Interview with Monika Gloviczki
Dr. Monika L. Gloviczki was born in Poland. She studied medicine in Warsaw and in Paris, at the Faculty of Medicine - CHU Necker-Enfants Malades, where she earned her MD and PhD title.
In 2007, she moved to the United States and joined Mayo Clinic in Rochester, MN, where she worked until 2013.
Gloviczki’s artistic education begun at an early age with her father, Stanislaw Kazmierczyk, a Polish artist painter and illustrator, who taught her basics of drawings, gouache, and oil painting. She also followed classes of drawings and paintings in Warsaw and later in Paris, at the Ateliers du Carrousel du Louvre. In the US she attended a two-year colourists’ school class. Since 2013, Monika Gloviczki has been a recognized painter, exhibiting regularly. She has had 33 group exhibitions, most in the US but also in France, Italy, and Azerbaijan. Among the shows the most important to be mentioned are the annual exhibitions at “Agora Gallery” in New York, NY, from 2016 to present; three exhibitions at M.A.D.S. Art Gallery in Milano, Italy in 2021; the “Art 3F” Art fair in Paris from 2018 to 2020 and the “19th Salon International d’Art Contemporain” in Paris, in 2016. Her works belong to private and public collections in the US and in France.
Can you tell us about the moment you decided to pursue a career as an artist?
I have always been painting and drawing and will always do so. However, to make living as an artist is hard. My father was a painter, illustrator and graphic designer. I witnessed how difficult it was for him thus my choice was to keep art as part of my private life. I became a physician involved in vascular research in France and for years, I was happy with my medical profession and the artwork’s time was reserved for evenings, weekends and vacations. Fifteen years ago, I have moved to the US. In my new country, with a supportive husband, I decided to move forward and fully develop my artist identity. I took several classes, got accepted into the artists’ association in Minnesota, started to exhibit and sell my art locally and internationally, and slowly emerged as an acknowledged painter.
What kind of an artist do you ultimately see yourself?
My dream is to spend the rest of my life in Arizona, where we moved to two years ago, work in my art studio and complete thousands of painting projects secretly stored in my mind. I know that abstract art suits me the best. I feel totally free and happy with it, although I love to exercise with landscapes and portraits.
What do you want your art to convey to those who see it? What is the meaning or creative motivation behind your work?
Everybody connects to paintings in a different way. I have no idea what people might read by looking at my art and what is the meaning of it. When I was a child, I could spend hours absorbed by Vermeer’s paintings, they brought me the sensation of peace and total accomplishment. Later, I preferred impressionists like Claude Monet. I enjoyed the sun light of his art, perceived the breeze of the wind and smelled the flowers of his garden. When I look at some of my works I follow the rhythm, music, movement, space and happiness. Maybe the people who look at my paintings will see the same. My motivation is coming from this unbelievable conviction that this is who I am. Feeling that I was born to do it until the last day of my life. I pour into my art all my soul, love, and I hope that I bring some more beauty as my contribution to the terrestrial heaven.
Can you tell us about the process you use to create your works? What is your typical workday routine?
Usually, I make some sketches before starting the painting. I want to grasp the entire image to come, the idea that I want to express. Once I decided about the the overall image, I start drawing the lines of the shapes on the canvas. From that point I follow the principles of the colorists’ school. I decide on the main aeras with the specific colors bringing them up to front or to the back, and work on the whole painting’s first definition. The last stage is to finalize the image, to make different parts talking/dance with each other, linking the participants in the unifying symphony.
Where do you find inspiration? What motivates you to create?
A lot of my inspiration comes from the music. Following the mood of the day I pick up the musical theme that I will listen to and frequently some images start floating with the sounds. I use also my “bank of ideas” with the storage of photos or drawings for the future works. Sometimes the inspiration comes from the news, or albums of photographs, or from the masters’ paintings.
What has been your most outstanding achievement to date?
I’m proud to collaborate with Agora Gallery in NYC. I had several successful shows with them. Exhibiting in Paris was also quite an experience. Some of my paintings also make me very happy. Actually, I could consider one of my greatest successes that one of my artworks ended up in a private collection facing a painting of Chagall.
What are your ultimate career goals?
My goal is to continue the road, to get better with every future painting and project. I want to enjoy the process and to share with the public the joy of creativity that defines human beings from the most ancient times.
What are you working on now, and what can we expect from you soon?
My current topics are related to the space, the moon, and the stars. It will take a while to explore the unbelievable beauty of the universe. You can expect several new paintings to come.
Other ideas I have are inspired by Arizona, my new home. I fell in love with the desert gardens, the yellow/greyish/green colors, the burning blue sky, luxuriant flowers and cactuses. You will find all these elements in my artworks prepared for a solo exhibition in November 2025, in the Artifact Gallery in NY. I hope to welcome many of you there.
