Magdalena Kwapisz Grabowska

Magdalena Kwapisz-Grabowska is a Polish visual artist and painter based in Berlin, Germany. Her artistic practice explores the relationship between figuration and abstraction, with a particular focus on the human body, femininity, identity, memory and the transformation of familiar cultural images into an individual visual language.
Working primarily with painting and mixed media on canvas, she develops a distinctive approach to the human figure through simplification, fragmentation, geometric construction and expressive colour. Her compositions frequently reveal the texture of the raw canvas, allowing the material surface to become an active component of the image.

1999 — Academy of Fine Arts in Kraków, Faculty in Katowice, Poland
Diploma with distinction.
Printmaking / intaglio studio, Professor Stanisław Kluska.
Painting studio, Professor Jacek Rykała.
2015 — Universität der Künste Berlin, Germany
Completed a study programme in painting theory.

Selected International Exhibitions
1. 2008 – “Painting” – Marziart International Gallery, Hamburg, Germany.
2. 2009 – ARTPrize – Grand Rapids, USA.
3. 2010 – ARTPrize – Grand Rapids, USA.
4. 2010 – “Painting” – Gallery IIiev, Cologne, Germany.
5. 2012 – Parallax Art Fair – London, United Kingdom.
6. 2012 – Imprimatvr Biennale – San Martino dell’Argine, Italy.
7. 2012 – Parallax Art Fair – New York, USA.
8. 2014 – “Figures” – Berlin / Hoppegarten, Germany.
9. 2016 – “Painting” – Galeria Platon, Stuttgart, Germany.
10. 2016 – “Sensitive Figures” – POSK Gallery, London, United Kingdom.
11. 2018 – ART GWANGJU 18 – Gwangju, South Korea.
12. 2020 – “Exhibition in the Time of the Pandemic – COVID-19” – Berlin, Germany.
International Recognition
- 2010 – Chelsea International Fine Art Competition, New York, USA – Honorable Mention.