Dimensions: 110 x 140 cm
signed and dated p.d.: 'Smalej 2009'
signed, dated and described on the reverse: 'GRAŻYNA SMALEJ | - BATH XXV - | A. D. 2009 | OIL ON FLAT | 110 x 140 cm | Smalej'.
Biography
Graduate of the Faculty of Painting at the Academy of Fine Arts in Cracow, she received her diploma in 2001. In 1998-2001 she was awarded a scholarship by Hans Bernhardt (Germany). In 2001 she received the Grand Prix of the Minister of Culture in the Marian Michalik Competition for Young Painters in Częstochowa. She is a multiple finalist in the Bielska Jesien Biennale of Polish Painting. She has had many solo exhibitions and group exhibitions at home and abroad, including at the Saatchi Gallery in London (Continental Shift, 2014), Lambertville in the United States (May Day, 2015). Her works are in private collections and institutions around the world - in Europe, the United States, Australia, China, Japan and many other countries. From 2016 to 2020, she created the online philosophical and cultural magazine New Orgy of Thought. Since 2018, she has been a member of the ecofeminist collective Sisters of the Rivers organizing, among other things, happenings for the protection of rivers in Poland.
