MARTYNA CZECH
Born in 1990 in Tarnów
Received the main prize at the 42nd Bielska Jesień Painting Biennial while still a student at the Katowice Academy of Fine Arts. Drawing on the heritage of New Expressionism, harmonizing with the themes raised by the artist on canvas, she has developed a characteristic painting technique.
Czech’s paintings become a space for working through the relationships between the artist and others. She is interested in intense feelings: love, hatred, revenge, humiliation, submission, resistance, and pain, as well as death. The characters she presents not take on ambiguous moral roles and attitudes, obfuscating the interpretation of the above categories and making ethical judgments. Although her paintings are dominated by the analysis of toxic interpersonal relationships, animals are also significant — as the companions of misery, witnesses of massacres, and harbingers of the apocalypse.
Czech’s paintings become a space for working through the relationships between the artist and others. She is interested in intense feelings: love, hatred, revenge, humiliation, submission, resistance, and pain, as well as death. The characters she presents not take on ambiguous moral roles and attitudes, obfuscating the interpretation of the above categories and making ethical judgments. Although her paintings are dominated by the analysis of toxic interpersonal relationships, animals are also significant — as the companions of misery, witnesses of massacres, and harbingers of the apocalypse.
Prizes
2020
Distinction in the 13th Geppert Competition
2019
Nomination for Passports of Polityka 2019 in the category of Visual Arts
2017
Polish Radio Channel 3’s Talent Competition Laureate
2015
Grand Prix winner - Awards of the Minister of Culture and National Heritage at the Biennale of Painting “Bielska Jesień 2015” in Bielsko-Biała
Selected Solo Exhibitions
2023
Flying painter, Gallery GX, Siemianowice Śląskie
The Year of the Water Rabbit, BWA Warszawa
The Year of the Water Rabbit, BWA Warszawa
2022
Born in the Country, with the City in her Blood, BWA Warszawa, Warsaw
2021
Choryskop, Galeria Konkluzja, Kraków
29/100, BWA Warszawa, Warsaw
29/100, BWA Warszawa, Warsaw
2020
Martyna Czech. Evokes emotions, Clay, Warszawa.
Summoning, CCA Kronika, Bytom
Summoning, CCA Kronika, Bytom
2019
We have nothing in common, BWA Warszawa, Warsaw
2018
Venom 2, BWA Gallery Tarnów, Tarnów
2017
JAD, Galeria Bielska BWA, Bielsko Biała
2016
Certain Conflicts, Potency Gallery, Cracow
Selected Group Exhibitions
2024
A Fish Eye's Perspective. Baltic Modern Art Gallery, Gdynia
2023
The heart of Mazovian art beats in Radom , collection of the Mazovian Center for Contemporary Art "Elektrownia", Radom.
Wild at heart, Nanazenit, Warszawa
I also feel, Rzeszowskie Piwnice, Rzeszów
Critical mass, Oblatów 4, Katowice
Nightmares of the Ten, Galeria Miejska Arsenał, Poznań
Crush Club, Pawilon Bliska, Warszawa.
If we want everything to stay the way it is, everything has to change. Works from the collection of Sylwia and Piotr Krup, Krupa Art Foundation, Wroclaw.
Be one to oneself, GPD Agency, BWA Warszawa, Poznań.
Chapter 1: geographies of interdependence, Goyki 3 Art Inkubator, Sopot
If I hadn’t learned your language, you wouldn’t even look at me - strajk generalny, Wolskie Centrum Kultury, Warszawa.
Transitional States. Exhibition from the Art Collection of the BWA Bielska Gallery, BWA Bielska Gallery, Bielsko-Biala.
Immersed with bare feet in warm water, Galeria Wizytująca, Warsaw
Wild at heart, Nanazenit, Warszawa
I also feel, Rzeszowskie Piwnice, Rzeszów
Critical mass, Oblatów 4, Katowice
Nightmares of the Ten, Galeria Miejska Arsenał, Poznań
Crush Club, Pawilon Bliska, Warszawa.
If we want everything to stay the way it is, everything has to change. Works from the collection of Sylwia and Piotr Krup, Krupa Art Foundation, Wroclaw.
Be one to oneself, GPD Agency, BWA Warszawa, Poznań.
Chapter 1: geographies of interdependence, Goyki 3 Art Inkubator, Sopot
If I hadn’t learned your language, you wouldn’t even look at me - strajk generalny, Wolskie Centrum Kultury, Warszawa.
Transitional States. Exhibition from the Art Collection of the BWA Bielska Gallery, BWA Bielska Gallery, Bielsko-Biala.
Immersed with bare feet in warm water, Galeria Wizytująca, Warsaw
2022
7 stages of a woman's life, Willa Gallery, Łódź
The Discomfort of Evening, Zachęta National Gallery of Art, Warsaw
Women Art Power, Elektrownia MCSW, Radom.
We look at the same things differently, BWA, Zielona Góra
PERSONA (NON) GRATA, Center for Creative Activity, Ustka.
The Discomfort of Evening, Zachęta National Gallery of Art, Warsaw
Women Art Power, Elektrownia MCSW, Radom.
We look at the same things differently, BWA, Zielona Góra
PERSONA (NON) GRATA, Center for Creative Activity, Ustka.
2021
Shadows Conceal the Earth, BWA Warszawa, Warsaw
Y is for youth, mBank collection exhibition, State Art Gallery, Sopot.
Lebenswelt, Bovisamar w Miediolanie, Włochy.
The Pleasure of Communing, Krupa Gallery, Wroclaw.
