In 2021, I defended my diploma in painting (MA) at the Faculty of Fine Arts of the University of Zielona Góra (Poland). I have participated in several dozen group exhibitions, including in Fabriano in Italy, New Delhi in India and Albi in France, as well as in my native country - Poland at the Pryzmat Gallery in Krakow, the Okna Gallery in Lublin, the Centre for Glass Heritage Gallery in Krosno, and the BWA Gallery in Zielona Góra. I have held several solo exhibitions, e.g. in the Museum of the Lubusz Land in Zielona Góra, the Ethnographic Museum in Zielona Góra and the Lubuskie Military Museum in Zielona Góra. I am a member of the Association of Polish Visual Artists and the Association of Friends of Vitrails "Ars Vitrea Polona" based in Krakow. My work is held in private collections in Germany, Switzerland, Canada and Luxembourg, as well as in the Lubuskie Military Museum and the Ethnographic Museum in Zielona Góra. My paintings can be purchased by contacting me directly or at the PRO ARTE Gallery of the Association of Polish Visual Artists, Zielona Góra Branch, at Stary Rynek 2-3, Zielona Góra.

Artist statement

I seek light in both the literal and figurative sense. I am interested in nature and humanity, with its problems and predatory nature towards other people, animals and plants. I work on projects using oil, acrylic and watercolour techniques:

1. The "Protest" project - in it, I try to sensitise viewers to the problems of today's world. It includes individual paintings, e.g. referring to the ecological disaster in the Oder River, or reacting to the news of the successful implantation of human cells into mice, but also, among others, a series of self-portraits entitled "Chip! chip. little chip...", which I created inspired by information contained in the books ’The Fourth Industrial Revolution" by Dr. Klaus Schwab and "Kwantechizm, czyli klatka na ludzi" (freely translated: Quantum Catechism 2.0 or the cage for humans" by Prof. Andrzej Dragan (the future of human chipping and the achievements of quantum physics enabling total interference in human biology...). 

2. The "Forest Bathing" project is a series that I have been creating since the COVID-19 pandemic and through the outbreak of war in Ukraine (a country neighbouring Poland) – as an internal need to react to the "realism of the world". I have transformed the avalanche of stressful situations, destructive feelings, but also hope and admiration for nature into abstract paintings, referring to the Japanese practice of healing through forest bathing - Shinrin-yoku (more about forest bathing - below, under the list of exhibitions). The cycle includes a series of watercolour paintings – inspired by the work of Gerhard Richter and Zao Wou-Ki, among others – as well as acrylic paintings and wooden objects.

                                                                                                                                                                                        Elzbieta Altevogt, known as Ella Alte

 

Exhibitions: 

II - III 2025 - Zielona Góra (Poland) - Museum of the Lubuskie Region (Muzeum Ziemi Lubuskiej), Niepodległości Avenue 15 - Collective exhibition "Stone Wedding"

XII 2024 - Zielona Góra (Poland) -  Pro Arte Gallery, 2-3 Stary Rynek Street - Collective exhibition "Artists in winter"

XI - XII 2024 - Zielona Góra (Poland) - Pro Arte Gallery, 2-3 Stary Rynek Street - solo painting exhibition "At the junction of heaven and earth"

XI - XII 2024 - Zielona Góra (Poland) - BWA Gallery, 19 Niepodległości Street - Autumn Salon 2024

II - III 2024 - Warsaw (Poland) - Culture Ferry Saska Kępa, 23 Brukselska Street - Collective Exhibition of Watercolors (Association of Polish Watercolorists)

I - II 2024 - Biała Podlaska (Poland) - Podlaska Gallery, 12 Warszawska Street - Collective Exhibition of Watercolors (Association of Polish Watercolorists)

XII 2023 - I 2024 - Gorzów Wielkopolski (Poland) - Municipal Art Center, 73 Pomorska Street - Autumn Salon 2023

X 2023 - Hanoi (Vietnam) -  Nhà Triển Lãm 29 Hàng Bài  - Collective Exhibition of Watercolors

