Marzena Turek

MARZENA TUREK GAS is a Doctor of Fine Arts, painter, visionary and designer. A graduate of the Academy of Fine Arts in Krakow, Faculty of Graphic Arts in Katowice, she is a three-time recipient of grants from the Ministry of Culture and National Heritage. She was the first artist in the world to paint monumental canvases over 200 square metres using rollerblades. She is the author of the Shapes of Colour/All Size project and the large-scale relief from this series, which was realised in the Praga district of Warsaw (2011–2021) as part of the Art in Public Space competition. The latest iteration of the project is on display at the Zachęta (2023). Her artistic achievements include 180 solo and group exhibitions in countries such as England, Japan, Korea, the United States, Germany, Italy, the Netherlands, the Czech Republic, Hungary and Poland. Her work can be found in museums, art institutions and private collections in America, Europe and Asia. She creates and lives in Warsaw. ()

I was born in Białystok, Poland on 27th of December in 1972. I grew up in a house with many siblings, full of colors, ideas and bustle in Lomza, Poland (a small town 150 km northeast of Warsaw). Untill fourteen I lived in my family home. In 1987 I left Lo...

2016 – currently
Ph.D. student in Fine Arts at the Jan Kochanowski University, Kielce, PL

1996 – 2001
MFA, Academy of Fine Arts in Cracow, Printmaking Department – Katowice, Graphic Design and Painting Diploma, PL

1987 – 1992
Secondary School of Fine Arts in Nałęczów. Furniture Design Diploma, PL

She has exhibited including: United Kingdom - London (Mall Gallery 2000), Stockholm (World Trade Center 2000), New York (United Nations 2000). Her posters were shown in: Moravian Gallery in Brno (2002), Pécsi Gallery in Hungary (2000, 2008, 2009, 2010); The Central House of Artist in Moscow (2006), Hatton and Curfman Galleries in Colorado, USA (2001, 2003) Ogaki Poster Museum in Japan (2000/2001); other, important works were shown in Seoul, Korea (2006); Horst-Janssen Museum, Oldenburg (2010); Tokyo Atsukobarough Gallery (2015) and Art Fair Asia Fukuoka in Japan (2015). In 2006 received a scholarship from the Polish Ministry of Culture and National Heritage.