BIO
Iwona Ligęza is a Polish artist who graduated from Faculty of Graphic Arts at the Academy of Fine Arts in Warsaw, with honours and Civil Engineering and Architecture Faculty from Lublin University of Technology. Her painting technique combines use of acrylic, oil, pastel and crayons. Narration in her works easily meld with a subtle patch of colour that expresses intense emotions, atmosphere and artist’s spirit. She participates in collective and individual exhibitions, cooperates with Warsaw's art galleries. Iwona is a member of Association of Polish Artists and Designers (ZPAP) from 2021. In 2024, she became a finalist of the international contest for artist - YICCA and took part in exhibition in the Imagars Gallery in Venice.
ART RESUME
_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 and 2024
_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
_Guest exhibition at the UMCS university during the winter workshops of the "Open Olympic Club in Physics" in Lublin, 2022
_Author's exhibition of paintings in the space of the Akwarela Cafe in Lublin, 2022
_Participation in the Night of Museums and exhibition in the "Defabryka" exhibition space in Warsaw, presentation of graphics and paintings, 2021
_Participation in the Night of Museums in the "Defabryka" exhibition space in Warsaw, presentation of graphics and paintings, 2021
_Author's exhibition of paintings at the Ornament Gallery in Warsaw, 2020-2022
_Participation in a collective exhibition of diploma works at the Faculty of Graphics of the Warsaw Academy of Fine Arts, 2019
_Mapping on the facade of the Academy of Fine Arts building, participation in the students' show during the Night of Culture in Warsaw, 2018
_Participation in a collective exhibition of paintings and graphics entitled “Dream of the Ugly Night” at the “Narnia” Cultural Center,
Lublin, 2014
I. EDUCATION
_Graduation from the Graphics at the Faculty of the Academy of Fine Arts in Warsaw - 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
_Participation in the international contest for artis - YICCA by A.P.S. Moho, ImagoArs Gallery in Venice, 2024
_Honorable mention by Rossana Orlandi in the competition for a design using Paradyż ceramics, organized by Paradyż, 2023
_1st place in the Eco interior design competition using Umage furniture, organized by 9design, 2022
_Honourable mention in the interior design competition with the Tense lamp, organized by 9design, 2022
_Diploma distinction by the rector of the Warsaw Academy of Fine Arts, 2019
_Graduation from the Faculty of Graphics at the Warsaw Academy of Fine Arts with an excellent grade, 2019