Maria BUGAJSKA KONDRAD (born 1971), T.1.2018 - jestemtu, 2018

oil, canvas, 100 x 100 cm, signed on the back

She says of herself that she is a Nyssa woman, as she was born in Nysa and her hometown turned out to be Sanok. This is the result of the resettlement history of the 20th century, which affected her family and, ultimately, greatly influenced the painter's personal and artistic development. Painter, sculptor, graphic designer, educator, cultural and educational instructor with a diploma from CAK, cultural animator, director, stage designer. Lecturer in sculpture and creativity development at the Folk University of Arts and Crafts in Wola Sekowa. We have.
As a craftswoman after UL in Wzdow, she enjoys experimenting with various craft techniques, which personally include even computer graphics.
However, it is painting that allows her to relax perfectly in the creative process. The color restriction to black in many of the artist's works is in large part related to her fascination with the subject of light and optical phenomena. It also allows for full concentration and conversation with the resulting image.
As a four-time recipient of a scholarship from the Rector of the University of Rzeszow, she defended her Master of Fine Arts degree with honors in 2018. at the UR Faculty of Art, under the direction of Prof. Antoni Nikel.
She has had many solo and group exhibitions, and her original works are in private collections in Poland and abroad, including Germany, the UK and Canada.





BIOGRAM
Born in 1971 in Nysa, from families displaced from near Lviv and Sanok.
Master of Arts, painter, sculptor, graphic designer, educator, cultural and educational instructor with a diploma from CAK, cultural animator, director, stage designer. Lecturer in sculpture and creativity development at the Folk Artistic Craft University in Wola Sękowa.
Active participant in many cultural and artistic projects, plein-air events, exhibitions and peri-theatrical activities.
The author's works are in private collections in Poland and abroad, including Germany, Great Britain and Canada.
EDUCATION
2018 September Obtaining a Master's Degree in Painting (diploma with distinction).
2016-2018 Faculty of Art, University of Rzeszow, majoring in Visual Arts, Master's Degree.
2013-2016 Faculty of Art, University of Rzeszow, majoring in Visual Arts, undergraduate studies
2004-2008 Maria Curie-Skłodowska University in Lublin, Faculty of Art, major. Artistic education in the field of plastic arts
1998-2000 University of Silesia in Katowice Branch in Cieszyn, Faculty of Pedagogy and Arts, majoring in Visual Arts Education
1992-1995 People's University in Wzdow, diploma in sculpture and artistic textiles
1986-1991 State High School of Fine Arts in Wroclaw, diploma in painting and jewelry making
ACHIEVEMENTS
2022 Nomination for an award at the XI Fabric Biennale in Krosno, participation in the post-competition exhibition.
2019 Autumn Confrontations 2019, BWA Rzeszow - II stage of the competition, participation in the post-competition exhibition.
2019 V Piotrkowskie Biennale of Art ODAART - II stage and participation in the post-competition exhibition.
2015-18 Four-time scholarship recipient of the Rector of the UR for special artistic achievements
2018 Honorable mention for drawing in the 2018 "To the quarter" competition,
2018 Biennial "From loom to loom" DEBIUTY, Nomination for the award.
2018 Honorable Mention in the competition of works "Przeworsk Impressions".
2018 Best Artistic Diploma named after Jerzy Panek. Nomination for the award.
INDIVIDUAL EXHIBITIONS
2022 IV-V "NOT dressed NOT naked" BWA Sanok
2022 "m.in. Maria Bugajska Kondrad" Gallery Rynek 6, Yaroslavl
2021 "Black in Black" art action, Abandoned Village of Black
2018 "AKTY w NIEJ" Regional Center for Borderland Culture in Krosno
2018 "P-searching for YOU". Jasielski House of Culture, Jaslo
2017 "TREASURE 2" Kasztel in Szymbark
2017 "TÊÊCERN 1" Cultural Center in Dukla
2016 "Do-Tkindness" MDK in Sanok
2008 "Painted with Linen" Svidnik Slovakia
COLLECTIVE EXHIBITS /selection/.
2022 XI Biennale of Tapestry in Krosno
2022 "ULRA PASJE", Jasielsk House of Culture, Cultural Center in Dukla, Coffee Flavored Gallery in Sanok (initiator, curator and participant of the exhibition)
2022 "Woman", Gallery Rynek 6 JOKiS Jaroslaw
2020 "tech-stylia" exhibition of artistic interactive fabric, BWA Krosno
2019 Autumn Confrontations 2019, BWA Rzeszow, post-competition exhibition.
2019 "Image of Ukraine AND Poland." Union of Ukrainians in Poland, o/Szczecin
2019 V Piotrowskie Biennale of Art, post-competition exhibition
2018 Best diplomas of the Faculty of Art, University of Rzeszow
2018 "A Place in Time" Diocesan Museum in Rzeszów