Agula Swoboda

Born in 1974 in Katowice (Poland). Studied painting at
the University of the West of England, Bower Ashton, Bristol (Bachelor's degree in painting) and the Byam Shaw School of Art - Saint Martin College of Art and Design in London (diploma in painting, scholarship award). Scholar of UWE Bristol and Saint Martin College of Art and Design and annual resident at Lancaster Foundation
in Clitheroe (England). The curator of international art residencies "Incidenty / Incidents" in Poland, Czech Republic, Norway and United Kingdom. Co-founder of
the ‘Szara’ Gallery " in Cieszyn (Poland), UnderGround Art Centre in Clitheroe (England) and the School of Art and Thinking in Cieszyn (Poland). At present works and curates city Gallery ‘12’ in Cieszyn (Poland)
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In my latest works, I try to settle accounts with the past related quite strongly to the concept and role of 'religion' in my life. Religion as a system and religion as the sphere of the sacred. Connected with the spirit, often also binding the human spirit. Its 'vertical' (divine) dimension remains unchanged, while the 'horizontal' (human) dimension is often a space for manipulation, play, tarnished emotions and lo...

1997 – 1998 Byam Shaw School of Art - Saint Martin School of Art, London, England– painting department. Awarded with individual scholarship by BSSA.
1994 – 1997 University of the West of England, Bower Ashton, Bristol, England– painting department. Awarded with individual scholarship by UWE.

2023 - “Matkość” (Motherhood), Gallery 12, Cieszyn, Poland
2021-2022 - Working on project “Matkość”, CSW Kronika, Bytom, Poland
2021 – “Availiable Artists”, BWA Krosno , Gallery Arttrakt, Wrocław, Poland
2021 – My Mother, My Daughter, BWA Tarnów, Poland
2020 - Po-Słowie XIX Łemkowskie Jeruzalem, Gallery Willa, City Art Gallery, Łódź, Poland
2020 – Permanent Report. Symposium of real attitudes, Galeria 12, Cieszyn, Poland
2019 -'(Non)Religious set, BWA Krosno Gallery, Krosno, Poland
2019 - 'Who Let the dogs out', Artrakt Gallery, Wroclaw, Poland
2018 - 'MatriArt', Kobro gallery, Łodz, Poland
2018 - 'No Title Project', Desa Unicum, Warsaw, Poland
2018 - 'No Title Project', Art Cathedral, Slot Art Festival, Lubiaz, Poland
2018 - 'No Title Project', Dystans Gallery, Krakow, Poland
2018 - '1/3', CSW Solway, Krakow, Poland
2017 - '21 Daydreams', BWA w Rzeszowie, Rzeszow, Poland
2017 – ‘Animalis’ Polish Painting Triennale, Galeria MM, Chorzów, Poland
2016 – ‘You can say I am not in hurry”, Silesia Muzeum of Cieszyn, Cieszyn, Poland
2016 - "The Show - from the collection of Galeria BWA", Galeria Bielska BWA, Bielsko-Biała, Poland
2016 - "Woman painters", White gallery, Lublin, Poland
2015 - "42 Biennale of painting Bielska Jesień 2010", ...