Cafe club Aquarium
vernissage: Monday, 22 May, 2 pm 

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 The exhibition presents watercolours and brush drawings created between 1999 and 2017 and inspired by the world of fauna and flora.

"Beata Tarnawa's paintings are like fairy tales; colourful stories with profound messages, a world in which fauna and flora coexist with humans. The artist personifies Mother Earth, which gives life and embraces all existence with its breath. You could call it religious painting were it not for the attributes which are slightly different from those encoded in the history of art. Similarly to religious art, these cheerful images of charming animals are intended to invoke good emotions, sensitize the viewer to the beauty and harmony of nature, and give us strength to protect the natural world.

Beata purposefully uses simple symbols and pure colours. These luminous watercolour compositions are most usually used as posters or covers of publications by the Gaia Club - an organization fighting the stupidity, greed and thoughtlessness of all those who treat animals, trees and rivers solely as a source of income. These paintings are like banners carried by those who oppose such attitudes".    
                                                                                                       Agata Smalcerz

Beata Tarnawa is a socially engaged artist whose work is closely linked to the activities of the Gaia Club, an ecological organization she has been actively involved in for almost 30 years. She uses different forms of painting, visual arts and stage designs for various social activities. She has presented her paintings at the following exhibitions: "In the middle of the Earth I stand" (Warsaw, Kraków, Bielsko-Biała, 2001-2003); "One night" (Warsaw, 2004); "Art for the Earth" (Bielska Gallery BWA, 2005); In 2014 she presented her work at the Wiktoria Kubisz Community Centre in Bielsko-Biała.

She is also a performer creating mandalas from sand, pebbles and soil, including "Mandala for the Earth" in Galeria Bielska BWA in Bielsko-Biała (2005), "Mandala for the Vistula" at the Poniatówka Beach in Warsaw (2014). Other pursuits include street shows and happenings which she organizes together with Jacek Bożek, the founder of the Gaia Club. Her posters and graphic designs are used in the campaigns and other schemes run by the Gaia Club.

The exhibition runs from 22 May to 11 June 2017.

The exhibition is a part of the 3rd Festival Eco Craft 2017 organized by the Gaia Club.