An interdisciplinary artist, creating within the Art & Science movement.
From 2002 to 2007, Katarzyna Tretyn studied at the Faculty of Fine Arts at Nicolaus Copernicus University. In 2012, she earned her PhD at her alma mater, and in 2020, she received her habilitation in fine arts and art conservation.
In her work, Katarzyna Tretyn narrates scientific themes by translating selected astronomical topics into art. She views art as a research process, with results that manifest through various techniques and media. Her primary artistic tool is thread, which she uses to create paintings, objects, and installations.
Light plays a crucial role in her art. She uses it to illustrate the cosmic environment and to explore new technologies.
Katarzyna Tretyn’s artistic activity not only introduces viewers to the world of science but also inspires reflection on it in both aesthetic and social contexts.
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From the author
The development of my artistic personality I gain by setting new objectives. I don’t create spontaneously – hand motions are visible in notes and sketches preceding the design process. First, I create my artworks by development
(for example visiting the Astronomical Observatory).Then by word (when I note my thoughts and ideas born in the development phase), by note – to finish the artwork process working at a computer.
There is no place for mistakes or changing my mind. But my art is not devoid of some fondness, warmth and sensuous silence – both in the artwork process and the final art form.
To make my projects better I realize them piece by piece to prompt me to the most satisfactory solution. It is like working for all the time on one artwork and each work, which is created, is another step in the realization of the „big plan”.
By observing the world, we get knowledge about ourselves. Searching for the identity of contemporary man through the study and discovery of the universe gives a rhythm to my art thinking and becomes a prime mover.
