Malgorzata Szandala born on September 21st, 1977 in Gliwice, Poland
Assistant in the Faculty of Fine Arts of The Academy of Fine Arts in Katowice

fields of work: installation and objects, conceptual art, book art, painting, graphic art and drawing

education:
MFA / graduated from the Graphic Art Department at The Cracow Academy of Fine Arts, Faculty of Graphic Arts in Katowice / 2002 – diploma in workshop graphic (intaglio printing) and painting, Master's Thesis “Things and entities” under Dr. Maria Popczyk
 
postgraduate education:
2010/2011 Art in Public Space – Relations and Possibilities – Interdisciplinary Postgraduate Studies at Warsaw School Of Social Sciences And Humanities (SWPS) in Warsaw under prof. Andrzej Nowak and prof. Krzysztof Wodiczko
 
individual shows:
2011 “The-things-you-speak-about” – Strefa A Gallery – Cracow / PL
2009 “Visual text. The world thinks us” – Gallery of Action – Warsaw / PL
2008 “Sun in the fog” – Galeria na 2p – Gliwice / PL
2007 Room for Rent: “Project: Words” – Kronika Gallery – Bytom / PL
2005 “Substitutes for reality” – Museum of Art – Timisoara / RO

awards:
2007 11th European Biennial For Graphic Art “lace and lace making” – Arentshius Museum – Brugge / Belgium – Prize of the Biennial
2006 VII International Book Art Festival “Time” – Polish Artists Union Warsaw , Book Art Museum Lodz – prize of the magazine on art “OBIEG”
2003 International Experimental Engraving Project – Art Museum Timisoara – Timisoara / Romania – GRAND PRIX
2002 Festival of Art “into the space” – Gallery Stalowe Anioly - Bytom / Poland – Distinction

participation in artists-in-residence programs and scholarships:
2013 scholarship of the Ministry of Culture, Science and Education of Mecklenburg-Western Pommerania, Germany to work at the Künstlerhaus Lukas Ahrenshoop / DE
2012 Harlech International Artists' Residency 2012 X / Harlech Biennale 2012 ICAW Documented Art Space Transport of Delights
2008 residency at Imprimerie – atleier pour arts et sciences – Basel / Switzerland
2007 residency in Honefoss in Norway – Atelierazur Hval Kulturstasjon
2005 Artist-in-Residence program in Harlech / Wales UK during Harlech Art Biennale “Coordiantes” hosted by International Contemporary Art Wales (ICAW), University Innovation – University of Wales Bangor and Galeri Caernarfon.  

