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About - Artist's Statement

I graduated from the Academy of Fine Arts in Warsaw in 1965, from the studio of Professor Artur Nacht-Samborski, and have been working in painting, drawing and book illustration ever since. Right after graduating, painting alone could not pay the bills, so I turned to illustration – with some success: in 1968 I won first prize in the competition “The Art of the Children’s Book”, which marked the beginning of my career as an illustrator.
I went on to collaborate with many publishers, illustrating works such as Revueltas’ “He Who Lives by Night”, Ionesco’s “The Hermit” and Tolstoy’s “The Living Corpse”, as well as designing covers for the series “Library of Polish and World Classics”. It helped that my husband, Wojtek Freudenreich, had already established himself as a graphic artist – working in poster and book design – and became my demanding teacher, to whom I owe a great deal.
But painting was always my true dream. What captivates me about it is absolute freedom – the freedom to choose what I do and how. And so, gradually, a time of searching began – one that cannot end, because there is always another way, and every day offers a chance to start again.

Exhibitions

Solo Exhibitions

2025 – Gallery na Piętrze, PROM SZTUKI, Warsaw
2007 – Lufcik Gallery, The Artist’s House, Warsaw
2006 – Schody Gallery, Warsaw
2005 – Warsaw Stock Exchange, Warsaw

1998 – Kordegarda Gallery, “Blue”, Warsaw
1995 – Zapiecek Gallery (with Wojciech Freudenreich), Warsaw
1992 – Pokaz Gallery, Warsaw
1991 – Family Show (with Malgorzata Piekarska-Nelke and Michal Piekarski), BWA, Gorzów Wlkp.
1989 – Painting, Studio Gallery, Warsaw
1984 – Painting, Sponz Gallery, Amsterdam
1979 – Painting and Drawing, The Artist’s House, Warsaw
1977 – Book Illustration Exhibition, Poster Gallery, Warsaw

Group Exhibitions

1990 – Centre des Congrès, Montreux
1989 – Exhibition of the Group of 21, Studio Gallery, Warsaw
1981 – Portrait of the City, Warsaw
1981 – Biennial of Illustrations to Children’s Books, Bratislava

1980 – Drawing Exhibition, The Artist’s House, Warsaw
1979 – Exhibition of Polish Children’s Books, Tokyo
1979 – Sports Biennial, Barcelona
1979 – National Illustration Show, Warsaw
1979 – Illustration Show (with Wojciech Freudenreich), Zielona Góra
1979 – Exhibition of Works by Winners of a Print Competition, Warsaw
1977 – Polish Illustration Show, Bucharest
1977 – Drawing Biennial, Cleveland
1977-1978 – Paris, Duisburg
1976 – Festival of Fine Arts, Warsaw
1973 – Warsaw in Art, Warsaw
1973 – Exhibition of Graphic Art and Painting, Studio Gallery, Warsaw
1973 – Biennial of Illustrations to Children’s Books, Bratislava
1970-1972 – Exhibition of Illustrations ‘Golden Pen’, Belgrade
1969 – National Exhibition of Children’s Book Illustrations, Zachęta, Warsaw
1969 – Young Painting Exhibition, Warsaw
1968 – Festival of Fine Arts, Warsaw
1967 – Book Art, Central Office for Art Exhibitions, Zachęta, Warsaw

Awards

1981 – The Prime Minister’s Prize for illustrations for children
1979 & 1980 – Honourable mentions in the J. Spychalski Painting Competition
1977 – 3rd Prize at the 3rd Biennial of Art for Children in Poznań
1973 – 2nd Prize in the KAW Publishers’ competition for a comic strip
1973 – Honourable mention at the 1st Biennial of Art for Children in Poznań
1969 – 1st Prize in the ‘Children’s Book Art’ Competition 

In the Studio - Stills from Different Years
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