BIOGRAPHY
Malina Wieczorek studied at the Academy of Fine Arts in Cracow, graduating in 1996 with honors. Diploma in the Interior Design Studio with prof. Barbara Borkowska-Larysz, annex in Graphic Design with prof. Jacek Siwczynski. Painting in the studio of prof. Janusz Tarabula. She has been exhibiting since 1994. Her works are on permanent display in prestigious corporate and private collections around the world.
Malina Wieczorek has been painting women for several decades. These acts can certainly be included in the so-called of conceptual art. The figures of the women she creates are reflected as if in Venetian mirrors, unaware of the observation to which they have been exposed and, in a sense, condemned. Most often they emerge from the interior of the painting somewhat shyly, half-gesture or half-profile. Similar and different at the same time. Lonely, yet clearly present among us. The artist used to call them acts, and this term can be applied to both the physical and spiritual spheres.
Malina Wieczorek has also been involved in social marketing for several years. She has several hundred significant social campaigns to her credit, a number of awards, e.g. Benefactor of the Year, EFFIE, Social Campaigns of the Year, Golden Magellan, Stevie Awards, Golden Clips, Winner of the list of 100 influential people in advertising, Golden 10 Successful Women of Mazovia.
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Individual show:
NEW YORK, TIMES SQUARE JULY 4, M.A.D.S. Art Gallery “FUORI E-VENTO”
COLLECTIVE EXHIBITIONS
1994
KRAKÓW, “MASTER AND DISCIPLE” OF THE CZARTORYSKI MUSEUM – ARSENAL
1995
KRAKÓW, “IMAGE, OBJECT, OBJECT” GALLERY OF PROMOTIONS STUDIES ANNEX
1997
WARSAW, ŁOWICKA CENTER, KRASICKI FOUNDATION
1998
WARSAW, GALLERY OF ART
WARSAW, CONTINENTY GALLERY
2000
WARSAW, STUDIO 3/3
WARSAW, AMERICAN EMBASSY/ K. NAPIÓRKOWSKA ART GALLERY
2001
WARSAW, ROYAL CASTLE, SUE RYDER FOUNDATION
2002
ONLINE PAINTING/ART&BUSINESS GALLERY
KAZIMIERZ DOLNY/HOTEL VENUS
WARSAW, ART O’CLOCK
2003
WARSAW, ACT GALLERY
WARSAW, ROYAL CASTLE, SUE RYDER FOUNDATION
2004
WASHINGTON, NEVIN KELLY GALLERY
WARSAW, FOKUS, NORRSTIEFENHOFER LUTZ
WARSAW, ROYAL CASTLE, ASSOCIATION OF POLISH CHILDREN OF MALTA
WARSAW, [ZOO] “BOMBKA”
2005
WARSAW, HOLIDAY INN, ZONTA INTERNATIONAL
MODLIN, GALLERY OF THREE PLACES – ARTISTIC MELTING PLATE
WARSAW, FABRYKA TRZCINY – “JASIEK FOR SLEEPING”
WARSAW, ROYAL CASTLE, SUE RYDER FOUNDATION
POZNAŃ, STARY BREWERY SLODOWNIA – “JASIEK FOR SLEEPING”
WARSAW, BUW
2006
WARSAW, SHERATON HOTEL, SYNAPSIS FOUNDATION
2008
POZNAN, MUSEUM OF CONTEMPORARY ART
2011
WARSAW, HOTET MARRIOTT “CHARITY STARS”
2014
CZĘSTOCHOWA, CONDUCTOR ROOM, REGIONAL SOCIETY OF ZACHĘTY – “8 WOMEN”
2019
WARSAW, 25 YEARS OF INTEGRATION, MULTIMEDIA SHOW
2022
WARSAW ZPAP, MAZOWIECKA 11A, POSITIVE ART, THE BRIGHT SIDE OF ROMANTICISM
2023
WARSAW, WILANÓW, WOMEN’S DAY – PAINTING, SCULPTURE, CERAMICS, PATI WOY HOUSE GALLERY
WARSAW, STATION OF ART GALLERY/DESA UNICUM, PRE-AUCTION EXHIBITION – 4TH DREAM AUCTION
WARSAW, STATION OF ART GALLERY- EXHIBITION “COMMISSION OF ART”
WARSAW, NORBLIN FACTORY, ARTSHOW
VENICE, ITSLIQUID, PALAZZO ALBRIZZI-CAPELLO, “SECRET SPACES”
BARCELONA, BARBAGELATA ART FOUNDATION, INTERNATIONAL VIRTUAL EXHIBITION OF CONTEMPORARY ART “WOMAN”
