Magdalena Daniec

Magdalena Daniec is a painter and visual artist.
Painting is her way of life. One could also add that it is the perfect medium for storytelling; Magdalena is an excellent narrator, although in the case of her paintings, these are not stories that unfold in a linear fashion. Rather, we get the impression that the artist shares only fragments of the stories she tells.
Magdalena eagerly uses collage, combining oil painting with acrylics, and sometimes monotype, which allows her to create a sense of spatial depth and multi-layered texture on her canvases. This invites viewers to look deeper, beyond the frame of the image. She also makes use of the art-historical technique of the "painting within a painting," which opens up new, box-within-a-box style narratives.
It’s impossible not to mention the role of color in her work. For Magdalena, color carries a strong emotional charge; red, which she usually pairs with white and black, is her preferred choice in the winter months when she needs extra energy and warmth. Blues and emerald greens, on the other hand, bring her calm and coolness in summer. She also reaches for various shades of gray, which allow her to reveal subtle tonal transitions and demonstrate the sensitivity with which she ...

Magdalena Daniec (born 1974 in Kraków)
Painter, visual artist.
MFA at The Art Institute of UKEN University in Kraków, Poland in 2001.
She creates paintings using a technique that combines collage, oil painting, and acrylics.
In addition to series of paintings on canvas, she also create small works on cardboard using a unique, artist-own technique.
Author of solo exhibitions:
Traces in The Sky, Signs on Earth (2025),
Afterimages of Places and Events (2024),
Nostalgia (2022),
Weather Forecast for the Northern Sky (2021),
Recycling of Stories Without a Punchline (2020),
Partial Anhedonia (2016),
They (2009),
Atlantis (2006),
Mechanical Brothers (2002),
Iconostasis (2001)
Finalist in painting competitions and reviews.
She has participated in group exhibitions in Poland, Lebanon, Spain, Moldova, Germany, and Switzerland.

Solo exhibitions:
Traces in The Sky, Signs on Earth (2025),
Afterimages of Places and Events (2024),
Nostalgia (2022),
Weather Forecast for the Northern Sky (2021),
Recycling of Stories Without a Punchline (2020),
Partial Anhedonia (2016),
They (2009),
Atlantis (2006),
Mechanical Brothers (2002),
Iconostasis (2001).

Finalist in painting competitions and reviews.
She has participated in group exhibitions in Poland, Lebanon, Spain, Moldova, Germany, and Switzerland.