MAGDALENA
GRYSKA
Magdalena Gryska was born on October 26, 1965 in Poznań. In the years 1987-92 she
studied at the State College of Visual Arts in Poznań (PWSSP, now the
University of Arts) and graduated in painting in the Professor Jacek Waltoś’s
studio. In the years 1990-91 Gryska was a visiting student of the École
nationale supérieure des beaux-arts in
Paris, in the Professor Alfredo Zawaro’s painting studio. She took her PhD in
painting from the Academy of Fine Arts in Gdańsk in 2000. In 2009 Gryska
received her post-doctoral degree on the basis of artistic achievements and the
dissertation Niebieska Melancholia czyli cisza w obrazie (The Blue Melancholy, or
the Silence in the Painting) from the Academy of Fine Arts in Wrocław (reviewed
by Prof. Andrzej Banachowicz, Prof. Andrzej Klimczak
Dobrzaniecki, prof. Jacek Dyrzyński, and
Prof. Stanisław Rodziński).
Since 1992, the artist has been working at the University of Zielona
Góra, running a degree studio of painting. Since 2011, she has been working as
an associate professor at the Institute of Visual Arts, Faculty of Arts,
University of Zielona Góra.
In the years 2003-2008 she ran the “Stara Winiarnia” Gallery in Zielona Góra.
Gryska co-creates Miejsce Aktywności Twórczej Kosobudki 3 (the Place of
Creative Activity Kosobudki 3) - a site for artistic activities and development
projects. She lives in Zielona Góra and Kosobudki. The artist is engaged in
painting, object and short video forms. She has had around 40 solo exhibitions
and participated in about 100 group exhibitions in Poland, Germany, France, the
Czech Republic, Slovakia, China, Italy, Austria, the USA and Ukraine. Her works
are in many public and private collections in Poland and abroad.
SOLO EXHIBITIONS;
2021 Horizons of Events (Horyzonty
zdarzeń), Art Gallery of the University of Adam Mickiewicz, Kalisz
2020 The Silence and the Peace (Cisza
i spokój), “Baszta” Gallery, Zbąszyń
2019 The Concentration and Perplexing
Puzzles (Skupienie i nerwowe układanki), ZPAP Gallery, Toruń
2018 What can’t be seen (To, czego
nie widać),“Incydent” Gallery, Żary, (curated by Żywia Leszkowicz-Baczyńska)
2017 The Mesmeric Paintings (Obrazy
mesmeryczne), CKiS “Wieża Ciśnień” Gallery, Konin
2017 The Mesmeric Paintings (Obrazy
mesmeryczne), MBWA Gallery, Leszno
2016 Everyday life (Codzienność) as
part of the group exhibition RePersonal (RePersonal),
Łagów Lubuski, (curated by Ryszard Woźniak)
2015 The Transformative Substance (Substancja
transformująca), “Nad Wisłą” Gallery, Toruń, (curated by Marian Stępak)
2014 A Black Wave (Czarna Fala), BWA
Gallery, Rzeszów
2012 Quotes (Cytaty), BWA Gallery,
Gorzów Wielkopolski
2011 A Plan B (Plan B), BWA Gallery,
Sandomierz
2011 Underwater Chidren (Podwodne
dzieci),“MM” Gallery, Chorzów
2010 Painting (Malarstwo),“Napiórkowska”
Gallery, Warsaw
2009 Blue Melancholy (Niebieska
melancholia), CKiS “Wieża Ciśnień ” Gallery, Konin
2008 Blue Melancholy (Niebieska
melancholia), Lubuskie Museum of Jan
Dekert, Gorzów Wielkopolski
2007 Mandalas of Reality (Mandale
rzeczywistości), Museum of the Academy of Fine Arts, Wrocław
2006 Come Closer (Podejdź bliżej
...), Baltic Gallery of Contemporary Art, Słupsk
2006 Mandalas of Reality (Mandale
rzeczywistości),“Baszta” Gallery, Zbąszyń
2005 With a Swimming Pool or a Garden? (Z
basenem czy z ogrodem ?),“Wozownia”Gallery, Toruń
2004 Paintings (Obrazy), “261”
Gallery of the Academy of Fine Arts, Łódź
2003 Various Threads (Różne wątki),
BWA “Bielska” Gallery, Bielsko-Biała
2003 Lavender Fields (Lawendowe
pola), ZPAP “Pro arte” Gallery, Zielona Góra
2002 Painting (Malarstwo), Żagański
Palace of Culture, Żagań
2001 Various Threads (Różne wątki),
BWA Gallery, Legnica
2001 Painting (Malarstwo), BWA
Gallery, Kalisz
2001 Painting (Malarstwo), Bełchatów
Regional Museum, Bełchatów
