Profile

Basia Kaczmarowska-Hamilton

Biography

Introduction

Barbara Kaczmarowska Hamilton was born in Sopot, Poland. She graduated from the Academy of Art in Gdansk in 1972, then continued her studies at the Accademia di Belle Arti in Venice and Rome. In 1997 she was awarded the Order of merit by the President of Poland. A specialist in pastel portraits, she divides her working time between her country home in Berkshire, her studio in London and travelling abroad.

Education

Academy of Art, Gdansk, Poland
Accademia di Belle Arti in Venice and Rome

Awards

1973 - International Exhibition of Paintings and Sculptures of Young Artists, Rome
1973 - 2nd Prize - Biennale of Contemporary Art, Rome
1973 - 1st Prize Exhibition of Contemporary Art, Rome
1973 - Bronze Medal, 4th Review of Contemporary Art, Fontana di Trevi
1979 - Gold Medal, 3rd Biennale of Gdañsk Art, Gdañsk
1980 - 2nd Prize, 33rd Festival of Arts, BWA, Sopot
1980 - Bronze Medal, Festival of Polish Contemporary Painting

Selected Commissions

The Queen Mother
HRH Princess Alexandra of Kent
HRH Duke of Kent
HRH Prince Michael of Kent
Duchess of York
Lady Salisbury
Sultan of Brunei and Family
Ffion Hague

Group Exhibitions

1972 - Venezia, Bevilaqua La Masa
1973 - Rome, National Biennale of Modern Art
1973 - Rome, Palazzo Nazionale
1979 - Gdansk, 10th Festival of Polish Contemporary Art
1981 - Royal Portrait Society, London
1982-4 - Royal Pastel Society, The Mall Gelleries
1984 - Warsaw, Zacheta

Solo Exhibitions

1972 - Gallery 8, Soport, Poland
1973 - Penellaccio, Rome
1973 - Gallery Picasso, Sassari
1974 - Cassel Gallery, London
1976 - Galleria Il Trittico via Margutta
1980 - Gdansk, Sieñ Gdañsk
1984 - Palm Beach, Florida
1985 - Palm Springs, California
1985 - Polish Museum, Sikorski Institute, London
1986 - Palm Springs, California
1987 - Palm Beach, Florida
1987-9 - Polish Hearth, London
1988 - Liguanea Club Kingston, Jamaica
1992 - Palm Beach, Florida
1992 - Polish Cultural Institute, London
1994 - Accademia Italiana, London
1999 - European Academy for the Arts, London

Queen mother	Sara ferguson and daughters	The pope
Chess isabel de braganca	Hrh duke of kent