Agnieszka Nienartowicz
b. 1991 in Jelenia Góra, Poland
Lives and works in Kraków, Poland
EDUCATION:
2013 – 2016 – Academy of Fine Arts in Gdańsk, Poland, MA Degree in Painting
2011 – 2013 – Academy of Fine Arts in Wrocław, Poland
SELECTED SOLO EXHIBITIONS:
2023 – „Sweet Burden”, Nicodim Gallery, Los Angeles, CA, USA
2022 – „Longing for Another World”, Pilipczuk Gallery, Copenhagen, Denmark
2021 – „The Hardest is to Feel Free”, BWA Gallery, Jelenia Góra, Poland
2020 – „Delight & Terror”, Gallery EL, Elbląg, Poland
2015 – painting exhibition, BCK Contemporary Art Gallery, Brzeg, Poland
2015 – painting, drawing and printmaking exhibition, Katarzyna Napiórkowska Art Gallery, Warsaw, Poland
2015 – ’Half-asleep’, Pies i Róża, Gdańsk, Poland
2015 – ’Existence of things’, Mini Gallery, Gdańsk, Poland
SELECTED COLLECTIVE EXHIBITIONS:
2023 – The Armory Show with Nicodim Gallery, New York, NY, USA
2023 – 'MATERNITY LEAVE: NONE OF WOMEN BORN’, presented by Nicodim in collaboration with the Green Family Art Foundation, Dallas, TX, USA
2023 – ’Secret Longings’, Corey Helford Gallery, Los Angeles, CA, USA
2023 – ’Dream State’, Stolen Space Gallery, London, Great Britain
2022 – ’Winter Salon’, Pilipczuk Gallery, Copenhagen, Denmark
2022 – ’Spätsommer’, Galerie Benjamin Eck, Munich, Germany
2022 – ’Tattoo. Symbol, Stigma, Beauty’, Muzeum Etnograficzne im. Marii Znamierowskiej-Prüfferowej, Toruń, Poland
2022 – ’Artists for Amnesty’, John Natsoulas Gallery, Davis, CA, USA
2022 – ’The New Romantics’, Arcadia Contemporary, New York, NY, USA
2021 – ’Winter Salon’, Pilipczuk Gallery, Copenhagen, Denmark
2021 – LA Art Show with Arcadia Contemporary, Los Angeles, CA, USA
2021 – ’ENLIVENING VOL II’, Pilipczuk Gallery, Copenhagen, Denmark
2021 – ’ENLIVENING’, Pilipczuk Gallery, Copenhagen, Denmark
2021 – ’Women Painting’, European Museum of Modern Art, Barcelona, Spain
2021 – 5rd Painting Triennial ’ANIMALIS’, Galeria Sztuki Współczesnej, Włocławek, Poland
2020 – 5rd Painting Triennial ’ANIMALIS’, Centrum Kultury Śląskiej, Nakło Śląskie, Poland
2020 – 5rd Painting Triennial ’ANIMALIS’ – exhibition of works of the finalists, City Art Gallery MM, Chorzów, Poland
2020 – ’Les Interprétations du passé’, Galerie Manualis, Évian-les-Bains, France
2019 – Art Salon with Manualis Galerie, Carrousel du Louvre, Paris, France
2019 – Art Salon ’Art International Zurich’ with Manualis Galerie, Zurich, Switzerland
2019 – ’Strokes of Brilliance’, RJD Gallery, Bridgehampton, NY, USA
2019 – ’Painting Today’, European Museum of Modern Art, Barcelona, Spain
2019 – 11th Annual ’Art of Painting in the 21st Century’, John Natsoulas Art Gallery, Davis, CA, USA
2019 – ’Artful Companions’, RJD Gallery, Bridgehampton, NY, USA
2018 – ’BIG ART. small canvas’, RJD Gallery, Bridgehampton, NY, USA
2018 – ’Women Painting Women | Men Painting Men’, RJD Gallery, Bridgehampton, NY, USA
2018 – International Figurative Biennale, John Natsoulas Art Gallery, Davis, CA, USA
2018 – ’Secrets of The Twisted and Entwined’, RJD Gallery, Bridgehampton, NY, USA
2018 – 9th annual juried art show to benefit The Retreat ’Fresh StART Collective’, RJD Gallery, Bridgehampton, NY, USA
2018 – 3rd International Painting Competition of the Three Bridges Foundation, Promocyjna Gallery, Cracow, Poland
2018 – ’Realism. Two Looks’ – painting exhibition, BWA City Gallery, Bydgoszcz, Poland
2018 – 3rd International Painting Competition of the Three Bridges Foundation, Przy Kozach Gallery, Służewski Dom Kultury, Warsaw, Poland
2018 – 10th Annual ’Art of Painting in the 21st century’, John Natsoulas Art Gallery, Davis, CA, USA
2018 – ’Winter Collective’, Sirona Fine Art, Hallandale Beach, FL, USA
2018 – ’WTF’, Art Palm Beach with Sirona Fine Art, Palm Beach, FL, USA
2018 – 4rd Painting Triennial ’ANIMALIS’, Centrum Kultury Śląskiej, Nakło Śląskie, Poland
2017 – ’Artists for Peace’, Berkeley’s Worth Ryder Art Gallery, CA, USA
2017 – 9th Triennial of Polish Contemporary Drawing, Test Gallery, Warsaw, Poland
2017 – ’Visions of Space and Form’, John Natsoulas Art Gallery, Davis, CA, USA
2017 – painting exhibition, John Natsoulas Art Gallery, Davis, CA, USA
2017 – 9th Triennial of Polish Contemporary Drawing, Museum of Kresy, Lubaczów, Poland
