Maria KIESNER (b. 1976), Courtyard, 2014

acrylic, canvas; 60 x 100 cm;
Signed, dated and described on the back: Maria / Kiesner / 2014 / Courtyard

The artist studied from 1997 to 2002 at the Faculty of Painting at the Academy of Fine Arts in Warsaw. She defended her diploma, awarded the J. Szajna Prize for the search for a new form of expression, in 2002 under the direction of Prof. J. Modzelewski. She obtained an appendix in poster art in the studio of Prof. M. Wasilewski and also wrote a theoretical work under the direction of Dr. Agnieszka Morawińska. In 2005 and 2007 she received scholarships from the Ministry of Culture and National Heritage. In 2009 she defended her doctoral thesis titled "City before the storm" and works as an assistant professor at the Institute of Art Education at the Maria Grzegorzewska Academy of Special Education in Warsaw. She paints architecture and cityscapes. She depicts objects realistically, ascetically and without staffage; she is interested in factories, train stations, schools, community centers and forgotten relics of socmodernism and modernism.

Selected solo exhibitions: 2015 Bryla racjonalna, Gallery 101 project, Warsaw; 2015 Atlas, Galeria Wspólna, Bydgoszcz; 2014 niebo musi być niebieskie, Galeria młodych, Warsaw; 2014 Dom Richter, Designer Gallery, Warsaw; 2014 La Visita2, Erba, Italy; 2013 La Visita, Bagolino, Italy; 2013 Somewhere, Galeria Pracownia Otwarta, Krakow; 2011 Somewhere / Somewhere, Galeria Milano, Warsaw; 2011 Buildings, Synfonia Varsovia, Bochenska gallery, Warsaw; 2010 Place to work and live, Agora Seat, Warsaw; 2010 RE:WUWa, Socato gallery, Wrocław; 2009 Nowhere, Milano gallery, Warsaw; 2008 Warsaw Vedutas, Historical Museum of m. W-wy, Warsaw; 2006 Mosty,Dom Kultury Zacisze, Warsaw (catalog); 2006 Szare niebo, Galeria promocyjna, Warsaw (catalog); 2005 Nudne pocztówki, Galeria Nizio, Warsaw; 2005 Centrum Olimpijskie, Warsaw (catalog); 2005 Weduty, Galeria Art, Warsaw (catalog); 2004 Postcards,
Polish Institute, Sofia, Bulgaria (5 postcards).