Pola Dwurnik (b. 1979, Warsaw), "Statue of Liberty," 2024

Biography
Visual artist born in 1979 in Warsaw. She was educated in the studios of her parents, Teresa Gierzyńska and Edward Dwurnik. In 2004 she defended her master's degree at the Institute of Art History, University of Warsaw. Her main areas of artistic activity are oil painting, various forms of drawing, lithography and self-publishing. She is the author of eight art books, the most famous of which is "Girl on Canvas / Girl on Canvas". - a collection of authorial interpretations of her paintings by authors such as Olga Tokarczuk, Maria Poprzęcka, Piotr Lachmann and others. In 2004-2005, she received a scholarship and residency from the Laurenz-Haus Stiftung in Basel. Pola Dwurnik's paintings and drawings have been shown in group and solo exhibitions at Daniel Benjamin Gallery in London, The Space Station Gallery in London, Kunsthaus Baselland in Basel, National Museum of Art XXI Century MAXXI in Rome, Krasnoye Znamya Cultural Center in St. Petersburg, HAU2 in Berlin, Austellungsraum Klingental in Basel, Zachęta National Art Gallery in Warsaw, Center for Contemporary Art Ujazdowski Castle in Warsaw, Polish Sculpture Center in Orońsko, MOCAK Museum of Contemporary Art in Krakow, Trafostacja Sztuki in Szczecin, BWA galleries in Tarnów, Kalisz, Bielsko-Biała, Zielona Góra and Nowy Sącz, Arsenal Gallery in Białystok and others. Pola Dwurnik's works are in the collections of the National Museum in Gdansk, the MOCAK Museum of Contemporary Art in Krakow, the Museum of Contemporary Art in Wroclaw, POLIN in Warsaw, and in private collections around the world. She collaborates with the art magazine Postmedium, as well as Krupa Gallery in Wroclaw and Daniel Benjamin Gallery in London.