Weronika Raczynska

painter / artist was born in 1978 in Warsaw, Poland.

In the years 1997-2002 studied painting at the European Academy of Arts (EAS) in Warsaw, Poland.
In 2002 graduated with a Master of Fine Arts degree in Painting (with distinction).

From 2008-2010 studied painting at The Jan Matejko Academy of Fine Arts (ASP) in Cracow, Poland.
In 2010 completed post-graduate studies in painting.

She has had 17 solo exhibitions of painting and more than 130 group exhibitions in Poland, as well as in France, Germany, Italy, Moldavia, Romania, Switzerland, United Kingdom and United States of America among others. In 2014 participated in a month long painting plein-air with Dresden Artists Group / Dresdner Künstlergruppe in Dresden, Germany. In 2022 received a scholarship from the Creation Support Fund of the Society of Authors ZAiKS.

Her work has appeared in Voices of Tomorrow art book, Contemporary Celebrity Masters art magazine and Spotlight Contemporary Art Magazine, as well as in several dozen other publications.

Paintings by Weronika Raczynska can be found in private collections in Poland and other countries of Europe, and also in New Zealand, the Philippines and the United States of America, as well as in public collections of the Gallery of Contemporary Art (GSW) in Wloclawek, Poland and the Office of Artistic Exhibitions (BWA) in Kielce, Poland.

Lives and works in Warsaw, Poland.

AWARDS:

2023 – The Michelangelo International Prize, Italian Theatre in Rome, Italy.
2023 – Pegasus International Prize for the Arts, St. Theodore Palace in Venice, Italy.
2022 – Artistic Excellence certificate from Circle Foundation for the Arts portal.
2022 – The Faces of Peace Art Prize by Contemporary Art Curator Magazine portal.
2016 – nominated for a prize at 44th Winter Salon – Polish Biennial of Art
at the Elektrownia Mazovian Centre of Contemporary Art in Radom, Poland.
2003 – nomination for a prize at The 4th Jacek Malczewski Triennial of Self-Portrait
at The Jacek Malczewski Museum in Radom, Poland.

SELECTED SOLO EXHIBITIONS:

2021 – "Paintings Of The Night", Lufcik Gallery, Warsaw, Poland.
2019 – "Painting Is Painting Is Painting Is Painting", Podlaska Gallery, Biala Podlaska, Poland.
2017 – "To View" – painting, Gallery of Contemporary Art (GSW), Wloclawek, Poland.
2016 – "Views, Figures & Colour Field" – painting, Ether Gallery, Warsaw, Poland.
2015 – "Form Of Reality" – painting, Sokol Gallery, Nowy Sacz, Poland.
2013 – "Portraits & Situations" – painting, Piwnice BWA Gallery – Office of Artistic Exhibitions (BWA), Kielce, Poland; Zielona Gallery of Art – branch of Office of Artistic Exhibitions (BWA) in Kielce in Poland, Busko-Zdroj, Poland.
2012 – "Figuration" – painting, Ether Gallery, Warsaw, Poland.
2010 – "Black Fables From Little Townlets" – painting, 022 Gallery, Warsaw, Poland.
2003 – "Painting", ABK Gallery, Warsaw, Poland.
2002 – "Fishes: 5 + 5 + 1" – painting / "Landscape" – graphic art (aquatint), Szuster Palace, Warsaw, Poland.

SELECTED GROUP EXHIBITIONS:

