Magdalena Pela

Untitled Series "All Over" - Modern Abstract Large Format Painting

2016

Born in 1989 in Gdańsk. Visual artist, painter, author of objects. PhD student at the Academy of Fine Arts in Gdańsk. She graduated from the Faculty of Painting at the Academy of Fine Arts in Gdańsk in 2015. A graduate of cultural studies at the Faculty of Philology of the University of Gdańsk (2011). At her alma mater, she works as an assistant at the Faculty of Painting and at the Faculty of Architecture and Design. Multiple winner and finalist of national and international painting competitions: laureate of the 7th National Exhibition of the Best Diplomas of the Academy of Fine Arts in Poland, 25th National Young Painting Review Promotions 2015 and the 3rd National Painting Competition. Leona Wyczółkowski 2018. Finalist of the 5th National Young Painting Review "Fresh Blood" and the competition for the Grand Prix of the Franciszki Eibisch Foundation 2015. Nominated for the Main Prize at the 13th National Exhibition of Unique Fabrics at the Central Museum of Textiles in Łódź and the final of the 3rd International Painting Competition of the Three Foundation Mosty 2018. She participated in several dozen projects, individual and collective exhibitions (including Poland, USA, France, Romania, Moldova, Armenia, Hungary, Mexico). Paintings by Magdalena Peli are in private collections and in the permanent collection of the National Museum in Gdansk.