MILAN/CANARY ISLANDS, M.A.D.S. ART GALLERY, WORLD EXHIBITION OF CONTEMPORARY ART IN MIXED REALITY, “CROMOSOM@RT”
WARSAW, OW ZPAP PAINTING SECTION, DAP SALON
LONDON, ITSLIQUID, THE LINE CONTEMPORARY ART SPACE “VISION”
WARSAW, ZPAP, POSITIVE ART, 50 years Jan Cybis
INDIVIDUAL EXHIBITIONS
2000
WARSAW, GALLERY NOVA
2001
WARSAW, BETWEEN US
WARSAW, BPP POLAND
WARSAW, CONTINENTY GALLERY
WARSAW, CONTEMPORARY ART CENTER/UJAZDOWSKI CASTLE/BAUMGART LIBERA CAFE
2002
KAZIMIERZ DOLNY, 8. FILM AND ART FESTIVAL
WARSAW, KROLIKARNIA PALACE/NATIONAL MUSEUM
HOT OILS-ONLINE GALLERY
2003
WARSAW, STUDIO BUFFO
GDANSK, POZNAN, RZESZOW, LUBLIN, KATOWICE, LODZ, WROCŁAW, SZCZECIN – PRIVATE BANKING CENTER OF BANK PEKAO SA
2004
WARSAW, PROMOTIONAL GALLERY
WARSAW, PEKAO SA BROKERAGE OFFICE
2005
WARSAW, ART CLUB RIO “POLE CIAŁA”
2006
WARSAW, THE CAMEDULAN UNDERGROUND “LET’S HURRY TO LOVE PEOPLE…”
2008
WARSAW, DRAMATIC / CULTURAL THEATER “LIPS AND OTHER IMPONDERABILIES”
2010
KOMOROW, K40 “LIPS AND OTHER IMPONDERABILIES”
2011
PRUSZKOW, THE POTULICKI PALACE “MIPS AND OTHER IMPONDERABILIES”
2014
LUBLIN, FOL
MIĘDZYZDROJE, INTERNATIONAL CULTURAL HOUSE, FESTIVAL OF STARS
2015
WARSAW, AGORA
WARSAW, HOTEL BRISTOL
2020
WARSAW, FOKSAL JOURNALIST’S HOUSE
2021
WARSAW, RULES, ORGANIC LIFE INDUSTRY
WARSAW, SOFITEL HOTEL, CHARITY STARS
2022
MIKOLOW, BMW SIKORA, SPK POWERED BY BMW
WARSAW, BRAIN EMBASSY, A NETWORK OF ENTREPRENEURIAL WOMEN
WARSAW, CENTRAL HOUSE OF TECHNOLOGY, WOMEN’S HEALTH CONGRESS
WARSAW, WILANÓW, WOMEN OF POWER
WARSAW, THE RELAX SCENE, LIONS AND LIONES OF BUSINESS, EUROPEAN CLUB OF BUSINESS WOMEN
2023
WARSAW, DES ARTE
BELSK BIG, PALACE SMALL VILLAGE “ECCE HOMO”
NEW YORK, TIMES SQUARE JULY 4, M.A.D.S. Art Gallery “FUORI E-VENTO”
STATEMENT
I have been creating conceptual female acts, nudes for decades. For me as a painter, women’s bodies give a greater palette to ponder about the truth of life. They touch on existential problems that affect us all. I am fascinated by the body reduced to a sign, an abstract form, which gives a huge field of imagination and searching for my own answers to the questions of what the painting really represents.
Women are mothers, lovers, but also ephemeral saints or people following their own paths. Maybe because I am a woman myself, I give myself the right to some deformations and simplifications. Searching for what cannot be seen. It’s a bit of an experience on its own. Women have been a source of discussion for centuries – what matters, soul or beauty? What is beauty really? Because everyone sees and understands it differently.
We are all repeating the same story of creation. All we can do is try deeper and deeper to understand who we are. That’s what the Madonna series is all about. My Madonnas refer to both classical iconography and identity related to the old local culture. I replaced the halo from classic paintings with a pattern made of folk rollers, sometimes this halo is somewhere on the side, redefining the way it is shown and asking the question what really builds it. One can get the impression that these patterns irritate the body, cut into it and even hurt. Other times they are like a flower meadow around the heroines of the picture. It is this ambiguity and the possibility of self-interpretation, depending on the moment of life, own history, mood in which the recipient finds himself, that is the most interesting.