2023 – "Michelangelo – The Genius of Italy" – multimedia show of painting, Italian Theatre, Rome, Italy.
2023 – "Shape of Vision" – painting, Spazio 57 Gallery, Naples, Italy.
2023 – "Pegasus" – multimedia show of painting, St. Theodore Palace, Venice, Italy.
2023 – 8th International Biennial of Painting, National Museum of Art, Kishinev, Moldavia.
2023 – "Fall In Love With Art" – painting, 3U10 Gallery, Warsaw, Poland.
2023 – "Duality of the Whole" – painting, Medina Art Gallery, Rome, Italy.
2023 – "Art On Loop III" – digital mixed reality show of painting, The Holy Art Gallery, London, United Kingdom.
2022 – "Unfolding Stories" – painting, Luciana Matalon Foundation, Milan, Italy.
2022 – "Contemporary Painting", The Brick Lane Gallery, London, United Kingdom.
2022 – painting, Municipal Gallery of Art, Zakopane, Poland.
2021-2022 – The 7th International Michal Elwiro Andriolli Drawing Competition – post-competition exhibition of drawing, The Michal Elwiro Andriolli Gallery, Naleczow, Poland; Centre Gallery, New York, United States of America.
2021 – 46th Winter Salon – Polish Biennial of Art – painting, Elektrownia Mazovian Centre of Contemporary Art, Radom, Poland.
2021 – "From The Art Gallery" – painting, The Art Gallery, Warsaw, Poland.
2020 – "2020: Attempt" – multimedia show of drawing, Pulsar Gallery – The Jan Tarasin Gallery of Art, Kalisz, Poland.
2020 – "Bare Truth / Side By Side" – paintings, Gallery of the House of Visual Artist, Warsaw, Poland.
2019 – "Autumnal Confrontations" 5th Triennial of Polish Contemporary Painting, Office of Artistic Exhibitions (BWA), Rzeszow, Poland.
2019 – "Painting From The Studio", Gallery of the House of Visual Artist, Warsaw, Poland.
2019 – painting, Municipal Gallery of Art, Zakopane, Poland.
2019 – 6th International Biennial of Painting, National Museum of Art, Kishinev, Moldavia.
2019 – "Colourful Constellations Of The World" – drawings and paintings, 4th Level Gallery, The Mieczyslaw Karlowicz Philharmonic, Szczecin, Poland.
2018-2019 – The 6th International Michal Elwiro Andriolli Drawing Competition – post-competition exhibition of drawing, The Michal Elwiro Andriolli Gallery, Naleczow, Poland; Art Gallery of The Tadeusz Kosciuszko Foundation, New York, United States of America.
2018 – 45th Winter Salon – Polish Biennial of Art – painting, Elektrownia Mazovian Centre of Contemporary Art, Radom, Poland.
2017 – painting, Municipal Gallery of Art, Zakopane, Poland.
2017 – selected works of art from 5th International Biennial of Painting, Museum of Art, Palace of Culture, Jassy, Romania.
2017 – 5th International Biennial of Painting, National Museum of Art, Kishinev, Moldavia.
2016 – 5th International Biennial of Picture, Central Museum of Textiles, Lodz, Poland.
2016 – 44th Winter Salon – Polish Biennial of Art – painting, Elektrownia Mazovian Centre of Contemporary Art, Radom, Poland.
2016 – "Painting On Canvas", Gallery of the House of Visual Artist, Warsaw, Poland.
2016 – "Szczecin In Close-Up – Points Of View" – paintings, 4th Level Gallery, The Mieczyslaw Karlowicz Philharmonic, Szczecin, Poland.
2015-2016 – The 5th International Michal Elwiro Andriolli Drawing Competition – post-competition exhibition of drawing, The Michal Elwiro Andriolli Gallery, Naleczow, Poland; Accademia Nazionale di San Luca, Rome, Italy.
2015 – "Current Paintings V. Painters' Personalities", Gallery of the House of Visual Artist, Warsaw, Poland.
2015 – contemporary art of artists represented by Czapski Gallery in Poznan, Poland – painting, New Gas-Works, Poznan, Poland.
2014 – 43rd Winter Salon – painting, Museum of Contemporary Art, Radom, Poland.
2014 – 4th International Biennial of Picture, Central Museum of Textiles, Lodz, Poland.
2013 – "Cosmopolitan Warsaw" – painting, Gallery of Contemporary Art – Office of Artistic Exhibitions (GSW – BWA), Olkusz, Poland.
2011 – "Discoveries In Art – Painting Of Young Artists", Czajka Gallery – Koneser Centre of Culture, Warsaw, Poland.
2011 – "Water & Light" / „Wasser und Licht” – painting and graphic art (lithograph), Am Kietz Gallery, Schwedt/Oder, Germany.
2010 – "Autumnal Confrontations" 2nd Triennial of Polish Contemporary Painting, Office of Artistic Exhibitions (BWA), Rzeszow, Poland.
2010 – 8th Triennial of Small Painting Forms, Wozownia Gallery of Art, Torun, Poland.
2009 – painting, Palace of Art, Cracow, Poland.
2009 – "Drawing", Lufcik Gallery, Warsaw, Poland.
2008 – "Drawing Of Young Artists II", Elektrownia Mazovian Centre of Contemporary Art, Radom, Poland.
2007 – 1st International Biennial of Picture, Poznanski Palace, Lodz, Poland.
2007 – "Confrontations III" – painting, Gallery of the House of Visual Artist, Warsaw, Poland.
2006 – The 5th Jacek Malczewski Triennial of Self-Portrait – painting, Museum of Contemporary Art, Radom, Poland.
2005 – paintings of finalists of The Franciszka Eibisch Foundation painting competition, Katarzyna Napiorkowska Gallery of Art, Warsaw, Poland.
2005 – "12 Artists Of The Gallery" / „12 Künstler der Galerie – ein Querschnitt durch das Programm” – painting, Art Ahead Gallery, Basel, Switzerland.
2005 – "Confrontations – From Realism To Abstraction" – painting, Gallery of the House of Visual Artist, Warsaw, Poland.
2003-2004 – "Polish Contemporary Art" – painting, D’Arte Moderna de Le Ciminiere Gallery, Catania, Italy; Castello di Nelson, Bronte, Italy.
2003 – The 4th Jacek Malczewski Triennial of Self-Portrait – painting, The Jacek Malczewski Museum, Radom, Poland.
2003 – painting, Nizio Gallery, Warsaw, Poland.
2003 – 5th Biennial of Small Painting Forms, Wozownia Gallery of Art, Torun, Poland.
2003 – "Return To The Picture Surface" – little forms of painting, Gallery of Creative Initiatives, Warsaw, Poland; Espace Tristan Bernard Gallery, Paris, France.
2002 – painting, ABK Gallery, Warsaw, Poland.