BIO
Iwona L. — Polish artist and designer (b. 1990). In 2019, she graduated from the Academy of Fine Arts in Warsaw, obtaining a Master of Arts degree with distinction and the Rector’s Honours Award. Under the supervision of Prof. Piotr Smolnicki in Studio No. 7, she developed an original artistic technique through which she created the installation series “Masks and Figures” as her diploma project. In 2015, she graduated from the Faculty of Architecture at Lublin University of Technology.
Since 2019, she has actively participated in artistic events and exhibitions, both group and solo. Since 2021, she has been a member of the Association of Polish Artists and Designers. In 2024, her work “Bright Red” was selected as a finalist in the international YICCA competition and was also presented at the finalists’ exhibition held at Imagoars in Venice.
ART RESUME
_Solo exhibition “Transition” at Galeria Ł, Warsaw, 2026
_Solo exhibition “Simulacrum” at Galeria Żywa, Warsaw, 2025
_Participation in a group exhibition for finalists of YICCA Prize Contest for Artists , ImagArs Gallery, Venice, 2024
_Author's exhibition of paintings entitled "Moths, butterflies and women" at the Center for the Promotion of Cultures in Warsaw, 2024
_Participation in the "Art Show - Festival of Fine Arts" event in Warsaw, 2024
_Author's exhibition of paintings and graphics entitled "Painting and Graphics - Iwona Ligęza" at the U Gallery, DK Stokłosy in Warsaw, 2022, 2024
_Participation in the collective "Annual exhibition of the OW ZPAP painting section", DAP gallery, Warsaw, 2022, 2023, 2024, 2025
_Author's exhibition of paintings entitled "Transformations" in the GalleryD' Alchemy Skin Care, in Warsaw, 2023
_Participation in the collective exhibition "Art in Spire", via Galeria Przechodnia, 2021-2022-2023
_Author's exhibition of paintings entitled "Pink, gold, black" at the Metamorphosis Gallery, in Warsaw, 2022/2023
_Participation in the Night of Museums and exhibition in the "Defabryka" exhibition space in Warsaw, presentation of graphics and paintings, 2021
_Mapping on the facade of the Academy of Fine Arts building, participation in the students' show during the Night of Culture in Warsaw, 2018
I. EDUCATION
_Graduation from the Graphics at the Faculty of the Academy of Fine Arts in Warsaw with honours - 2019
_Graduation from the 1st and 2nd degree of Architecture and Urban Planning at the Faculty of Lublin University of Technology - 2015
II. PRIZES AND AWARDS
_Finalist in the international art competition YICCA, organized by A.P.S. Moho, Venice, 2024
_Honorable Mention for diploma project awarded by the Rector of the Academy of Fine Arts in Warsaw, 2019
_Graduated with distinction from the Faculty of Graphic Arts at the Academy of Fine Arts in Warsaw, 2019
_Recognition by Rossana Orlandi in a design competition focused on the use of ceramics, organized by Paradyż, Milan, 2023