Joanna JEŻEWSKA-DESPERAK (b. 1969, Opole)
Golden sky over Dalmatia, 2019.
oil on canvas, 120 x 80 cm
signed p. d. corner: 'J. Desperak'
described and signed on the reverse: 'Joanna Jeżewska-Desperak | "Golden sky over Dalmatia | oil on canvas and gold flakes, 120 x 80 cm | 2019 | JDesperak'.
Graduated from the State High School of Fine Arts in Opole and from the Art Department of the Higher School of Pedagogy in Częstochowa. Diploma with honors in the studio of printmaking under the direction of Ryszard Osadczy in 1997. Member of ZPAP since 2007.
Works in painting, drawing and pedagogical work.
In 1994 and 2000, she received the Art Scholarship of the President of the City of Częstochowa.
In 2017. The Department of Culture of the Częstochowa City Hall published the 2017 City Calendar
with paintings by Joanna Jeżewska-Desperak.
Individual exhibitions:
1998 - Drawing and graphics. Municipal Art Gallery in Częstochowa.
2001 - Painting and drawing. Gaude Mater Cultural Promotion Center in Częstochowa.
2005 - Painting and drawing. Gaude Mater Cultural Promotion Center in Częstochowa.
2007- Painting and drawing. Municipal Art Gallery in Częstochowa.
2008- Painting and drawing. Municipal Art Gallery in Częstochowa.
2009 - Exhibition "She and He", painting and drawing by Joanna and Andrew Desperak, RegionalAssociation for the Encouragement of Fine Arts in Częstochowa.
2013 - Painting. Café "Mithos".
2016 - Painting. Gazeta Wyborcza Gallery in Częstochowa.
Collective exhibitions:
1999 - "Secret Garden", National Exhibition of Contemporary Art,
Evangelical-Augsburg Church in Częstochowa.
2002 - II International Biennale of Miniature Art, Gaude Mater in Częstochowa.
2002 - 2nd International Biennale of Miniature Art, Rogatka Gallery in Rogozno.
2002 - Marian Michalik Competition, Municipal Art Gallery in Częstochowa.
2003 - Second International Biennale of Miniature Art, Presidential Gallery in Warsaw.
2003 - "Always with Hope," Museum in Czestochowa.
2004 - "Trapped in Time," Steel Angels Gallery, Bytom.
2005 - National Art Contest, Gallery of Creative Environments, Bielskie Centrum Kultury in Bielsko-Biala.
2006- "Before the Mystery", VII International Festival of Sacred Music in Podbeskidzie,
Sacrum In Musica, Bielskie Centrum Kultury, Bielsko-Biała.
2006 - IV International Biennale of Miniature, Gaude Mater in Częstochowa.
- Presidential Gallery in Warsaw.
- Stanislaw Staszic Museum.
- Gallery, Pila.
- BWA Municipal Gallery, Tarnów.
- Bureau of Artistic Exhibitions, Kalisz.
2006 - VIII Autumn Art Salon, Biuro Wystaw Artystycznych in Ostrowiec.
Swietokrzyskie.
2006 - XIX City Plein Air, City Gallery, Częstochowa.
2007- Collective exhibition, Regional Society for the Encouragement of Fine Arts
in Częstochowa.
2008 - 5th International Biennale of Miniature Art, Gaude Mater in Częstochowa.
- Stanislaw Staszic Museum, Gallery, Pila.
- Palace of Zagłębie Culture, Dąbrowa Górnicza.
- Nowa Huta Cultural Center, Kraków.
- Biuro Wystaw Artystycznych, Kalisz.
- Castle of the Pomeranian Dukes, Szczecin.
- Painting Gallery of the Academy of Fine Arts, Cracow.
2008 - XXI City Plein Air, City Gallery, Częstochowa.
2009 - 4th International Drawing Competition, Wroclaw.
2009 - XXII City Plein-Air, City Gallery in Częstochowa.
2010 - VI International Biennale of Miniature, Gaude Mater in Częstochowa.
- Stanislaw Staszic Museum, Gallery, Pila.
- Palace of Zagłębie Culture, Dąbrowa Górnicza.
- BWA Municipal Gallery, Tarnów.
- Nowa Huta Cultural Center, Krakow.
- Bureau of Artistic Exhibitions, Kalisz.
- Presidential Gallery, Warsaw.
- Gallery, Slovakia.
2010 - Art Fair, Municipal Art Gallery, Częstochowa.
2010 - XXIII Municipal Plein-Air, Municipal Gallery in Częstochowa.
2011 - 100th anniversary of ZPAP, Exhibition of Artists of the Częstochowa District.
2011 - XXIV City Plein Air, City Gallery in Częstochowa.
2011 - All-Poland Plein-Air, Jurassic Autumn, Municipal Art Gallery in Częstochowa.
2011 - Art Fair, Municipal Art Gallery in Częstochowa.
2012 - 5th International Drawing Contest, Wroclaw, Poland.
2012 - XXXVI All-Poland Painting Plein Air, Jurassic Autumn, MGS , Częstochowa.
2012 - Art Fair, Municipal Gallery of Art, Częstochowa.
2013 - "Come paint me the world", presentation of own painting, Bieganski Square, Czestochowa.
2014 ¬- VIII International Biennale of Miniature Art, Gaude Mater, Częstochowa.
- Test Gallery, Warsaw.
- Stanislaw Staszic Museum, Gallery, Pila.
- BWA Municipal Gallery, Tarnów.
- Nowa Huta Cultural Center, Cracow.
- Gallery of Photography, Rzeszow.
- MOKSiR Epicenter Gallery, Chelmek.
- Brőtzinger Art Gallery, Pforzhaim.
2014 -II International Art Competition "Contemporary Landscape", Municipal Art Gallery, Częstochowa.
2014 - International Exhibition "Project - City", Museum in Częstochowa.
2014 - XXV City Plein-Air, City Art Gallery in Częstochowa.
2015 - XXVI City Plein Air, Municipal Art Gallery in Częstochowa.
2016 - Interdisciplinary exhibition, Municipal Art Gallery in Częstochowa.
2016 - XXVII Municipal Plein-Air, Municipal Art Gallery in Częstochowa.
2016 - Exhibition "Zoom on Szczecin - points of view," Filharmonia
M. Karłowicz Philharmonic Hall in Szczecin.
2017 - Art Confrontations