VIII 2023 - IX 2023 - Lublin (Poland) - Gallery Okna, 12 Peowiaków Street, - Collective Exhibition of Watercolors (Association of Polish Watercolorists)

VI 2023 - Białystok (Poland) - Gallery Ground Floor of the Podlaska Library, 14a Maria Curie-Skłodowska Street - Collective Exhibition of Watercolors (Association of Polish Watercolorists)

V 2023 - VI 2023 - Zielona Góra (Poland) - Gallery Pro Arte, 2 Stary Rynek Street - Collective Exhibition "Artist by night"

XII 2022 - I 2023 - Zielona Góra (Poland) - BWA Gallery, 19 Niepodległości Street - Autumn Salon 2022

VII 2022 - Zielona Góra (Poland) - Gallery BWA, 19 Niepodległości Street - Collective Exhibition "propaGandhi" from the cycle "Shoty 6"

V 2022 - VI 2022 Zielona Góra (Poland) - Gallery Pro Arte, 2 Stary Rynek Street - Collective Exhibition "Between"

III 2022 - Albi (France) - Espace Art Galerie, 13, place Fernand Pelloutier - International collective Exhibition of Watercolors "Art Connexion Mondiale France - Pologne"

XI 2021 - XII  2021 - Gorzów Wielkopolski (Poland) - Gallery of Miejski Ośrodek Sztuki, 73 Pomorska Street - "Salon d'Automne" - review of the creativity of artists of the Lubuskie Voivodeship

X 2021 - XI 2021 - Zielona Góra (Poland) - Gallery PWW, 52A Ogrodowa Street - Individual Exhibition (paintings) "Forest bathing"

V 2021 - VI 2021 - Zielona Góra (Poland) - Gallery Pro Arte, 2 Stary Rynek Street - Collective Exhibition "Let's be Pro Arte"

III 2020 - Gorzów Wielkopolski (Poland) - Gallery KwadART, 2 Krzywoustego Street - Collective Exhibition of Watercolors (Association of Polish Watercolorists)

I 2020 - II 2020 - Bełchatów (Poland) - Gallery MCK PGE Giganty Mocy, 3 Narutowicza Square - Collective Exhibition of Watercolors (Association of Polish Watercolorists)

XI 2019 - I 2020 - Turek (Poland) - Museum of the City of Turek, 1 Wojska Polskiego Square - Collective Exhibition of Watercolors (Association of Polish Watercolorists) 

XI 2019 - Radomsko (Poland) - Regional Museum Gallery, 1 Narutowicza Street -  Collective Exhibition of Watercolors (Association of Polish Watercolorists) 

IV 2019 - Fabriano (Italy) -  Collective Exhibition of Watercolors

II 2019 - III 2019 - Warsaw (Poland) - Wyższa Szkoła Ekologii i Zarządzania, 16 Rejtana Street - "Watercolor" - Collective Exhibition of Watercolors (Association of Polish Watercolorists)

I 2019 - II 2019 - Zielona Góra (Poland) - Art Gallery PWW, 52A Ogrodowa Street - Individual Exhibition (paintings) "Symbolic story about a man"

XI 2018 - XII 2018 - Dębica (Poland) - Art Gallery of the Municipal Cultural Center, 6 Akademicka Street  - Collective Exhibition of Watercolors (Association of Polish Watercolorists)

VIII 2018 - IX 2018 - Kraków (Poland) - Gallery of the Association of Polish Visual Artists "PRYZMAT" - Collective Exhibition of Watercolors (Association of Polish Watercolorists) 

VII 2018 - VIII 2018 - Skaryszew (Poland) - Gallery "Podwórko Sztuki", Romuald Kołodziej, 17 Kardynała Wyszyńskiego Street - Collective Exhibition of Watercolors (Association of Polish Watercolorists) 

VI 2018 - Pruszków (Poland) - Center of Culture and Sport - Collective Exhibition of Watercolors (Association of Polish Watercolorists) 

