Magdalena Kirklewska

MAGDALENA KIRKLEWSKA – born 1990 in Poland. Graduate of Academy of Fine Arts in Gdańsk/Painting Department. Diploma with distinction in 2015. In her painting she focuses on body image in the context of social and cultural patterns. Lives and works in Gdańsk, Poland.

SOLO EXHIBITIONS

• 2020 Body images, Galeria Żak, Gdańsk.
• 2020 Venus and Adonis, WL4 – Mleczny Piotr, Gdańsk.
• 2020 Pracownia N22 presents: Show of Strength, Wilcza 13, Warsaw.
• 2020 Magdalena Kirklewska – Wieszajmy artystów każdego dnia, Kolonia Artystów, Gdańsk.
• 2020 Show of Strength, Straight Outta Street, Gdańsk.
• 2015 Painting – genres’ differences, part III, ASP Gallery, Gdańsk.
• 2014 Painting, Galeria Plama, Gdańsk.

GROUP EXHIBITIONS

• 2019 The exhibition of the finalists of Eibisch Prize 2019, Galeria Sztuki Katarzyny Napiórkowskiej, Warsaw.
• 2018 Trisity vol. 2, TuBaza, Gdynia.
• 2016 Painting – Magdalena Kirklewska and Maciej Pytlak, Willa Bergera, Sopot.
• 2016 Young Painting of Gdańsk, Faculty of Social Sciences, University of Gdańsk.
• 2016Young Painting in Gdańsk. Diplomas 2015, Academy of Fine Arts in Gdańsk.
• 2018 WL4 Birthday – group exhibition, WL4 Gallery, Gdańsk.
• 2015 The Esteemed Graduates of Polish Academies of Fine Arts Exhibition, Great Armoury, Gdańsk.
• 2015 All for nothing – Night of Museums, Great Armoury, Gdańsk.
• 2014 VII Painting Competition of Zadra Gallery, Zadra Gallery, Warsaw.
• 2014 Re-Akcje 2, Small Armoury, Gdańsk.

AWARDS AND DISTINCTIONS

• 2019 Honorable distinction in Eibisch Prize 2019 contest, Galeria Sztuki Katarzyny Napiórkowskiej, Warsaw.

PUBLICATIONS

• 2017 Book publication after the conference Body as a source of struggle and fear. Philosophical concepts of the body based on Polish contemporary art – text by Paula Milczarczyk.
• 2016 Article in Arteon Magazine (November 2016) – text by Paula Milczarczyk.
• 2016 Catalogue Young Painting in Gdańsk. Diplomas 2015 – pub. Academy of Fine Arts in Gdańsk.
• 2015 Catalogue The Esteemed Graduates of Polish Academies of Fine Arts 2015 – pub. Academy of Fine Arts in Gdańsk.