CLAIRE KOWALEWSKI IS AN AMERICAN ARTIST, BORN IN CALIFORNIA, AND LIVED IN JAPAN FROM 2018 THROUGH 2023. TODAY, SHE LIVES AND WORKS IN BERLIN.
CLAIRE KOWALEWSKI CREATES MINIATURE WORLDS ON AND OFFLINE. THROUGHOUT HER CAREER, HER WORK HAS BEEN INEXTRICABLY LINKED TO JAPAN. SHE APPLIES HER CLASSICAL PAINTING BACKGROUND TO HER EXPLORATION OF JAPAN’S CULTURAL HYPERSENSITIVITY TO AESTHETICS AND DESIGN–FOR EXAMPLE: IN PUBLIC SPACES, FOOD PACKAGING, OR THE VISUAL BRANDING OF PUBLIC FIGURES.
HER SPACES, AND THEIR INHABITANTS, ZOOM IN AND OUT ON CONSUMERISM, SELF-ESTEEM, AND POP CULTURE, RARELY LANDING AT THE SAME POINT BETWEEN MINIMALISM AND MAXIMALISM.
KOWALEWSKI’S ILLUSTRATED CURATIONS ADDRESS THE POWER OF DESIGN AND HOW IT CAN BE USED TO AFFECT OUR EMOTIONS AND ULTIMATELY, OUR BEHAVIOR.