IV 2018 - V 2018 - Toruń (Poland) - Diocesan Museum in Toruń - Collective post-competitive Exhibition "Gothic Variations II"     

III 2018 - IV 2018 - Grudziądz (Poland) - Museum in Grudziądz - Collective Exhibition of Watercolors (Association of Polish Watercolorists) 

XII 2017 - New Delhi (India) - All India Fine Arts & Crafts Society - Collective Exhibition of Watercolors during the "2nd International Watercolor Society India Biennale" 

XI 2017 - XII 2017 - Lublin (Poland) -  Collective Exhibition of Watercolors

IV 2017 - X 2017 -  Zielona Góra (Poland) - Military Museum of the Lubuskie Region (Lubuskie Muzeum Wojskowe) - Individual Exhibition (stained glass)

IV 2017 - Fabriano (Italy) -  Collective Exhibition of Watercolors

II 2016 - VIII 2016 -  Zielona Góra (Poland), Museum of the Lubuskie Region (Muzeum Ziemi Lubuskiej) - Individual Exhibition (stained glass and watercolour paintings);

XII 2014 - Kożuchów (Poland), Centre for Culture and Sport "Zamek" - Individual Exhibition "Near the nature" (paintings);

VII-X 2014 -  Krosno (Poland), Centre for Heritage Glass Krosno - Collective Exhibition (stained glass);

VII-IX 2014 -  Zielona Góra (Poland), Ethnographic Museum in Zielona Gora/Ochla - Individual Exhibition (stained glass and paintings); 

XII 2012 - I 2013 - Nowa Sol (Poland), City Museum - Individual Exhibition "My stained glass, my paintings" (exhibition of stained glass and paintings);

V 2012 – Kożuchów (Poland),  Centre for Culture and Sport "Zamek" - Individual Exhibition "The four elements in the city ..." (exhibition of stained glass); 

 

Shinrin-yoku – Forest bathing – its essence is the natural environment – the forest and the human ability to "immerse oneself in it", i.e. to intensively absorb the sounds, smells, light, colours and the very air that fills the forest ecosystem. This process takes place by walking slowly through the forest, looking for birds, listening to their songs, observing the treetops, their trunks, shrubs, forest undergrowth, noticing various forms of life, multiple shapes and different shades of green. Such slow walks in a forest environment, through a number of factors, help the body to relax, regenerate after stress, normalise vital signs and rebuild immunity. People who are "immersed in forest bathing" experience a reduction in the intensity of tension, anxiety, fear, depression, fatigue and anger, while their sense of satisfaction, peace, vitality and joy increases.

 

Plein-Air:  

X 2018 - Aquarell-Plein-Air (Association of Polish Watercolorists) - Łagów (Poland) 

IX 2018 - Aquarell-Plein-Air (Association of Polish Watercolorists) - Lanckorona (Poland) - during the 21. International ECWS Watercolor Art Symposium in Krakow 2018

X 2017 - Aquarell-Plein-Air (Association of Polish Watercolorists) - Łagów (Poland)

VIII 2017 - Aquarell-Workshop & Plein-Air – Lublin (Poland)

V/VI 2017 - Plein-Air - Kosobudki (Primeval Forest of Rzepin / Poland)

X 2016 - Aquarell-Plein-Air (Association of Polish Watercolorists) - Łagów (Poland)

VIII 2016 - Plein-Air - Kosobudki (Primeval Forest of Rzepin / Poland)

V 2016 - Aquarell-Workshop & Plein-Air (Association of Polish Watercolorists) – Kazimierz Dolny on the Vistula (Poland)

X 2015 - Aquarell-Plein-Air - Łagów (Association of Polish Watercolorists) - Łagów (Poland)

X 2015 - Plein-Air - Kosobudki (Primeval Forest of Rzepin / Poland)

VI 2015 - Plein-Air “Painted with wine” – Ochla/Łaz near Zielona Góra (Poland)

VI 2015 - Aquarell-Workshop & Plein-Air – Kazimierz Dolny on the Vistula (Poland)