Izabella Gustowska (b. 1948, Poznań), "Relative qualities of similarity - About Heaven II," from the series "About Heaven, Earth and About Myself Too" (Angel II), 1987.

Exhibited

XII Presentation of Painters of Socialist Countries, Castle of Pomeranian Dukes, Szczecin, August-September 1987.

43rd International Art Exhibition - La Biennale di Venezia, Polish Pavilion, Venice, 26.06-25.09.1988
Izabela Gustowska "Relative features of similarity", Studio Gallery, Warsaw, February-March 1990.

Literature
Biennale de Venise '88. Pologne, exhibition catalog, Polish Pavilion in Venice, ed. Malgorzata Kurasiak, Warsaw 1988, cat. no. 3, nlb.
Izabella Gustowska. Relative Features of Similarity, exhibition catalog, BWA Gallery in Poznań, Art Propaganda Center in Łódź, ed. Wojciech Makowiecki, Poznań-Łódź 1990, nlb. (il.)
Izabella Gustowska. Relative features of similarity I-II, compiled by. Wojciech Makowiecki and others, Poznań 2000, pp. 103, 111 (il.)

Biography
Graduated in 1972 - in the studio of Tadeusz Brzozowski - from the Academy of Fine Arts in Poznan. Currently a professor at this university. In 1975-92 she ran the ON Gallery in Poznań, with which she has been working ever since. She creates graphics, painting, installations and video installations, video-performance, objects. She combines her works into cycles, including: Relative Features of Similarity I (1979-90; objects, prints, installations); Dreams (1990-94; installations, video installations, prints); Flowing (1994-97; objects, video-objects and installation); Life is a Story (since 2002; video installation). She has had many solo exhibitions at home and abroad, including in Warsaw, Wroclaw, Sopot, Hannover, Lund, Rennes and Edmonton. The artist has also shown her works in group exhibitions: Sao Paulo Biennale (twice), Vienna, Washington, Dresden, Amsterdam, Barcelona and New York. Her works are in many international collections around the world. She has won numerous awards and prizes.