Magdalena Barczyk-Kurus, Anatomy of a bygone thing from the Anatomy Lesson series, 2018.

Magdalena Barczyk-Kurus (b. 1985)
Anatomy of a Past Thing from the series Anatomy Lesson, 2018.
acrylic on canvas, 90 x 100 cm
signed and described on the back

2005 - 2012 studies at the Faculty of Arts of the J. Długosz Academy in Częstochowa (maj: Painting, studio of Prof. W. Lubos - diploma with distinction; Artistic Education in the Field of Plastic Arts)
2000 - 2005 J. Malczewski State High School of Visual Arts in Czestochowa.
Since 2007 belongs to the artists associated on the website ARTlock.pl
Since 2010, she has been active in the Historical Association Reduta Częstochowa; in addition to art, she is interested in the history and monuments of Częstochowa, on which she has conducted research. Her paintings can be found in private collections.
Awards and prizes:
2018 - Third Place - Award of the Director of the Municipal Art Gallery in Częstochowa, IV International Art Competition Contemporary Landscape.
2013, 2011, 2004 - Artistic Scholarship of the President of the City of Częstochowa
2011 - Scholarship of the Rector of the J. Długosz Academy in Częstochowa for artistic achievements 2010 - Honorable Mention, IV All-Polish Competition of M. Michalik for a Picture for Young Painters
2004 - Honorable Mention, Inter-school Plastic Contest "Polish Jews - traditions and customs", Czestochowa.
2003 - Award, VIII All-Polish Contest of Visual Arts of Children and Youth "Four Seasons on Jura Krakowsko-Czestochowska".
2001 - Award, VI National Competition of Children's and Youth's Visual Art "Four Seasons on Krakow-Czestochowa Jura".
Publications:
Częstochowa architects of the interwar period (1918 - 1939), [in:] Yearbook of the Częstochowa Museum 20112012, vol. 12, edited by E. Miszczyńska, Częstochowa 2013
Individual exhibitions:
2020 - "Painting", Klubokawiarnia Alternatywa 21, Częstochowa.
2020 - "Painting," BWA Art Gallery, Olkusz.
2020 - "Anatomy lesson". - Gaude Mater Center for Promotion of Culture, Czestochowa
2019 - "Omnipresence" - MOK, Radomsko, Poland
2019 - "Great is the gap between us and the light...", Gallery of Contemporary Art, J. Gniatkowski GOK in Poraj
2019 - "Mysterium of light", Andalusia Cultural Center in Piekary Slaskie
2018 - "Remedy of light", Zamostek Gallery at MBP in Opole.
2018 - "Mysterium of light", Mysłowice Cultural Center
2017 - "Mysterium of light", Municipal Cultural Center in Jastrzębie Zdrój
2017 - "Anatomy of Light," Przytyk Contemporary Art Gallery, Tarnogórskie Cultural Center 2016 - "Woven with Light," Municipal Cultural Center in Lubliniec
2014 - "Intimacy of light", painting, Youth Promotion Gallery "Mezzanine", Municipal Art Gallery in Częstochowa.
2014 - "Conversation with light", painting, Zawarte gallery, Municipal Cultural Center in Zawiercie 2012 - Painting, exhibition accompanying the IX Cultural Night, Czestochowa Museum
2012 - Painting, Museum of Painting and Sculpture of the 19th and 20th Centuries in Częstochowa
2012 - "Jurassic Light", painting, Museum of Nineteenth and Twentieth Century Painting and Sculpture in Częstochowa
2005 - Portrait, PLSP im. J. Malczewski, Czestochowa
2004 - Painting and Drawing, J. Malczewski PLSP, Czestochowa