Maria
Popiol

Maria Popiol is a Cracow-based painter who specialises in figurative realism. After graduating from Jan Matejko Academy of Fine Arts in Cracow she has been creating commissions and has developed interest in depicting realistic human form. For the past 20 years she works mainly in oils but likes to experiment with other media like oil pastels, often mixing both, eg adding oil pastels on top of oil-painted base. This way she is able to create interesting, transparent images. She takes influences from renaissance art but also from works by contemporary artists. Maria's main focus is human body, depicting it's beauty and emotions.

She took part in some art competitions leading to her achieving recognition in Luxembourg Art Prize.

Maria Popiol took part in several collective and individual exhibitions, the last one in 2022 in Cracow. She currently works on a new, individual one, which will be held in 2024 in Cracow.