Joanna Koziej

I am a multidisciplinary artist interested in visual storytelling. Since I can remember, I wanted to make art that reached the viewer in a compelling way. Through designing posters for social campaigns and logos for brands I got fascinated with turning ideas into simple yet symbolic images. About 6 years ago I combined this approach with painting and switched large canvas for small ceramic base, launching a personal project named "Malarka" ("Paintress" in Polish).

2006 – 2012 Master of Arts degree – top grade with honours at Graphics Faculty, Academy of Fine Arts in Warsaw, Poland

2010 Artist residency, BizArt Space, Shanghai, China

2010 Scholarship for poster workshops, International Graphics Festival, Echirolles, France

2009/2010 Scholarship in Paris, France, Printed Image Faculty, Ecole Nationale Supérieure Des Arts Décoratifs

2021 – "?????? ????? - Malarka project" oolo painting exhibition, Sen Nocy Letniej, Warsaw, Poland

2019 – ‘マラルカ / Malarka’ solo painting exhibition – Art For Thought, Tokyo Ginza, Japan

2018 – ‘Paintress at Jazdów’ solo painting exhibition, RDK – Rotational Culture Centre, Warsaw, Poland

2017 – ‘different takes’ Solo painting exhibition,Town Hall Art Gallery, Municipal Center of Culture, Legionowo, Poland

2016 – Solo exhibition, Hugonówka, Konstancin-Jeziorna, Poland, Curator: Przemek Lahuta

2014 – ‘Colorically’, New York Gallery, Warsaw, Poland Curator: Sylwia Mańko.

2014 – ‘Bravo Lovely’ Painting exhibition, Radna 6/8 Gallery, Warsaw, Poland