Dagmara RYBAK (b. 1985), A Touch of Summer, 2024

acrylic on canvas, 150 x 110 cm, signed lower right: Dagmara Rybak

Born in 1985 in Będzin.

Visual artist, glass designer, and painter. She began her artistic education at the Tadeusz Kantor State High School of Fine Arts in Dąbrowa Górnicza, majoring in artistic glass. She then studied at the Academy of Fine Arts in Wrocław, in the Faculty of Design, Department of Ceramics and Glass, majoring in Glass Design (2005–2010).

During her studies, she honed her skills abroad—at the Accademia di Belle Arti di Venezia, majoring in Decorazione, and at the Scuola del Vetro Abate Zanetti in Murano, where she explored traditional and contemporary techniques in artistic glasswork.

She has held solo exhibitions and participated in numerous group exhibitions and international projects. Her work has been presented in galleries, museums, and exhibition spaces in Poland and abroad.

Education

2005–2010 — Academy of Fine Arts in Wrocław, Faculty of Design
Department of Ceramics and Glass, major: Glass Design

2009 — Accademia di Belle Arti di Venezia, Venice (Italy), major: Decorazione

2009 — Scuola del Vetro Abate Zanetti, Murano, Venice (Italy)

2000–2005 — Tadeusz Kantor State High School of Fine Arts in Dąbrowa Górnicza, major: Artistic Glass

Solo Exhibitions

2025 — In the Window, Association of Polish Visual Artists, Hatzfeld Palace, Wrocław

2025 — Woman of the Year 2025, “Dziennik Zachodni” Femininity Forum, Silesian Museum, Katowice

2025 — Painting Exhibition, Tichauer Restaurant at the Tichauer Art Gallery, Tychy

2024 — The Secret Garden, Międzyrzecka Station, Wrocław

2024 — Woman of the Region, “Dziennik Zachodni” Forum, Silesian Museum, Katowice

2024 — Hello Love, District Center for Alternative Culture, Środa Śląska

2022 — painting exhibition, “Walcownia” Zinc Metallurgy Museum, Katowice

Group Exhibitions and International Projects

2025 — Jasiński & Friends, ToTuart Gallery, Koneser Praga Center, Warsaw

2025 — FORPOCZTA, 80th anniversary of the Wrocław District of the Association of Polish Fine Artists (ZPAP), Hatzfeld Palace, Wrocław

2023 — 10 Ananasów, Night of Museums, Versus Gallery, Wrocław

2022 — After Art, an exhibition marking the 75th anniversary of the Wrocław Branch of the Association of Polish Artists and Designers (ZPAP), Hatzfeld Palace, Wrocław

2018 — 2nd Contemporary Art Review: New Avant-Garde, Szyb Wilson Gallery, Katowice

2018 — Love, Sex, and Rock & Roll, Versus Gallery, Wrocław

2017 — 1st “New Avant-Garde” Contemporary Art Review, Szyb Wilson Gallery, Katowice

2012–2013 — International project “Master’s Paths, Students’ Trails”:
Chernivtsi (Vernisaż Gallery), Ternopil (Gallery of the Union of Artists of Ukraine),
Kamianets-Podilskyi (Historical Museum and Reserve), Lviv (City Museum)