Karolina Jabłońska
Growth#65
Egon Investment Scores
Liquidity
6/10
How easily works can be bought and sold at auction
Institutional
7/10
Museum collections, biennials, and institutional recognition
Momentum
9/10
Recent price trends, gallery moves, and market buzz
Discovery
1/10
Undervaluation opportunity relative to peer artists
Risk
2/10
Investment risk factors — higher means more volatile
Market Position
- Liquidity
- Secondary Market Liquidity
- Moderate - consistent auction presence since 2017, approximately 5-8 lots annually
- Comparables
- Contemporary Polish painters: Wilhelm Sasnal (established), Marcin Maciejowski (mid-career), peers in neo-expressionist figurative painting
- Collector Base
- Notable Collections
Note Collection Featured in DESA articles on contemporary art collecting in Poland — — ING Polish Art Foundation Works included in Centre of Contemporary Art, Toruń exhibition from large private collection Private collections - Geographic Distribution
- Strong Polish collector base, expanding international presence
- Primary Market
- Note
- Gallery-controlled market indicates strong institutional support
- Availability
- Limited, works primarily available through primary gallery
- Current Pricing
- Price on request through Esther Schipper
- Auction History
- Price Range
- Note
- Prices vary significantly by size, medium, and period
- Low USD
- 228
- High USD
- 46351
- Auction Record
- Date
- September 2024
- Work
- Night gymnastics (2020)
- Price USD
- $46,351
- Auction House
- Desa Unicum
- Price Evolution
- Note
- Significant price appreciation following Esther Schipper representation (announced 2023)
- Early Period 2017-2020
- Low thousands to mid-five figures USD
- Recent Period 2023-2024
- Consistent mid-to-high five figures, auction record $46,351 USD
- Market Trajectory
- Accelerating (2017-2024)
- Total Lots Tracked
- 31
- Recent Auction Results 2023
Title Year Sale Date Status FIGHT 2018 October 4, 2023 Sold Bez tytułu (Untitled) 2022 September 7, 2023 Sold In flowers 2017 March 9, 2023 Sold - Recent Auction Results 2024
Title Year Auction House Sale Date Status Night gymnastics 2020 Desa Unicum September 12, 2024 — SLEEPING 2017 Various June 12, 2024 Sold Bez tytułu (Untitled) 2018 — November 23, 2024 Sold BIAŁA RĘKAWICZKA (White Glove) 2021 — October 30, 2024 Sold BEZ TYTUŁU (GRAVE) 2016 — April 17, 2024 Sold - Historical Results 2018-2021
Title Year Sale Date Winter corn 2018 June 8, 2021 Kałuża 2017 May 11, 2021 Untitled (coat) 2010 March 11, 2021 Furious horse 2016 March 11, 2021 Autoportret z lwem 2013 November 17, 2020 Horse in the mud 2011 June 13, 2019 Suffocation 2016 October 17, 2018
- Market Position
- Strong upward trajectory - major gallery representation secured 2023, expanding international exhibition program, rising auction results
Institutional Presence
Museum of Modern Art, Warsaw (MSN)
Warsaw, PolandING Polish Art Foundation
PolandSilesian Museum
Katowice, Poland- Exhibitions
- Major Group Exhibitions
Title Institution Dates Venue Location Global Fascisms — 2025 Various (including Esther Schipper participation) — MOCAK Exhibition Museum of Contemporary Art in Krakow October 25, 2025 - February 15, 2026 — — Who's Afraid of Cartoony Figuration? Dallas Contemporary April 3 - September 22, 2024 — Dallas, Texas, USA Reconciling Apparent Contradictions — March 3 - April 8, 2023 Esther Schipper Berlin, Germany Mainly for Women SCAD Museum of Art January-July 2021 — Savannah, Georgia, USA On the Politics of Delicacy — January-February 2020 Capitain Petzel Berlin, Germany Paint, also known as blood Museum of Modern Art, Warsaw 2019 — — Sensations/Closer to the people — October-November 2019 Kunstverein Schattendorf Austria NADA Project Art Fair — December 5-8, 2019 Potencja Gallery Miami, USA XY - New Generation Polish-Hungarian Painting MODEM Center for Modern and Contemporary Arts June 2017 — Debrecen, Hungary
- Museum Collections
- Institutional Validation Notes
- Strong emerging institutional recognition - permanent collection at Museum of Modern Art Warsaw, ING Foundation; major group shows at international museums (SCAD, Dallas Contemporary); first Asian museum solo 2025; representation by blue-chip gallery Esther Schipper elevates institutional profile significantly
Career & Biography
- Career
- Working Method
- Systematic studio practice, works Monday-Friday 9am to evening, treats painting as professional work
- Identity
- Awards
Year Award 2014 Prize in Grey House Foundation Competition 2014 Nomination for 'Nowy Obraz' Prize 2016 Dolnośląski Klub Kapitału Prize (Eugeniusz Geppert Competition) 2017 2nd Prize, 43rd Painting Biennale 'Bielska Jesień' 2019 Distinction in Bizneswoman Roku Competition - Current Location
- Kraków, Poland
- Artistic Collective
- Name
- Potencja
- Role
- Co-founder
- Description
- Artist-run space and collective in Kraków, also co-founded 'Łałok' art magazine
- Year Founded
- 2012
- Collaborators
- Tomasz KręcickiCyryl Polaczek
- Residencies Fellowships
Year Location Program — — Ministry of Science and Higher Education Scholarship 2018 Spinnerei Leipzig LIA Programme Residency 2021 Brussels Fern Residency 2022 London Fores Project Residency
Artistic Profile
- Style
- Description
- Neo-expressionist figurative painting combining art brut license with confessional modernist power
- Characteristics
- Monumental self-portraits with recurring protagonistLarge, expressive brown eyes and prominent bushy eyebrowsTight framing and dramatic croppingFigures with pink or purplish glowing edgesDistorted perspectives and exaggerated proportionsLimited color palette emphasizing emotional darknessCharacteristic color range: pinks, purples, blues, warm greys, blanched magentas
