“Paint what you really see, not what you think you ought to see.”
— John Constable
Krystyna Krasowska-Cicha
Contemporary Plein Air & Sacred Artist
Born in Poland and now based in Ireland, Krystyna Cicha is a contemporary artist whose work explores landscape, light, faith, and emotional presence through plein air and sacred painting.
After graduating from the Academy of Fine Arts in Łódź, her artistic journey was interrupted when she moved to Ireland with her husband and child, leaving behind her established creative life in Poland.
While working at the airport and rebuilding life in a new country, painting remained a quiet but constant calling.
During the pandemic, when the world slowed down, she returned fully to art — transforming uncertainty into a new beginning and founding Cicha Art.
Today, her paintings are inspired by the Irish landscape, sacred imagery, silence, and the spiritual connection between humanity and nature.
Her work invites the viewer to pause, reflect, and reconnect with beauty, peace, and what truly matters.
MISSION STATEMENT
My paintings are an invitation to pause — to reconnect with silence, light, nature, and the sacred presence of God.
Theme & Materials
The central theme of my artwork are landscapes and sacred images.
My canvases are hand-made / hand-stretched form the finest fabrics and wooden materials. I use high quality Gesso to prime my canvases before painting with oils and finishing with high quality artist varnish. I provide a signed certificate of authenticity with all of my original artworks.
EXHIBITIONS AND ACHIVEMENTS
2025 – Art Source 2025 RDS, Dublin, Ireland
2025 – Collective exhibition, “What if nature wins?”, Spark Net Art Hub & Gallery, Dublin, Ireland
2025 – The 13th Annual ‘Signal Open’ Exhibition, Signal Arts Centre, Bray, Ireland
2025 – Collective exhibition “Reveal Conceal”, three venues – The Market Place Gallery, Armagh, Leitrim Design House, Cormac-on-Shannon, Cowshed Gallery, Farmleigh, Phoenix Park, Dublin, Ireland
2024 – Art Source 2024, RDS, Dublin, Ireland
2024 – Solo exhibition, “The essence of Louth – capturing local beauty”, The Market House, Dunleer, Ireland
2024 – Grant Under The 2003 Arts Act, Louth County Council, Create Louth
2024 – Collective exhibition, “Kaleidoscope”, Kenmare Butter Market, Kenmare, Ireland
2024 – INCOGNITO 2024 The online art auction to aid Jack and Jill Children’s Foundation, Ireland
2023 – Art Source 2023, RDS, Dublin, Ireland
2023 – Dublin Plein Air Art Exhibition, Crafty Studio, Dublin, Ireland
2023 – Louth Plein Air Art Festival 2023 Group exhibition, Five Good Things at Highlanes Gallery, Drogheda, Ireland
2023 – Collective exhibition, “Greater Than>”, Basement Gallery, An Tain Arts Center, Dundalk, Ireland
2022 – Collective exhibition, “Connective’22”, Gallery 13, Millmount Craft Quarter, Drogheda, Ireland
2022 – INCOGNITO 2022 The online art auction to aid Jack and Jill Children’s Foundation, Ireland
2021 – INCOGNITO 2021 The online art auction to aid Jack and Jill Children’s Foundation, Ireland
2010 – Solo exhibition, “Interior – a fragment of space”, Gallery of Młodych Talentów, Rynek Sztuki, Łódź, Poland.
2009 – Collective exhibition, “Secret complicity”, Museum History of Lodz City, Festival of Science, Technology and Art, Poland.
2008 – Collective exhibition of lithography studio students, Łódź, Poland.
2007 – Collective exhibition, “Live colourfully”, Gallery BOKRondo, Łódź, Poland
2006 – Collective exhibition of painting studio students, “From A to Z”, Academy of Fine Art Łódź, Poland.
2005 – Collective exhibition, “Jubilee Exhibition”, Works by students of The Faculty of Visual Education of The Academy of Fine Art in Łódź, Poland.
