Kasia Bytnerowicz graduated with a B.A. in Art from Williams College, where she won the Peyser Prize in Painting. Her work has been exhibited in numerous shows, including the Fort Wayne Museum of Art 2008 Biennial: Contemporary American Realism. She also won the Best in Show prize at the Cambridge Art Association's Northeast Prize show in 2008. For the past two years she has focused on fine art portraiture. She studied with Tom Ouellette in Boston and Marvin Mattelson in New York.

Kasia turns to portraiture to establish human connection and continuity between past, present and future. "Painting allows me to get beneath the surface and really connect with the person at the core," she says. "With a painting, especially an oil painting, you're forced to take the time to go deep.”

“Portraiture,” says Kasia, “has been a traditional subject for painters. My goal is to learn the technique, improve upon it, and pass it to future generations. So many things nowadays are impermanent and disposable. What is appealing about portraiture is leaving something of yourself that will live longer than you, a document of our time.”

Solo and Two-Person Exhibitions

2007
“Kasia Bytnerowicz – Threadbare”, Atlantic Works Gallery, East Boston, MA

2006
“Kasia Bytnerowicz – Works from the Arboretum, Terra Nova, and Threadbare Series”, Art Institute of Boston Gallery, Cambridge, MA

2005  
“Kasia Bytnerowicz – Recent Work”, Bentley College, Waltham, MA
“Surface Tension”, Atlantic Works Gallery, East Boston, MA

Selected Group Exhibitions

2008
"Contemporary American Realism Biennial", Fort Wayne Museum of Art, IN
“Northeast Prize Show”, Best in Show, Cambridge Art Association, Cambridge, MA
“International Juried Show”, Hun Gallery, New York, NY

2007
“International Juried Show”, Kolok Gallery, North Adams, MA
“Conservation and Construction”, Gallery RFD, Swainsboro, GA

2006
DeCordova Museum Benefit Auction and Exhibit, Lincoln, MA
Boston Cow Parade Artist, Boston, MA
“World of Art”, Qbix Gallery, Philadelphia, PA

2005
“Darkness”, Atlantic Works Gallery, East Boston, MA
DeCordova Museum Corporate Program Artist
“Orange Show”, Atlantic Works Gallery, East Boston, MA
East Boston Open Studios, East Boston, MA
" Flower Show", Dragonfly Gallery, Martha's Vineyard, MA