Art transforms personal, dramatic experiences into abstract form. Art is the joy of discovery, immersing oneself in truth. I am a serious child splashing around in paints. I am a change. I paint ideas.
SHORT BIOGRAPHY
1998 Bachelor in Fine Arts, Academy of Fine Arts, Wroclaw, Poland
1992/98 graphic studies, lithography studio, Prof. Andrzej Basaj, Academy of Fine Arts, Wroclaw, Poland
1991/92 education in St. Catherine University, St. Paul, MN, USA
Grants & Scholarsips:
2023 ESKFF artist residency, NJ, USA
2020 grant from Zachęta National Art Gallery, program 160/160
2012 project I Chose You, scholarship from Lower Silesian Voivodeship Scholarship Fund
2006 Minister of Art and National Heritage scholarship for 4 projects to realize in 2007
1991/92 scholarship in St.Catherine University, St. Paul, MN, USA
Chosen individual exhibitions:
2024 SiLENT CiTY, Bulvary, Wroclaw, Poland
2024 At Noon, I Cannot See the Sun, Italy
2021 Vaccinated With Art, City Museum of Wroclaw, Poland
2020 BODY of THOUGHT, Foundation EklektikArt, Wrocław, Poland
2019 Marina Welcome, XY artstudio, Wrocław, Poland
2018 # 1 000 000, XY artstudio, Wrocław, Poland
2018 fromdoingnothing, Gallery M Odwach, Wrocław, Poland
2017 I Am Just Ready To Be Me, Gallery National Forum of Music, Wrocław, Poland
2016 TO BEE OR NOT TO BEE, Gallery Station Dizajn, Wroclaw, Poland
2015 action "A Queue for Art", City Gallery, Wrocław, Poland
2014 Direct Painting, City Gallery, New York, London, Berlin, Paris, Tokyo, Wroclaw, Poland
2014 Don't Even Think About It, POCO Galeria, Wroclaw, Poland
2013 GOOD PAINTER IS A FAMOUS PAINTER, Gallery M Odwach, Wroclaw, Poland
2012 What's up?, Galerie Pokusa, Wiesbaden, Germany
2011/12 Alien DNA, The City Museum of Wroclaw, City Hall, Wroclaw, Poland
2011 Crossing - Over, Gallery Szyperska, Poznan, Poland
2010 GOD DOG, Gallery M Odwach, Wroclaw, Poland
2010 There was no such exhibition, Flying Gallery, Warsaw, Poland
2010 BRAINWASHING, Unit24 Gallery, London, UK
2009 NO BECAUSE I SAID SO, Gallery Wozownia, Torun, Poland
2008 TOMATO, scholarship from Minister of Art and National Heritage, BWA Awangarda, Wroclaw, Poland
2007 Make a Name, scholarship from Ministry of Art and National Heritage, XY artstudio, Wroclaw, Poland
2006 Paintings, City Gallery, Wroclaw, Poland
2004 Playground, Gallery Entropy, Wroclaw, Poland
2002 Two women make twice that noise than one, Mleczarnia, Crocow, Poland
Chosen group exhibitions:
2024 Open Collection, Four Domes Pavilion, Museum of Contemporay Art, Wrocław, Poland
2023 West Chelsea Festival of Art, NYC, USA
2023 Highlineopenstudioes, NYC, USA
2023 Color Fields, Maison10, NYC, USA
2023 Of Integration, Van Der Plas Gallery, NYC, USA
2023 Chaos and Stillness, Van Der Plas Gallery, NYC, USA
2022 Presentation I am just ready to be me, Mothership, Brooklyn, NYC, USA
2020 Change of Image, Galerie Hotel Mond, Berlin, Germany
2020 NEOEX, Gallery Dolu Michal, Ostrava, Czech Republic
2017 creme de la creme, National Forum od Music, Wroclaw, Poland
2016 Affordable Art Fair, Gallery M Odwach, Amsterdam, Netherlans
2016 1 International Art Fair, Gallery M Odwach, Warsaw, Poland
2015 Handle With Care, creating a philosophical path through the exhibition, Gallery Ostrale, Dresden, Germany
2013 RING Art Fair, Wroclaw Contemporary Museum, Wroclaw, Poland
2013 WHAT's-FOR-the-women-day-the-1st-of-March, POCO Gallery, Wroclaw, Poland
2012 RING Art Fair, Contemporary Museum, Wroclaw, Poland
2012 Winter Art, Gallery Pokusa, Wiesbaden, Germany
2010 Estern Girls, Meno parkas, Gallery, Kanas, Lituania
2009 Young Polish Paintings, Dresden, Numberg, Bad Reichenhall, Wiesbaden, Aachen, Germany
2009 The Painter Wrote, Appendix2 Gallery, Warsaw, Poland
2009 Figures in the Street, Gallery Pokusa, Wiesbaden, Germany
2009 participation: Grand Marche d'Art Contemporain, Paris, France
2008 group show "Entropy Grows", Gallery Entropy, Wroclaw, Poland
2006 Polish Painting in XXIst century, Zacheta National Gallery, Warsaw, Poland
2006 XXI Festival of Contemporary Polish Art, Szczecin
2005 37 Biennale of painting Bielska Alumn, Gallery BWA Bielsko Biala, Poland
2002 Painting of the Year 2002, exhibition of competition finalists Works, Krolikarnia, National Museum of Warsaw, Poland
2002 What Next, Arsenal, City Museum of Wroclaw, Poland
2002 Homeless Gallery exhibition, Gdansk Stocznia, Gdansk, Poland
2001 Painting of the year 2001, Warsaw, Poland
Works in collections:
Zacheta National Gallery, Warsaw, Poland
City Museum of Wroclaw, Poland
Krupa Gallery
President of Wroclaw Collection
National Museum, Wroclaw, Poland
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