Małgorzata Wielek
Born in 1976 in a mountain town Limanowa (Poland). Studied painting
and in 2002 graduated from the Academy of Fine Arts in Cracow. In 2009 obtained a doctorate
"Heart Examination" at her home university. She has participated in over 170 collective and nearly
50 individual exhibitions. In 2010 won the first prize in the 8th Triennale Małych Form Malarskich
(Wozownia Art Gallery in Toruń). Between 2010 and 2012 was a co-creator and a coordinator of an
international artistic project "Suburbs" carried out by Academy of Fine Arts in Cracow with partners
from Wien (Austria) and Ostrava (Czech Republic). In 2012 she got to the final of an international
competition "Strabag" in Wien (Austria). In 2015 won a special award in the III Piotrkowskie
Biennale Sztuki in Piotrków Trybunalski. 2016 got her a Grand Prix from Minister of Culture and
National Heritage in the 4th Triennale Polskiego Malarstwa Współczesnego – Jesienne
Konfrontacje (BWA Gallery in Rzeszów). In 2017 the artist finished second in the IV Piotrkowskie
Biennale Sztuki in Piotrków Trybunalski. In 2019 she received a Creative Scholarship of Cracow
City. The painter is a professor at the Fine Arts Department of the Pedagogical University of
Cracow. She organizes a nationwide art competition "Zakłócenia" on behalf of the Pedagogical
University. Leads an art workshop "Lab 16" with her students. A curator of Fosfor Art Gallery in
Cracow. The artist also operates in a "Black Facility" duo propagating drawings and tattoos.