Basia Tylewska – “Sensing Life” – Painting Exhibition

Opening: Wednesday, 16 April at 5:00 p.m. | Foyer Gallery | Free entry

We warmly invite you to the opening of Basia Tylewska’s latest painting exhibition, “Sensing Life”, taking place at the Foyer Gallery. The exhibition is open to the public and free of charge.

Exhibition dates: 16 April – 9 May (closed on 21 April and 1–2 May)
Opening hours: Monday to Friday, 8:00 a.m. – 6:00 p.m., and during scheduled events.

About the Exhibition
The works gathered under the title “Sensing Life” bring painterly self-reflection into the light from the dark and crooked corners of introspection. The pieces explore the cyclical nature of time and the duality encrypted in the materiality of image-making—through the language of words and metaphor.

“Life and non-life, the ways we perceive it and the strategies we use to avoid seeing it, are like two sides of the same painting: one brushed with colour, and the reverse, where only blackness seeps through.

Sensing, it seems, is a dominant and unifying synonym of experience, surpassing perception. In the field of consciousness, a transparent and simultaneous struggle continues—with the non-sensing and the unseen reality of non-life.

In the porous space between life and death, the image wishes to speak—and therefore, to live. At least, that’s what I’ve managed to determine so far.”
– Basia Tylewska

About the Artist
Basia Tylewska is a Szczecin-based artist working primarily in oil painting. She is a member of the Association of Polish Artists and Designers (ZPAP) and has exhibited widely, both individually and as part of artist collectives. Notable exhibitions include:

• “Boundaries of Metaphor” – a solo retrospective (2021, Pomeranian Library in Szczecin)

• “We Are – SAIE Anniversary Exhibition” (2022, Pomeranian Dukes’ Castle in Szczecin)

• “Venetian Re-creations” – solo show (2023, ZPAP “Mały Kierat” Gallery, Szczecin)

This exhibition is co-organised with the State Secondary School of Fine Arts in Szczecin.