Teresa Gierzyńska

Teresa Gierzyńska

BornNationalityBased In
1947PolishWarsaw
Biography

Born in 1947 in Rypin, Poland. Since the 1960s, photograph and its duplication techniques such as thermocopy or photocopy have become the main tool for the artist’s exploration of the representation of women and their role marked by society. Her most known cycle About Her proposes an investigation or introspection within the female identity, the mystical version of feminism, where the photographs are accompanied by adjectives – meaningful titles given to the pictures: Dangerous, Independent, Unapproachable, Mature, Cold, Worried, Thirty Years Old, Useless, Left-handed, Velvety, Caresses, Full of Hope. She lives and works in Warsaw. ...

Selected Artworks
Tormented II
Teresa GierzyńskaTormented II, 1980
39.5 x 29.5cm
Tormented III
Teresa GierzyńskaTormented III, 1980
39.5 x 29.5cm
Determined
Teresa GierzyńskaDetermined, 1980
29.5 x 38.8cm
Alone
Teresa GierzyńskaAlone, 1980
23.5 x 30cm
Teresa's Case
Teresa GierzyńskaTeresa's Case, 1979
28.5 x 19.5cm
Independent
Teresa GierzyńskaIndependent, 1979
28.7 x 19.5cm
Velvety
Teresa GierzyńskaVelvety, 1981
19.5 x 29.5cm
Quiet
Teresa GierzyńskaQuiet, 1981
29.5 x 19.5cm
Mature
Teresa GierzyńskaMature, 1979
28.7 x 19.5cm
Pregnant
Teresa GierzyńskaPregnant, 1979
28.7 x 19.5cm
Abandoned
Teresa GierzyńskaAbandoned, 1980
28.7 x 19.5cm
Careless I
Teresa GierzyńskaCareless I, 1979
28.7 x 19.5cm
Caresses XIII
Teresa GierzyńskaCaresses XIII, 1980
28.5 x 19.5cm
Caresses XV
Teresa GierzyńskaCaresses XV, 1981
29 x 19.5cm
Untitled
Teresa GierzyńskaUntitled, 1993
25 x 17cm
Rebellious
Teresa GierzyńskaRebellious, 1993
23.5 x 18cm
Under Pressure
Teresa GierzyńskaUnder Pressure, 1986
20.5 x 22.5cm
Indifferent
Teresa GierzyńskaIndifferent, 1989
21 x 29cm
Amok
Teresa GierzyńskaAmok, 1982
28.5 x 18.4cm
Waiting III
Teresa GierzyńskaWaiting III, 1989
15 x 20cm
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