Maria Kaleta

She is an artist painter and graphic designer, with a clear flair for abstract and colour that could be found in the works of the traditional Polish artists, such as Jacek Malczewski or later Tadeusz Brzozowski, as well as more modern world-famous Francis Bacon and Mark Rothko.

As a student of Poznan Art Academy she worked with an alternative theatre group, by the name of "˜Dzieci Teatru Osmego Dnia' ("˜The Children of a Theatre of the Eight Day') and she took part in one of their spectacles, "˜Raport z Oblezonego Miasta' ("˜A report from the besieged city').
Between 1983-88 she was also linked to the informal cultural activists' group (of Borderland Foundation, Theatre Wegajty, Frontier Music Foundation) taking part in expeditions to southern and eastern borderlands of Poland.

Her works have been exhibited all over Europe as well as
Russia and Latin America and she has received several awards.

Her portfolio includes:
Painting, drawing, pastels, traditional printmaking, digital graphics and installation.
She is also involved in a desk top publishing and media.

Maria holds a Masters Degree in Fine Art from The Academy of Fine Arts in Poznan,
Poland, Department of Painting, Graphics and Sculpture, and has since also studied
Exposition and Display at The Poznan National College of Arts.
Resident of England lives and works in London.

AWARDS:
EAST-WEST ART AWART 2016; Best Category Prize - No1.
Annual FPS Open Exhibition 2015; ROY RASMUSSEN AWARD 2015; 2ND WINNER.
Nominated for Awards - IV International Biennial of Graphic Digital Arts: Gdynia 2014.
The Heatherley Prize for Drawing 2014 - (The Heatherley School of Fine ART).
Honorary Jury Award at the VII International Biennale of Painting “Colours and Textures” 2013 in Gdynia, Poland.
The Spirit of Holland Park Prize 2013.

SELECTED EXHIBITION:
(She took part in 160 group exhibitions and in a few solo exhibitions).
“Londoners” - POSK Gallery, London, England
“Together” ; “Identity & CoExistence” - solo exhibitions, London
10 th Biennial International Miniature Print Competition 2015, Center for Contemporary
Printmaking, Norwalk USA
Unfixed - Espacio Gallery, Londyn, England
Opposite Fields - Video, Phtography, Instalation, Sound - BAR Gallery, London, UK
Shortlisted 5 th Guanlan International Print Biennial, China 2015
III - IV International Biennial of Graphic Digital Arts - Gdynia, Poland
V - VI International Pastel Biennale - Nowy Sacz, Poland
VII International Biennial of Painting and Unique Fabric - Gdynia, Poland
VI -VII International Printmaking Biennial Of Douro 2014 - Douro, Por...