selected juried exhibitions and group exhibitions:
2012
Your Face is a Landscape – curators: Sara Reisman i Reina Shibata – Field Projects Gallery – New York / USA
International Print Triennial – main exhibition – Bunkier Sztuki – Cracow / PL
Graphic Aarts & Education, Polish Art Schools – Pałac Towarzystwa Przyjaciół Sztuk Pięknych – Cracow / PL
X Harlech Biennale Transport of Delights – WEA Coleg Harlech, curators: John Brown, Neil Powell – Harlech / Wales
A little hand laundry – Strefa A Gallery – Cracow / PL
Hasior – reinkarnacje – Zakopane / PL
2011
“Shadow for sale” project realization during the group show “ PROTOBAZAR” Art, Public Space, Democracy in cooperation with Bec Zmiana Foundation – Warsaw / PL
2010
ARTISTS' BOOK TRIENNIAL. An international show  –Turcianska galleria, Martin / SK
IEEB 4 International Experimental Engraving Biennial – The “Brancovan Palaces” Cultural Center – Mogosoaia / RO
Diagram – tribute to Jerzy Ludwinski – Gallery of Action – Warsaw
International Graphic Art Triennial – Kunstlerhaus – Wien / A
2009
Passage of Art IMIELIN – group show – Warsaw / PL
Grand Prix of Young Polish Graphic Art – Bunkier Sztuki – Cracow / PL
Slot Art Festival Art Cathedral – I see myself in what I look at – Lubiaz / PL
7th Graphic Art Triennial – City Gallery Katowice / PL
Printing as an event – graphic art exhibition at the Leipziger Buchmesse – Leipzig / DE
2008
“It is so it is not so” – individual project realization at Imprimerie during Get Ost Festival – Basel / CH
IX Biennial of Baltic Countries – Kaliningrad / RU
XVth German International Exhibiton of Graphic Art – Frechen / DE
3rd International Experimental Engraving Biennial – The Brancovan Palaces Cultural Center – Mogosoaia / RO
8th International Book Art Festival – Poster Museum at Wilanow – Warszawa / Poland
2007
Available Art “kunstschnee” – quartier21, Museumsquartier Wien – Wien / A
Time - Book Art Exhibition – National Print Museum – Dublin / Ireland
Print Internationale Grafik Triennale Krakau-Oldenburg-Wien 2007 – Kunstlerhaus – Wien /A
Intermodem - international intermedia festival and workshop – MODEM The Centre for Modern and Contemporary Arts – Debrecen / HU
11th European Biennial For Graphic Art – Arentshius Museum – Brugge / BE
Triennial of Contemporary Polish Painting “Jesienne Konfrontacje” – BWA Rzeszow / PL
”mess_age 3” – Hval Kulturstasjon – Honefoss / NO
“Missing the Target” – collective exhibition – Museum of Art Inner Spaces – Poznan / PL
7th Biennial of Small Size Painting – Gallery Wozownia – Torun / PL
2006
VII International Book Art Festival “Time” – Polish Artists Union Warsaw, Book Art Museum Lodz / PL
International Print Triennial – Bunkier Sztuki – Cracow / PL
International Triennale of Art Sacrum – City Gallery – Czestochowa / PL
Available Art „away” – Gallery Camelot – Cracow / PL
Art For Games –18th Festival of Independent Art in Sint Niklaas / BE
”Polish Eagles – Young Polish Print in Seul” Graphic Art Biennial – Korea Fundation Culural Center – Seul / Korea
Nord Art – Kunst in der Carlshutte – Rendsburg / DE
“Conjunction 06 / Transposition” – London , Birmingham, Stoke / UK
“Painting of the year 2005” – Nationwide painting contest – exhibition of the finalist – Art&Business – Warsaw / PL
“4th Block: Chernobyl 20 Years On” – VI International Triennial of Eco Poster and Environmental Projects – Chernobyl / UA
“mess_age the board game 2” – Almi Art Gallery – Katowice / PL
International Competition of Environmental Art –- Paradise International Art Center in Tehran / IR
2005
Harlech Biennale of Art / Harlech International Artists' Residencies –- International Contemporary Art Wales – Harlech / Wales
“available art” – collective exhibition – Camelot Gallery – Cracow / PL
2004
“next to zero” Festival of Art – Kronika Gallery – Bytom / PL
Europa Jetzt – MAKnite – Museum fur Angewandte Kunst – Wien / A
2003
“Landscapes of Desire /Paessaggio di Desiderio” – 7 neighbouring nations in Middle- and Eastern Europe in cultural exchange – exhibition in Austrian Culture Forum – Milan / IT
“Promotion” –- 13th all-Polish Painting Review – City Gallery – Legnica / PL
International Experimental Engraving Project – Art Museum Timisoara – Timisoara / RO
The city and man” – Nationwide graphic art exhibition – Garbary48 Gallery – Poznan / PL
“zdarzenia / events” – IV International Festival of Theatre & Fine Arts –Tczew / PL
“organic gallery II” – collective exhibition from the cycle “meeting point” – Kronika Gallery – Bytom / PL
“exotic R4” – collective exhibition – Institute of Art – Sosnowiec / PL
“frozen” – collective exhibition – Institute of Art – Sosnowiec / PL

collective projects:
from 2004 on –“mess-age the board game” graphic installation – group project
Several editions:
2004: MAK during Maknite “Europa jetzt”, 2005: at Harlech Art Biennale / Wales, 2006: International Print Triennial in Cracow, 2007: International Print Triennial – Kunsthaus Wien / A, 2007: Atelierazul / NO

workshops concepts and instruction:
2004 participation as an instructor in the 14th International Art Symposium “Landscapes of desire 2004” Fortress Boyen / Gizycko / Poland – instruction & concept of the workshop “...how far can you fly”
2004 concept and organization “In search for a vertical horizon” – 1st International Festival of Visual Arts / Symposium on Art – Gallery Shaft Wilson / Katowice / Poland
2003 participation as an instructor in the 13th International Art Symposium “Landscapes of desire 2003” Fortress Boyen / Gizycko / Poland – instructor & concept of the workshop “Mobilize space” – painting & installation