Katarzyna Majak at Art X Women in Los Angeles

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The porter Contemporary Gallery in NY presents "Artxwomen" at the Affordable Art Fair in Los Angeles, a special section of eight galleries exhibiting only female artists. Polish artist Katarzyna Majak's photographs from her latest series "Women of Power" are presented.
In the curation of this exhibition, Jessica L. Porter, owner and director of Porter Contemporary, explores whether being a feminist in the artworld is in fashion and what it means when we identify artwork as Feminist? The feminist art movement starting in the 1960s refers to the efforts of feminists such as the Guerrilla Girls that have helped change the foundation for the reception of contemporary art created by women.
In "Women of Power" Katarzyna Majak explores the power of women as she searched for female wisdom and plurality of spiritual paths hidden within the monoreligious Polish society. The witches, healers, enchanters, visionaries and spiritual leaders she discovered are discriminated against in the Catholic society and this series of work was the first time many of them owned their power publicly.
Participating female artists: Jennie Barrese, Jessica Charlotte, Jee Hwang, Sarah Kaufman, Lori Larusso, Katarzyna Majak, Jennifer Murray, Carolina Rodriguez Baptista, and Catherine Tafur.
Katarzyna Majak received her B.F.A. in Photography at Poznan Academy of Fine Arts (now a PhD candidate). In 2002 she was an artist-in-residence at 'Florida - First Contact' project at Atlantic Center for the Arts in Florida. Majak continued her studies in the US when she was awarded a scholarship by Anderson Ranch Arts Center in Colorado in 2003. She is a member of editorial board and a regular contributor to 'Fotografia' quarterly and had been a photography lecturer since 2003. In 2010 Majak was selected for 'Photographers' Network:2010', in Siegen, Germany. She has exhibited and curated throughout the U.S. and Poland where she is a member of the Association of Polish Art Photographers. Majak currently resides in Warsaw.
The Affordable Art Fair, created by Will Ramsay, is where contemporary art is accessible to all. The fair has 10 locations around the world, with the upcoming L.A. fair being the 11th. The fair will take place in Amsterdam (spring and fall), Bristol, Brussels, London (spring and fall), Los Angeles, Melbourne, Milan, New York (spring and fall), North London, Singapore, and Sydney, over $270 million worth of art has been sold at the fairs.
"Art x Women" opens on the 18th of January at 17:00 and runs through to the 22nd of January in Los Angeles.