The painting “Stefania Wojtulanis-Karpińska. Pilot. A Warsaw Woman” at the 26th Festival of Polish Contemporary Painting – Szczecin 2026, at the Pomeranian Dukes’ Castle.
The exhibition opening ceremony took place on September 24.
The post-competition exhibition is on view until December 27.
The Pomeranian Dukes’ Castle is beautifully restored.
And the view of the city skyline and the Oder River floodplain from the Northern Terrace is spectacular!
Highly recommended 🌞
Stefania Wojtulanis-Karpińska (1912–2005) – a pioneer of women’s aviation. A glider and balloon pilot associated with the Warsaw Aeroclub. During World War II, she served in the British ATA (Air Transport Auxiliary), carrying out aircraft transport and ferry flights. After the war, she continued her career in aviation as a pilot and instructor. She was the first Polish woman to make a parachute jump.
The city still holds stories that have yet to be told.
Many of them are the stories of women – pioneers of social change.
They are among those to whom we owe the shape of the capital as we know it today.
Among them were scientists, writers, soldiers, doctors, researchers, artists, architects, Olympians, and feminist and social activists, of both Polish and Jewish origin. They were pioneers of important social changes that shaped the lives of subsequent generations of women. They actively participated in the social, cultural and political life of the city.
Some of them are widely known, while others have been almost completely forgotten, and some experienced various forms of exclusion. The painting series “Warsaw Women” consists of works inspired by these women, whose biographies I explore through both research and artistic practice. The aim of the series is to restore the memory of these remarkable women and to make their presence visible in the history of the city.
“Stefania Wojtulanis-Karpińska. Pilot. A Warsaw Woman”, acrylic on canvas, 120 × 200 cm (2 × 100 × 120 cm), 2026
