Martyna Zoltaszek

A Polish born painter based in UK, with MA from the Academy of fine Arts in Wroclaw, and a scholarship residency at the Art Faculty of the University of Tennessee in USA under her belt. The vastly different approaches of these institutions have provided Martyna with the framework for the current art practice.

Martyna's works feature in collections across continents and she has exhibited in UK, numerous countries of continental Europe, USA and Australia. She has collaborated with brands like Nina Ricci, Djeco, BBC & her imagery can be found in Museum shops across the UK, Kew Gardens, Antropologie, amongst others.

'I am inspired by the natural world, but also by the complexity of human inner emotional life. Many of my works will feature animals immersed in exotic landscape or juxtaposed against geometric patterns. The animals represent people and situations I have come across or imagined. On the formal level, I focus on the emotionality of colour and contrast bold raw textures with delicately layered glazes. The paintings often reference elaborate patterns and art forms naturally occurring in nature.
My working process embraces elements of randomness and accidents, inevitable when working with the tactile medium of paint. As ...

The Academy of Fine Arts in Wroclaw, Poland 2004 (Master's Degree)
Art Department, University of Tennessee, Knoxville, TN USA 2006 (scholarship residency)

Group Shows:
2016 - Grant Bradley Gallery 'Wild' Bristol
2015 - Lab Space 'Side By Side', Bristol, UK
2015 - Paper Gallery, Bristol UK
2015 - Shaun in The City Selected Artist, Bristol-London, UK
2014 - Royal West of England Academy Annual Open Exhibition, a selective show, Bristol, UK
2014 - Bristol Contemporary, Summer Exhibition, Bristol, UK
2013 - One Alfred Place, London, UK
2013 - Point 35. Store Street Gallery, London, UK
2012 - Modern Artist Gallery, Whitchurch, UK
2011 - Enid Lawson Gallery, London, UK
2010 - Gallery 286, London, UK
2007 - Galeria na Solnym, Wroclaw, Poland
2006 - ‘Rabbit & House’, a competitive exhibition, Arka Gallery, Vilnius, Lithuania
2006 - EGERIA XVI, a national painting competition, Ostrow Wielkopolski, Poland
2006 - ‘Unusual Gardens’, International Painting Biennial, BWA Ksiaz, Walbrzych, Poland
2005 - ‘Polish Art’, The Consulate General of the Republic of Poland in New York, USA
2005 - Opus Gallery, Wroclaw, Poland
2005 - ‘The Christmas Show’, The Bloxham Gallery, London, UK
2004 - Ural Print Triennial International Exhibition, Ufa, Russia
2004 - ‘Wroclaw Gnomes’, Kolegium Gallery, Wroclaw, Poland
2004 - Collective show, Academy of Fine Arts, Kiev, Ukraine
2003 - Festival of...