Malgosia Kiernozycka

Folklore Cutouts

2019

Malgosia Kiernozycka was born in Wroclaw, Poland. She graduated high school at the School of Fine Arts and received a scholarship from the Minister of Culture and Art for the Academy of Fine Arts in Wroclaw. She studied glass design under Professor Witkowski and painting under Professor Wanda Golkowska. She received her master’s degree along with an award. In 1986, Kiernozycka moved to Germany and studied screen design at the Multimedia Academy in Mainz, and worked as a guest speaker at the Academy of Fine Arts in Wiesbaden. In 1989, she participated in an art exhibition for the best Diploma works in Munich, Germany, and was invited to present her pieces at an exhibition in Osaka, Japan, due to her outstanding work. In 1990, Kiernozycka was a laureate at OB ART in Paris where she showcased her glassworks. She has worked as a graphic designer, painter and on various other digital projects for many years before stepping away from art for a while. Only in the past few years did she come back to painting and drawing. Now Kiernozycka spends every free minute on her artistic work, playing with colors and formats, exploring and evolving her style. She creates stories with lines, circles, and blotches on paper and canvas while drawing inspiration from walks through Berlin, graffiti and street art on the walls and gates, colorful streets, as well as music and movies. Kiernozycka also participated in many groups and individual exhibitions around the world. Kiernozycka’s works can be found in individual as well as group collections around the words including at the Galerie Capazza, city gallery in Strasburg, France, New York, Florida, Australia, Germany and Poland.