Magdalena Szczesniak

I`am Polish artist,living in Krakow;,I make oil paintings, drawings on paper , oil and soft pastels;also I teach painting and drawing on private courses;In my art I try to show how I experience my live, how are, my emotional relations with others and how the concrete event influence on me;sometimes my works have poetic force ,sometimes they contain humor and a kind of distance in relation what happen in my life;I mix realistic representation with abstract areas; very intuitive work ;Also I try to show hos sometimes are life is sad,even dramatic;

Faculty of Philosophy- Jagiellonian University Krakow(1986-1988)
Faculty of Graphic Art - Academy of Fine Arts (1978-1984)










-diploma Master of Arts in 1984

Major individual exhibitions:
Myslenice1999,Logos Hotel Krakow 2000,Pryzmat
Gallery Krakow 2002;

Major Collective Exhibitions:
International Pastel Biennial Nowy Sacz, Poland :2000,2002,2004,2006,2008,2010,2013,2018(second prize, third prize ,first prize)
Small Painting Forms Torun ,Poland :2001,2003,2005,2007,2009, 2013,2015,2018( second prize 2005)
International Miniatures Biennial Czestochowa .Poland 2002,2004,2006,2008,2010,2012,2014, 2016 ,2018 ,2018( twice grand prix ,second prize ,mention)
International Drawing Competition Wroclaw 2003,2006,2009,2012
(twice mention)
Lexmark European Art Prize 2004,( finalist)

Animalis 2020 Chorzow , Poland -animal -themed cometition-grand prix

Still Life Triennial -Sieradz .Poland ,3 rd prize(2009) and twice mention(2012,2015)




Plzen Drawing Biennial Czech Republic 2012