Giraffe Print

Zuzanna Soinska-Szozda is an emerging Polish artist. She combines the art of gilding with the passion for oil painting to create the depth and reflection in her works. In 2008 Zuzanna graduated with honors from the Conservation of Works of Art Department at Academy of Fine Arts in Warsaw. She also did an annexe to the Diploma concerning techniques and technologies of Gilding. She was also learning conservation in Hochschule für Bildende Künste in Dresden(Germany). After her studies she did an Internship at the HKI, University of Cambridge where she worked with paintings by such artists as Tintoretto or George Richmond. She also runs her own Art and Conservation Studio in Poland and is a co-founder and organiser of "Strefa Sztuki/The art zone" (recurrent event where artists can meet and share their experience). She is a painter, conservator, copyist and a gilder. In her abstract paintings she combines the precision of gilding with the expression of oil painting techniques. In 2013 she won the National Miniature Competition "In the industrial land" for her work " The mine" Her paintings were exhibited in many galleries and during many cultural events in Poland : ARS Gallery in Poznań, Ether Gallery in Warsaw, Auction House PolSwissArt, Milanowo Gallery in Wilanów, Kępa Caffe Gallery in Warsaw, Academy of Fine Arts in Warsaw, Zadra Gallery in Warsaw, Soho Factory Club in Warsaw, Cartonovnia Art Center in Warsaw.