Malwina ŻOłYniak

Malwina Żołyniak is a painter and an art restorer who graduated with an MA from the Jan Matejko Academy of Fine Arts in Kraków, at the Faculty of Conservation and Restoration of Works of Art. She comes from a family of artists and has been involved in art since she was a child.

Her paintings and drawings, inspired by nature and its observation, capture thoughts, emotions, and the elusiveness of beauty in all its expressions.

Characterized by a unique painting style, her pictures appear vivid and powerful. She tends to focus on the human relationship with animals, exploring the divisions and collisions between them. Within her dreams and imagination, she seeks a deeper, symbolic meaning of life. Her works reflect a fascination with legends, myths, and that part of the world that remains invisible to the naked eye. She is also inspired by forms of shamanism, where a channel between the human world and the animal world is opened. Animals act as messengers, healers, and protagonists within the narrative structure of her paintings. Through symbolic images and spiritual responses to the world, she unveils the cognitive and emotional aspects of life.

2015 - MA/ Fine Arts Academy in Krakow/ Poland
2006 - MA/ Architecture/ University of Technology in Krakow/ Poland

Featured by ArtAscent, International Art Magazine.

Major group exhibitions:

"The Small Format Painting 2022" ZPAP, Gallery Raven Krakow -June 2022

"Art Meeting Tomaszowice 2022" ZPAP, Gallery Panorama Dwór w Tomaszowicach - October 2022

"Bożonarodzeniowy Salon ZPAP Okręgu Krakowskiego" December 2022

Galeria Pryzmat ZPAP, Kraków January 2023