| Eva Mulroy (Ewa Kalinska) was born in Gdansk, Dec 11. 1970 in Poland. She attended graduate school at the European Academy of Art in Warsaw, Poland, between 1992-1995, she was a former student of Professors Marek Model, Barbara Szubinska, Franciszek Starowieyski, and Jerzy Duda-Gracz, Poland's greatest painters. Between the years of 1997 – 1999, Mrs. Kalinska studied at the Academy of Multimedia in Gdansk, Poland, where she received a diploma with honours in project design, specializing in multimedia design in Prof. Wojciech Mokwiński's studio. Ewa has taken several artistic learning trips to the United States and Italy. She is a fellow member of the Gdansk Friends of Artwork. Ewa creates works of art based on human figures and nature. She creates her work through drawings, paintings and through artistic fabric. Ewa "Debut" was her exhibition of paintings and drawings at the Gdansk ALTERNATYWA gallery, in December 2005. In 2007 Ewa and her family moved to the United States where she continued to create works of art. From 2008- 2009 she painted in Barbara Wasserman's and Robert Hertz' studios at Boca Raton Museum of Art, The Art School, Florida, USA. Since 2010 Ewa and her family have divided their time between USA and Poland. In 2010 she got First Prize in the International Art Contest "Natale di Roma", Rome, Italy, April 2010 Ewa Kalinska is an Author of religious paintings for the Chapel of St. Polycarp in Gdansk and Church of St. Mary Help of Christians in Skrzeszewo (Poland). From 2012 onward, the artist is using the pseudonym Eva Mulroy. SOLO EXHIBITIONS "Emotions", Il Leone gallery, Rome, Italy, 18-22 December 2010 "Classicism and Modernity: Combined in Colors", Museum "Villa Vecchia" Rome, Italy, 5-13 December 2010 "Looking for Harmony", Glaza Expo Design gallery, Gdansk, Poland, June 2006 "Debut", Alternatywa gallery, Gdansk, Poland, December 2005 GROUP EXHIBITIONS "Natale di Roma", Cascina Farsetti, Rome, Italy, April 2010 "I Colori della Polonia a Roma", Cascina Farsetti Rome, Italy, March 2010 ART CONTESTS First Prize in the Internationale Art Contest "Natale di Roma", Cascina Farsetti, Rome, Italy, April 2010 Ewa Kalinska is an artist of great creative ability and a strong personality. She applies precise and firm strokes. She gives life to lonely figures emerging from the watercolor backgrounds without defined borders. Her art work is dynamic and has great spiritual value. Prof. Mario Nicosia, 2010 Ewa Kalinska is a master drawer with the confidence of a Renaissance artist. Her line is emphatic, delicate, flowing and strong. Ewa has a unique ability to create deep space through her exaggerated proportions of the figure. She creates a human figure with the extraordinary simplicity of the line that draws the viewer into her magical, intuitive perception. She prepares backgrounds which add to the excitement of the viewer. She is an exceptionally gifted artist. Jacqueline Jayne Downey Boca Raton Museum Art School Figure drawing Instructor Boca Raton, Florida 2010 |