Joanna Salska, also working under the pseudonym Uba Owl, is a
Polish-American visual artist known for her fine art gallery paintings and for
founding the interdisciplinary art movement, Alterrealism. She currently works out of
Berkeley, California.
Salska initially came to the
United States in 1982, funded by a
Yaddo Foundation
Yaddo is an artists' community located on a estate in Saratoga Springs, New York. Its mission is "to nurture the creative process by providing an opportunity for artists to work without interruption in a supportive environment.". On March ...
grant.
Joanna Salska was one of 14 US artists chosen for the 4th Beijing International Art Biennale, 2010, taking place at the
Beijing National Art Museum. She has exhibited widely in galleries and museums and throughout US, Europe and Asia.
Alterrealism
Joanna Salska as Uba Owl has created a foundation of a new artistic direction which she calls "Alterrealism.” It is an interdisciplinary movement connecting arts and sciences. The main purpose of Alterrealism is to describe a hidden reality in a world dominated and determined by new mass media.
References
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Living people
Year of birth missing (living people)
21st-century Polish women artists
21st-century Polish artists
Academy of Fine Arts in Warsaw alumni