Justyna Kuklo
was born in eastern Poland, where she learned the traditional craft of weaving at an arts high school. She was then seduced by the sea and moved to Gdansk to discover painting, colors, and fine arts. Having become a painter, illustrator, and teacher, she traveled further to the center of Europe. She settled down in Brussels and is now whiling away her time on Belgian lace. She graduated from the Gdansk Academy of Fine Arts (The Faculty of Painting and Artistic Education) and the Academie Royale des Beaux-Arts de Bruxelles (The Faculty of Textile Arts). She has exhibited in Poland (The Baltic Sea Cultural Centre in Gdansk), the Czech Republic (Tinna B festival), France (Musée d'art moderne Saint-Étienne), and Belgium (Brussels Home - Fashion & Lace Museum; Brass Cultural Centre; Affordable Art Fair). She works as a graphic designer, artistic director, and illustrator of "PSTRYK MYK" – a magazine for Polish kids abroad.
Justyna Kuklo lives and works in Brussels.
foto. Wiktor Dabkowski
Education
2009-2010 Master Tapisserie - art textile, Academie Royale des Beaux-Arts de Bruxelles, Belgium
2003-2009 Master of art, Academy of Fine Arts in Gdansk, The Department of Painting and Illustration, Poland
2002-2007 Bachelor of Artistic Education, Academy of Fine Art in Gdansk, completed with the highest note, Poland
1997-2002 Artistic Highschool, Suprasl, diploma work with the highest grade, Poland
Prizes and honors
2010 - Prix du Legs Serrure for part of the project « BIA- GDA-BRU »Brussels, Belgium
2009 - Nomination in the national competition for the best artistic Diploma work of the year in the painting category Poland
2009 - Diploma with the honorary mention, Academy Of Fine Arts Gdańsk, The Department Of Painting
2007 - First prize in the show category for a performance made by an artistic group Plaj in Poland and participation iThe Biennale of Young Artists from Europe and Mediterranean Countries Barii, Italy 2008
2006-2008 A scholarship from the Ministry Of Culture in Poland for best results
Exhibition
2024 - Participation in Brussels Art Factory "Parcours d'Artistes Saint-Gilles ", Bruxelles, Belgium
2024 - Affordable Art Fair, Tour de Taxi, Brussel, Belgium
2023 - Participation in Brussels Art Factory "Parcours d'Artistes Saint-Gilles ", Bruxelles, Belgium
2023 - Affordable Art Fair, Tour de Taxi, Brussel, Belgium
2022 - Participation in Brussels Art Factory "Parcours d'Artistes Saint-Gilles ", Bruxelles, Belgium
2022 - Affordable Art Fair, Tour de Taxi, Brussel, Belgium
2021 - Participation in exhibition during"55es Fêtes de la Saint-Martin", Tourinnes-la-Grosse, Belgium
2021 - Affordable Art Fair, Tour de Taxi, Brussel, Belgium
2021 - Monat gallery Participation in the group exhibition, Madrid, Spain
2021 - Participation in Monaco Art Fair represented by Monat Galery.
2019 - Affordable Art Fair, Tour de Taxi, Brussel, Belgium
2019 - Participation in the group exhibition "We are artist", Brussel, Belgium
2018 - Affordable Art Fair, Tour de Taxi, Brussel, Belgium
2018 - Participation in the group exhibition "Exponential / Brussels Art Factory + Guests" in De Kruitfabriek, Brussel, Belgium
2018 - Participation in the group exhibition "FULL HOUSE - by BAF" in Valle, Brussel, Belgium
2016 - Participation in "OFF Course Young Contemporary ART FAIR" Brussel, Belgium
2015 - Solo Textile exhibition in Galery Slendzinskich, Białystok, Poland
2015 - Participation in the group exhibition "La carte blanche" in BRASS Centre Culture la Forest, Brussel, Belgium
in the group exhibition"Au Participation2014 but du fil" Galerie du Beffroi, Namur, Belgium
2014-15 - Participation in the group exhibition "Local Line 16" in the International Museum of Modern and Contemporary St. Etienne, France
2014 - Participation in the group exhibition "Inne" Galery Platon, Wrocław, Poland
2014 - Parcours d'Artistes Molenbeek, Bruxelles, Belgium
2014 - Participation in Brussels Art Factory // Parcours d'Artistes Saint-Gilles / 2014 Bruxelles, Belgium
2014- Exhibition in ART CAFE "Lord Byron" Bruxelles, Belgium
2013 - Participation in the group exhibition Borderline A la salle Fabry, Hôtel Communal, Bruxelles, Belgium
2012 - Participation in the group exhibition Artist for artists 'Bath Ladies' in CSW Łaźnia Gdańsk, Poland
2011 - Participation In festival Tina.B The Prag Contemporary Art Festival, with the project 'The Pixel as a deconstruction of nature Prag, Czech Republic
2011 - Organization and participation In festival Swelina Otwarty Kurort Kultury In Sopot, Poland with Project 'Pixel as the deconstruction' during Polish Presidency in Europen Union, Poland
2011 - Exhibition during open days in Academie Royale des Beaux-Arts de Bruxelles, with project « Bi-Gda-Bru » Belgium
2011 - "INTERLACING" group exhibition Masters students from the tapestry/textile art workshop of the Royal Academy of Fine Arts of Brussels (Professor Yole Devaux). Fashion & Lace Museum, Brussels
2011 - Participation with project « Bi-Gda-Bru » during open days in Academie Royale des Beaux-Arts de Bruxelles, Belgium
2011 - BIA-GDA-BRU Individual exhibition In Zak Galery in Gdańsk, Poland
2011 - Participation in the group exhibition Artist for artists 'Bath Ladies' in CSW Łaźnia Gdańsk, Poland
2010 - Individual exhibition In Nadbałtyckie Centrum Kultury' Internal Sanctuary', Gdańsk, Poland
2009 - Performance in Teatr w oknie Female crafts with Agnieszka Gajewska, Gdańsk, Poland
2009 - Exhibition "Women" in Od czasu do czasu gallery in Gdynia (with A.Gajewska), Poland
2009 - Participation In The Internacional Festival of Dance, Korporacja tańca, performance PLAJ, Gdańsk, Poland
2009 - Performance 'U TUBE PLAJ' In Teatr w Oknie Gdańsk, Gdańsk
2009 - Street Waves Festival Performance PLAJ with Jacaszek, Gdańsk, Poland
2009 - Galeria Refektarz w Kartuzach exhibition of a PLAJ group, Poland
2009 - Participation In Project Museums NightsTranskrypcje, Gdańsk, Poland
2008- Exhibition « Tapisseries contemporaries Europeans, 5 Ecoles Superieure des arts » Belgium
2008 - Erasmus exhibition in Academie Royale des Beaux-Arts de Bruxelles, Belgium
2007 - Participation in the 2 Coast Triennial Artists "Prof. W. Cygan and students", exhibition, Pałac Opatów Gdańsk, Poland