Daria Zapala

GLASGOW, Lanarkshire, United Kingdom

About Daria Zapala

My process of painting begins with an urge. An urge to paint something that comes from within me. I work in my sketchbooks until I get a composition that I am happy with, and then I start to paint. Having been trained academically, I have the ability to paint in a realistic or representational way, but I combine these skills with decorative patterns, leaks of paint, scratches and other expressive marks, adding to and removing from the canvas depending on how I feel. I employ symbolism in both traditional and a personal way. Sometimes implicitly, sometimes explicitly. I have found a way to translate my life onto the canvas. Everyone needs to express themselves. Everyone needs to make sense of their life. I do this through painting.

Education:

Scottish Museum, Edinburgh, Certificate for Care of Paper and Photographic Collections, 2007

University of Opole, Poland, Masters in Printmaking and Multimedia, Institute of Fine Arts, (First Class Honors), 2000- 2005

Exhibitions:

Solo Exhibitions:
2018 - The Brunswick Hotel, Brutti Ma Buoni, "World's Lost Enchantment", Glasgow
2018 - South Block WASPS, "World's Lost Enchantment", Glasgow
2016 - Bar Gandolfi, “BEABEAR”, Glasgow, Scotland
2008 - Bar10, “Infinity”, Glasgow, Scotland
2008 - Glasgow Print Studio, “Infinity”, Glasgow, Scotland

Selected Group Exhibitions:
2018 "40 Years of WASPS Studios", Kirkcudbright Galleries St Mary Street, Kirkcudbright, Scotland
2017 Snap to Grid, Los Angeles Center for Digital Art, Los Angeles, California, USA
2016 RGI Kelly Gallery, Winter Postcard Exhibition, Glasgow, Scotland
2016 Glasgow Print Studio, Christmas Show, Glasgow, Scotland
2016 Snap to Grid, Los Angeles Center for Digital Art, Los Angeles, California, USA
2013 Glasgow Print Studio 40/40, 40 years 40 artists a Landmark Exhibition, Glasgow, Scotland
2012 8th British International Mini Print Exhibition, Touring programme around the UK, London Print Studio, London, UK
2011 The Scottish Drawing Competition and Exhibition, Paisley Art Institute, Paisley, Scotland
2011 Siena Art Institute "Drawing Connections", Siena, Italy
2010 Glasgow Art Fair, Glasgow, Scotland
2009 Homes & Interiors Scotland, Glasgow Print Studio, Glasgow, Scotland
2009 Originals 2009, Mall Galleries, London, UK
2009 The Studio 889 Second Annual Holiday Print Show, NYC, USA
2008 Peacock Visual Arts Christmas Exhibition, Aberdeen, Scotland
2008 Snap to Grid, Los Angeles Center For Digital Arts, LA, California, USA
2008 13th International Triennial of Small Graphic Forms, Municipal Art Gallery in Łodz, Poland
2008 Merge Developments in Digital Printmaking, Glasgow Print Studio, Glasgow, Scotland
2007 The 2007 Scottish Drawing Competition, Paisley Art Institute, Paisley, Scotland

Public Collections:
13th International Triennial of Small Graphic Forms, Municipal Art Gallery in Łodz, Poland. Donated 2008.

Publications and Media:
“Paint The Town”, i-on Glasgow, Cultural Magazine, August 2008, Page 10-11.
“Oh You Pretty Things”, The Times, August 2007, Page 13.

Honors and Awards:
2014 Artwork chosen to be featured in the Made in Britain Collection on Saatchi Art’s home page by Rebecca Wilson, Chief Curator and Director, Artist Development, Saatchi Art.
Degree distinction: Grazie Jane Avril, H. P. T. Lautrec (etching). Institute of Fine
Arts, University of Opole, Poland. 2005.

Member of the Following Organizations:
Wasps (Workshop and Artist Studio Provisions Scotland), Joined 2015.

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