Joanna Pilarczyk is a London-based contemporary figurative painter. Born in Poland, Pilarczyk studied at the Art University in Zielona Gora, where she earned a Master’s degree in Visual Arts and Art Education.

Pilarczyk’s artistic talent has earned her recognition and accolades. She was recently shortlisted for the Guildford House Open and the Herbert Smith Freehills Portrait Award 2025 at the National Portrait Gallery. She also won the Boynes Monthly Artist Award [November 2024], the third time the jury awarded her painting in the ‘colour’ category. In 2023, Joanna was a finalist for the International Fikva Award for Figurative Painters and the Women United Art Prize in 2022 and 2021.

Her work has been exhibited nationally and internationally, including at prestigious venues such as the Royal Society of Arts, Mall Galleries at the Women in Art Fair, Start Art Fair at the Saatchi Gallery, and the Other Art Fair at Truman Brewery, London. Additionally, she showcased her newest paintings at a solo show with Oink Gallery, featuring pieces from her ‘My Paradise’ series. Joanna actively participated in the Spring and Summer editions of the Other Art Fair in 2022 – 2024.

Her artworks have crossed international borders, with her paintings from the ‘My Paradise’ series exhibited at the Superfine Art Fair in Times Square, New York and a solo show on Artsy curated by the Untitled Space Gallery. The works from the ‘Intimate Times’ series were exhibited at 33 Contemporary Gallery in Chicago, Mixx Atelier Gallery in Telluride, USA, and Kunstbehandlung Gallery in Munich, Germany.

She currently exhibits her paintings at the ‘Forever After?’ exhibition with the Mash Gallery in Los Angeles, where she previously showcased her work with the gallery at the Pacific Design Centre during Frieze LA. In March, Joanna participated in two International group shows: ‘Modern Female at the 33 Contemporary Gallery in Palm Beach and ‘Uprise 2025—the Art of Resistance,’ an exhibition celebrating Women’s History Month and the 10th Anniversary of the Untitled Space Gallery based in New York, curated by Indira Cesarine.