- Evolution
- Mid Period 2016-2019
- Potencja collective activities, violent emotions, fight scenes, neo-expressionist intensity - works like 'Bójka' (Fight, 2018), established recognition
- Early Period 2010-2015
- Development during Academy studies - tight framing established with works like 'Self portrait without head' and 'Girl in a white dress' (both 2015)
- Pandemic Period 2020-2021
- COVID-19 isolation paintings, domestic interiors, introspective works - 'Sleeping and Waking' series
- Recent Period 2022-present
- Invisibility theme, expanded international platform, increased scale and conceptual sophistication - 'How to be invisible' series (2023), 'Kitchen series' with political metaphors
- Influences
- Old Masters
- CaravaggioTizianoRenaissance Netherlands masters
- 20th Century
- PicassoNew Objectivity painters
- Contemporary
- Maria LassnigVictor ManAlexander TineiPhilip Guston
- Feminist Artists
- Undervalued female artists throughout history
- Visual Language
- Varied - from small wood panel paintings (20-25cm) to monumental canvases (250 x 150cm triptychs, 210 x 380cm panoramic works)
- Themes and Subjects
- Young women in emotional states (screaming, crying, fighting, contemplating)Everyday activities made awkward or intense (bathing, eating, drawing, combing hair)Themes of invisibility and visibilityDomestic entrapment and women's traditional rolesBodily sensations of extreme cold and heatIsolation and pandemic experiencePolitical restrictions on women's bodies and rightsSelf-portraits functioning as generalized female alter egoDomestic interiors and everyday activitiesFood and kitchen imagery (boiling pots, jars, preserves)Eyes and intense gazingBodies in states of concealment or transformationNatural elements (leaves, grass, weather)Clothing as tool for hiding or revealing
- Movements and Periods
- Philosophical Approach
- Working Method
- Systematic daily practice, Monday-Friday 9am-evening, treating painting as professional work; intuitive development of exhibition concepts
- Artist Statement Themes
- Paintings come from small sensory and emotional impressionsInterest in dark side of human nature and uneasy emotionsCritical observation of world, particularly women's experiencesLife isn't as simple and colorful as social mediaPerpetual stress concerning wars, refugee crises, climate catastrophesPlaying with stereotypical pictures of women in media
- Techniques and Mediums
Critical Reception
- Critical Reception
- Critical Themes
- Neo-expressionist figuration with art brut influencesFeminist perspective on women's bodies and political restrictionsSelf-portraiture as exploration of multiple identitiesVisibility/invisibility dialecticDomestic space as site of entrapment and political metaphorEmotional intensity and 'uneasy emotions'Dark eroticism and psychological statesReferences to art history (Old Masters, modernist painters, Maria Lassnig)
- Critical Positioning
Note Comparison Descriptor — — one of the most prized and popular artists of the younger generation in Poland — — one of the most interesting artists of the young generation in Poland Frieze review draws direct comparison to Lassnig's self-portraiture and body awareness paintings Maria Lassnig — Frieze identifies formal influences in use of hands, shoes, watches Philip Guston — Contextualised within Polish feminist art history Magdalena Abakanowicz, Barbara Kozłowska —
- Publications and Media
- Books Catalogues
- Title
- Made-Up Story
- Description
- First album/monograph presenting works of Karolina Jabłońska
- Significance
- Comprehensive overview of practice
- Focus
- Catalogue of motives and narratives in work of Jabłońska, Kręcicki, and Polaczek
- Title
- The Potency. Glossary of Symbols
- Language
- Polish-English
- Collaboration
- BWA Zielona Góra
- Major Publications Coverage
Date Article Focus Publication February 14, 2024 Karolina Jabłońska Plays Hide and Seek Review of 'How to be invisible' exhibition at Esther Schipper Frieze February 15, 2024 Karolina Jabłońska on Invisibility and Painting — Ocula Magazine July 18, 2024 Summer Treat: See Karolina Jabłońska's Punchy Paintings Dallas Contemporary exhibition coverage Patron Magazine October 2020, July 2021 — — Vogue Poland August 3, 2020 — Practice, influences, Potencja collective Metal Magazine September 2025 Global Fascisms — e-flux — — — Art Review — — — Kunstkritikk August 16, 2025 — START Museum exhibition announcement ArtDaily
Gallery & Representation
- Fair Presence
- Art Fair Participation
Year Booth Fair 2019 Potencja Gallery NADA Art Fair 2025 Esther Schipper Booth J11 Art Basel Miami Beach
- Representation
- Gallery Trajectory
- Exceptional - progressed from artist-run space (2012) to leading Polish gallery Raster (2018) to blue-chip international gallery Esther Schipper (2023) within 11 years
- International Reach
- Expanding rapidly - representation now covers Europe (Berlin, Paris), Asia (Seoul), with US presence through previous exhibitions and fair participation
- Artist Run Initiatives
Name Role Potencja Gallery Co-founder with Tomasz Kręcicki and Cyryl Polaczek Łałok Magazine Co-founder - Secondary Representation
Location Exhibition Gallery Status Los Angeles, USA No Rest For The Weary (2021) Steve Turner Gallery Past solo exhibition, US market presence Vienna, Austria Hyperbole (2020) Zeller van Almsick Past solo exhibition
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