Magdalena DANIEC (b. 1974), Recollection of Knossos, 2024

mixed technique (oil, collage, acrylic), canvas, 60 x 80 cm, signed p.d.: MAGDALENA DANIEC

Graduated from the Art Institute of the Pedagogical Academy in Cracow in 2001. Winner of the competition within the framework of the II Artistic Confrontations "Sacrum in Art" in Wadowice (2002). Her work is discussed in the book "Icon in the Art of the 20th Century" by Renata Rogozinska (2009). Author of solo exhibitions: Iconostasis, Wonderful Years, Cracow (2001); Mechanical Brothers, Rękawka Gallery, Cracow (2002); Atlantis, Space Gallery, Cracow (2006); Who Are They?, Space Gallery, Cracow (2009); Meta-Image: VI Festival of Philosophical Film, Staromiejskie Centrum Kultury, Cracow (2011); Partial Anhedonia, Pragaleria, Warsaw (2016). Participant in group exhibitions: Europ'Art, Geneva (2003, 2004, 2005, 2006, 2007); Contemporary Polish Art, La Galerie Alwane, Beirut (2008); Icons in 20th Century Art, Krypta u Pijarów Gallery, Cracow (2009); Art Now in Poland, The Venue, Souk Arkwam, Beirut (2011); 25th Festival of Polish Contemporary Painting, Szczecin, (2016, competition finalist, exhibition participant); 8 Women, "Konduktorownia" Gallery, Czestochowa (2017); 3rd National Leon Wyczółkowski Painting Competition, BWA City Gallery, Bydgoszcz, (2018, competition finalist, exhibition participant). Her works are in the collection of the Municipal Museum in Wadowice and in private collections in Poland, the United States, Great Britain, Switzerland, Germany and Italy.