, photography, drawing, and graphic design. She has organized 28 solo exhibitions and participated in over 190 group exhibitions in Poland and abroad, including: the 69th, 70th, 71st, and 72nd Salon des Réalités Nouvelles, Paris (2015, 2016, 2017, 2018); the Osten Biennial of Drawing in Skopje, Macedonia (2016); the 23rd Biennial of Humor and Satire in Art, Gabrovo (2017); the 14th International Biennial of Miniature Art, Serbia (2018). She has won numerous awards and honors, including: the Minister of Culture and Art Award for Painting (1998), the Silver Medal of the Fédération Internationale de l'Art Photographique (2014), the Team Award for Poland, “Poland – Special Recognition by Osten for National Collection” at the Osten Biennial of Drawing in Skopje, Macedonia (2016), the Award of the Podkarpackie Province Board for her lifetime achievement in the field of artistic creation and the promotion and preservation of culture (2017), the Grand Prix at the National Exhibition of Art Education Teachers’ Work, BWA Rzeszów (2018), Award from the Mayor of Rzeszów in the field of artistic creation, the promotion and preservation of culture, including the promotion of Rzeszów (2023), “Sign of Culture” Award from the Marshal of the Podkarpackie Voivodeship for outstanding achievements in the field of artistic creation (2024). Her works are held in galleries and private collections in Poland and abroad, including Croatia, Australia, Canada, Germany, Sweden, Italy, Spain, France, Ukraine, Belgium, Slovakia, as well as the Museum of Contemporary Painting in Stara Wieś, the Włocławek Contemporary Art Gallery, the China Printmaking Museum, the Osten Gallery in Skopje (Macedonia), the Mycielski Collection, and the Museum of Humor and Satire in Gabrovo.
