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magdalena król

A visual artist working with both painting and illustration media, seamlessly merging these areas in her practice. She creates interdependent objects, opening communication between the object and the canvas. The themes she explores include suggestive forms of iris multiplication, which embody femininity and eroticism – a vaginal discourse.

In her work, she addresses the topic of women’s independence and the need for their self-determination, both in the broadly understood realm of social issues and in the context of intimacy. The artist proposes well-defined and methodologically sophisticated objects, combining painterly techniques with an installation-based approach to space.

She is a two-time laureate of the Gdańsk Art Biennale and a multiple-time recipient of the Creative Fund – Cultural Scholarships of the City of Gdańsk. Between 2019 and 2024, she was affiliated with the Kolonia Artystów Foundation, and in 2021 she was also a supporting member of HALO Kultura in Gdynia. She has presented her artistic work at numerous solo and group exhibitions, including at the Gdańsk Shakespeare Theatre, the Academy of Fine Arts in Gdańsk, Łódź, and Warsaw, the Gdańsk City Gallery, ICS Institute of Cybernetic Art, and the Faculty of Art at the University of Opole. She has also exhibited at Gdańsk Archipelagos of Culture – GAK, and at the WL4 Mleczny Piotr gallery. She has participated in many museum night events and collaborated with numerous renowned curators. She lives and works in Gdańsk.

selected exhibitions

kultural scholarships, competitions

2023

– 7th Gdansk Biennale of Art – Gdańska Galeria Miejska

2022

– Kutlural Scholarship of the City of Gdańsk for the implementation of a visual arts project – Obiekty zależne

2021

– Kutlural Scholarship of the City of Gdańsk for the implementation of a visual arts project – (Nie)obecne Jestwo