JULIA CURYLO OPENS PORTO.ART — A NEW ART SPACE ON THE ATLANTIC COAST

 Porto.art marks its presence on the artistic map with the opening of a new space in Porto - a site where architecture, landscape, and contemporary art form an inseparable composition of meaning and matter. This is not a gallery in the classical sense, but a place of attention and presence - where art can fully resonate.

Created for those who seek depth rather than spectacle, Porto.art offers an environment in which time slows down - inviting reflection, conversation, and genuine engagement. It is a space designed to resist simplification, market logic, and seasonal trends. Instead, it is dedicated to building meaning that is quiet, consistent, and lasting.

Porto.art was created out of a belief that art is, above all, the ability to see - and to share what is true.
- Sebastian Mlodzinski, co-founder of Porto.art

Inaugural Exhibition: Julia Curylo

The first exhibition at Porto.art is dedicated to Julia Curylo, a painter whose work offers a poignant iconography of modernity and a visual meditation on the spiritual ambiguity of our time. Her large-format canvases blend the sacred and the absurd, the humorous and the ultimate, exploring the contradictions of belief, identity, and contemporary mythologies.

Award-Winning Work: Lost Dreams

This exhibition follows a major international recognition: Julia Curyło has been awarded First Prize in a painting competition concluded on June 2, 2025, for her monumental work Lost Dreams. Selected from over 100 submissions, the painting was praised for its profound emotional resonance and its unique blending of pop culture clichés with the anxieties of contemporary life.

As part of the award, Lost Dreams will be presented in the international exhibition at the legendary Mánes Gallery in Prague - one of Central Europe's most iconic venues for avant-garde and contemporary art. Curyło's inclusion in this show affirms her strong and growing presence in the European art world.

 The Opening: Slow Time, Direct Encounter

The opening at Porto.art will take the form of an extended, personal encounter with the artist. From June 18 to 20, between 10:00 am and 7:00 pm, visitors will have the opportunity to explore the exhibition in an intimate, unhurried setting. Julia Curyło will be present throughout, welcoming conversations about her work, inspirations, and future plans.

 A Broader Mission: Dialogue Beyond Borders

Porto.art's philosophy also finds resonance in its participation as an official partner of the 1st International Ceramics Sculpture Triennale (ICST). The Triennale's central exhibition will open on June 26, 2025, at the Academy of Fine Arts in Warsaw, bringing together leading ceramic artists from around the world.

We see our involvement in the ICST as a natural extension of Porto.art's mission - to support attentiveness, material intelligence, and practices that resist simplification.

- Maja Mlodzinska, co-founder of Porto.art

Spaces like Porto.art play a crucial role in building cultural bridges and expanding the reach of Polish contemporary art beyond our borders.
- Prof. Stanisław Brach, founder of the ICST

Porto.art invites all those who treat art as a space for depth, intimacy, and lasting attention - and who believe that seeing can be an act of meaning.

We begin this story with Julia Curylo.

We begin - with a gaze that remains.

Visit Information

🗓 June 18-20, 2025
🕙 10:00-19:00
📍 Rua do Coronel Raúl Peres 340, 4150-693 Porto
🌐 www.porto.art
📩 maja@mlodzinska.com