Joanna MląCka

Visual artist. Painting and photography.
Born in 1981, Minsk Mazowiecki, Poland.
Lives and works near Warsaw,PL.

In my creative work I deal with painting and photography. The inspiration for my works I find in the real world from which I take the shapes of objects and plant motifs.

The main topic of my paintings is human activity in selected areas of his surroundings. I make observations of objects created by him in public places, isolated, on orchards, on the marketplaces and street stalls. These and other objects are usually made from recycled materials, whose primary purpose came an end. They are set up a new and their function depends only on the imagination and intentions of "the creator". I'm interested in them the material they are made, cleverness, purposefulness and the final effect. The resulting objects are very significant for me, I am finding in them the beauty of construction by early deconstruction.

I am also interested in the coexistence of man with nature. In my paintings I depicting phenomena from the plant world, in which you can see human "traces". By observing the impact of his actions on nature closely, I want to show its transformation and adaptation to unnatural conditions. The result is often interestin...

2013 - 2017 PhD studies at the Institute of Fine Arts at the University of Jan Kochanowski in Kielce. 2005 - 2010 The Academy of Fine Arts in Warsaw, Faculty of painting;
2009 probation scholarship at The Academy of Fine Arts and Design in Bratislava;
Diploma with the chancellor’s honor at Prof. Jaroslaw Modzelewski’s studio;
Additional specjalization from photography at Prof. Grzegorz Kowalski’s studio;

Awards and honors

Finalist of the 47th Winter Salon - National Biennale of Art, Poland 2022.
Finalist of the 5th National Leon Wyczółkowski Painting Competition, Poland 2022.
Finalist of the 12th Triennial of Small Painting Forms, Poland 2022.
2nd Prize in the 15th International Autumn Salon of Art in BWA Ostrowiec Świętokrzyski (2021).
Creative scholarship of Minister of Culture and National Heritage of the Republic Poland (2020).
Distinction in the 14th International Autumn Salon of Art in BWA Ostrowiec Świętokrzyski (2019).
Finalist of the Piotrkowski Art Biennale, Poland (2019 and 2013).
Finalist of the GEPPERT art competition, Poland (2013).
Scholarship holder of Warsaw capital city (2013) .
Prizewinner of the art competition “Initiative Entry”, Poland (2011).
Prof. Jozef Szajna’s Award and Ewa Tomaszewska’s honor for the ...

Solo exhibitions

2023 - "Matter that attracts me.", Goldenmark Gallery, Rzeszów;
2021 - "Symbiosis", XX1 Gallery, Warsaw;
2018 - " Forest, root, tree", Arttrakt Gallery, Wroclaw;
2016 - "Trans - formation", XX1 Gallery, Warsaw;
2014 - "The external image. The internal image.", Korekta Gallery, Warsaw;
2014 - "Irreversible processes / restoring", Arttrakt Gallery, Wroclaw;
2013 - "Gravity",Gallery (-1), The Polish Olympic Committe, Warsaw;
2012 - "Essence", Bochenska Gallery, Warsaw;
2012 - "Unknown garden", Galeria Promocyjna, Warsaw,PL.
2011 - "Simple Stories", Korekta Gallery, Warsaw,PL.
2010 - “Painting Exibition – Joanna Mlącka” – Centralny Basen Artystyczny, Warsaw,PL.

Selected group exhibitions

2022 - "RENDEZ - VOUS" Salon 2022, The Monegasque National Committee A.I.A.P UNESCO, Monako;
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