2017 – 4rd Painting Triennial ’ANIMALIS’, City Art Gallery MM, Chorzów, Poland
2017 – ’New Painting/New Look’, BWA Gallery, Gorzów Wielkopolski, Poland
2017 – ’New Painting/New Look’, Galeria Miejska Arsenał, Poznań, Poland
2017 – ’Young painting in Gdańsk. Diplomas of 2016.’ – Great Armory’s Assembly Hall, Gdańsk, Poland
2016 – ’CHECKING!’, BWA Gallery, Jelenia Góra, Poland
2016 – ’Deep water’, Gdańsk City Gallery 1, Gdańsk, Poland
2016 – ’Art as a game’, Gdańsk City Gallery 2, Gdańsk, Poland
2016 – 13th Józef Gielniak’s Graphics Competition, Karkonoskie Museum, Jelenia Góra, Poland
2015 – ’The Grand Prix of Franciszka’s Eibisch Foundation’, Napiorkowska Art Gallery, Warsaw, Poland
2015 – 5th International Drawing Competition the name of M. E. Andriolli – exhibition, Nałęczów, Poland
2015 – ’Ale Sztuka!’ – ’Young Polish Art’, Contemporary Art Center SOLVAY, Cracow, Poland
2015 – 'Tu i tam’, in collaboration with Slippery Rock University, Pennsylvania, USA, Arturs Manor House, Gdańsk, Poland
2015 – ’Wszystko/na/nic’ exhibition during the European Night of Museums, Great Armory’s Assembly Hall, Gdańsk, Poland
2015 – ’Mercedes’, Mercedes-Benz salon, Gdańsk, Poland
2015 – exhibition of paintings by students of the Faculty of Painting of Academy of Fine Arts, ’Debiut’ gallery, Gdynia, Poland
2015 – ’Wszystko za 16′, 16deko, Sopot, Poland
2014 – ’Small forms in graphics and sculpture’, Academy of Fine Arts in Gdańsk, Poland
2014 – ’Prolog’, Faculty of Social Sciences at the University of Gdańsk, Gdańsk, Poland
2014 – ’Experiment’, Martha Gault Art Gallery, Maltby Center, Slippery Rock University Campus, Pennsylvania USA
2014 – ’Contrasts’, in collaboration with Slippery Rock University – Pennsylvania, Academy of Fine Arts in Gdańsk, Poland
2014 – ’Experiment’, Refektarz Gallery, Kartuzy, Poland
2014 – 6th All-Poland Student Drawing Exhibition ’RYSOWAĆ’, The Wozownia Art Gallery, Toruń, 2014
2014 – ’Night’ – exhibition during the Night of Museums, Great Armory’s Assembly Hall, Poland
2014 – exhibition of the 1st International Higher Education Institution for Art Studies Student Drawing Triennal, Katowice, Poland
2014 – 3rd International Review of Art ’Alternatywy 33′, Galeria 33, Ostrów Wielkopolski, Poland
COLLECTIONS:
Museum of Gdańsk
The Bennett Collection
Hilton group
Various private collections worldwide
SCHOLARSHIPS:
2015/2016 – Culture & National Inheritance Minister
2015/2016 – Rector of Fine Arts Academy
2014/2015 – Rector of Fine Arts Academy
2011 – Culture & National Inheritance Minister
2010 – President of Jelenia Góra
AWARDS AND DISTINCTIONS:
2020 – 3rd place in the 5rd Painting Triennial ’ANIMALIS’, Chorzów, Poland
2019 – finalist of the 14th International ARC Salon Competition, Port Reading, New Jersey, USA
2018 – ’Best of The Guide Artists 2018’ – selected as 1 of the 27 best artists of the 2018, The Guide Artists
2018 – Collector’s Choice Award – award for the painting of the month (February), PoetsArtists
2018 – finalist of the 3rd International Painting Competition of the Three Bridges Foundation, Warsaw
2018 – finalist of London Contemporary Art Prize 2018, London, UK
2017 – distinction in the 4rd Painting Triennial ’ANIMALIS’, Chorzów, Poland
2017 – finalist of a painting competition ’New Painting/New Look’, Arsenał City Gallery, Poznań, Poland
2015 – ’Certificate of Exellence’, Palm Art Award 2015, Germany
2015 – finalist of a painting competition ’The Grand Prix of Franciszka’s Eibisch Foundation’, Napiorkowska Art Gallery, Warsaw, Poland
2015 – finalist of a painting competition ’Ale Sztuka!’ – ’Young Polish Art’, SOLVAY Contemporary Art Center, Cracow, Poland
2014 – 3rd place in the 1st International Higher Education Institution for Art Studies Student Drawing Triennal, Katowice, Poland
OTHER ACTIVITIES:
2017 – preselection to the second stage of 9th Figurativas 2017 Competition, Barcelona, Spain
2015 – realization of large-format mural on the main wall of Gdynia Film Center, Gdynia, Poland
2014 – participation in the project ’Re-Akcje 2′ combined with exhibition, organized by the Academy of Fine Arts in Gdańsk, Poland
2013 – realization of original design of mural – execution in the interior of Center of Applied Arts and Innovation in Wrocław, Poland