Karolina Ciecholewska on Art, Grit, and Spring Potatoes
Polish-born, New York-based multidisciplinary designer Karolina Ciecholewska shares personal reflections in an interview. She finds joy in experiencing art, describing it as a physical satisfaction akin to eating something delicious. Her first creative memory is painting an elephant with her father, which taught her the depth of thinking required to depict reality. She views mistakes as leading to positive outcomes. For heartbreak, she relies on physical activity like running and cycling. She cries when people sacrifice their lives for freedom, empathizing deeply as someone born at the edge of the Soviet Union's fall. Ciecholewska imagines the afterlife as being asleep, preferring hell's creative tortures in Renaissance art over heaven's assembly of older men. She dislikes her negativity spirals and love for dark themes, but loves her grit and hard work. Her favorite meal is spring potatoes with butter and dill.
Key facts
- Karolina Ciecholewska is a multidisciplinary designer born in Poland and based in New York.
- Her work spans digital and physical media with a focus on immersive storytelling and material expression.
- She uses she/her pronouns.
- Photo credit: Daniel Ziv.
- She describes experiencing art as a physical satisfaction.
- Her first creative memory is painting an elephant with her father.
- She believes mistakes and failures can have positive consequences.
- She copes with heartbreak through physical activity: running, lifting, cycling.
- She cries when people give their lives for freedom, referencing the fall of the Soviet Union.
- She imagines the afterlife as being asleep and prefers hell depictions in Renaissance art.
- She dislikes her negativity spirals and love for dark, sad, unsolvable things.
- She loves her grit and working hard to achieve dreams.
- Her favorite meal is spring potatoes with butter and dill.
- The interview appears on PRINT Magazine.
Entities
Artists
- Karolina Ciecholewska
Institutions
- PRINT Magazine
Locations
- Poland
- New York