Przyjemność obcowania, Galeria Szara, Katowice.
One thing led to another, Galeria Miejska, Wrocław
Milk me sugar, Galeria Arsenał, Białystok.
Y is for youth, mBank collection exhibition, State Art Gallery, Sopot.
Lebenswelt, Bovisamar w Miediolanie, Włochy.
The Pleasure of Communing, Krupa Gallery, Wroclaw.
Przyjemność obcowania, Galeria Szara, Katowice.
One thing led to another, Galeria Miejska, Wrocław
Milk me sugar, Galeria Arsenał, Białystok.
2020
For Johanne and Anna, BWA Bielsko-Biala Gallery.
The Kitchen, Polana Institute, Clay Warszawa.
Exhibition of the 13th Geppert Competition, BWA Wrocław Główny.
I will put my own soul in the magic storm, BWA Warsaw.
We are terrible, BWA Olsztyn, Olsztyn
Where Are the Jams?, BWA Zielona Gora, Zielona Gora.
The Kitchen, Polana Institute, Clay Warszawa.
Exhibition of the 13th Geppert Competition, BWA Wrocław Główny.
I will put my own soul in the magic storm, BWA Warsaw.
We are terrible, BWA Olsztyn, Olsztyn
Where Are the Jams?, BWA Zielona Gora, Zielona Gora.
2019
The Storm is Blowing from Paradise, Loft 8 Galerie, Wiedeń.
New Look. Gallery of Polish Contemporary Art, Department of Modern Art National Museum, Gdansk, Poland.
Paint also known as Blood, Museum on the Vistula, Warsaw
Ratmonkey, Rondo Sztuki, Katowice
Household chores, Wykwit, Wroclaw
The Palace of Arts. Young Polish Painting, Departament of Modern Art of the National Museum, Gdansk
GAFU-Painting Frontiers 3, Faculty of Art, University of Ostrava, Ostrava
New Look. Gallery of Polish Contemporary Art, Department of Modern Art National Museum, Gdansk, Poland.
Paint also known as Blood, Museum on the Vistula, Warsaw
Ratmonkey, Rondo Sztuki, Katowice
Household chores, Wykwit, Wroclaw
The Palace of Arts. Young Polish Painting, Departament of Modern Art of the National Museum, Gdansk
GAFU-Painting Frontiers 3, Faculty of Art, University of Ostrava, Ostrava
2018
Children of Light, Galeria Bielska BWA, Bielsko-Biała
Great Sarmatians of this Country, BWA Tarnow, Tarnow
Artists of Tarnow. Generation 2.1, Bwa Tarnow, Tarnow
Nickel-and-dime Things Deluxe, Bazar Namyslowska, Warsaw
Communication with Everything that is, Stefan Gierowski Foundation, Warsaw
Great Sarmatians of this Country, BWA Tarnow, Tarnow
Artists of Tarnow. Generation 2.1, Bwa Tarnow, Tarnow
Nickel-and-dime Things Deluxe, Bazar Namyslowska, Warsaw
Communication with Everything that is, Stefan Gierowski Foundation, Warsaw
2017
I hate everybody, Arman Galstyan Gallery, Warsaw
8th Youth Triennale, Polish Sculpture Centre, Oronsko
Biennale of Young Art “Fish Eye” 9, Centre for Creative Activity, Ustka
From Artificial Reality to Selfie. Self-portrait in Polish Art, BWA Wroclaw, Wroclaw
shwung, Galeria Współczesna Schwarz, Berlin
Fantastic Chemistry:dysfunctional dysfunction, Różnia Gallery, Warsaw
Motion, Gruning Gallery, Cracow
8th Youth Triennale, Polish Sculpture Centre, Oronsko
Biennale of Young Art “Fish Eye” 9, Centre for Creative Activity, Ustka
From Artificial Reality to Selfie. Self-portrait in Polish Art, BWA Wroclaw, Wroclaw
shwung, Galeria Współczesna Schwarz, Berlin
Fantastic Chemistry:dysfunctional dysfunction, Różnia Gallery, Warsaw
Motion, Gruning Gallery, Cracow
2016
Certain Conflicts, Potency Gallery, Cracow
KREW-WERK, Galeria Fundacji Foksal, Warszawa
Empty Tarnow, Aspiranci Foundation, Tarnow
KREW-WERK, Galeria Fundacji Foksal, Warszawa
Empty Tarnow, Aspiranci Foundation, Tarnow
2015
42nd Biennale of Painting “Autumn in Bielsko - Biała”, Galeria Bielska BWA, Bielsko-Biała
PUBLICATIONS
"Venom"
pod red. Jakuba Banasiaka, Galeria Bielska BWA w Bielsku -Białej, 2017, Bielsko - Biała. Współpraca: BWA Tarnów, nakł. 500 ISBN: 978-83-87984-99-1
Woman, artifact and desire in contemporary painting,
ed. Natalia Sielewicz, Museum of Modern Art, Warsaw, 2019
"Chit chats ¬ young Polish drawing now. Martyna Czech"
Kuratorka projektu: Gosia Bartosik, Wyd. BWA Zielona Góra, Zielona Góra, nakł. 300. ISBN: 978-83-86-61440-05-5
"We're terrible: Marta Bystroń, Martyna Czech, Alex Urban, Małgorzata Wielek-M,"
pod red. Joanny Tekli Woźniak, BWA Olsztyn, 2020, Olsztyn.
EDUCATION
2019 - 2023
University of Silesia, Faculty of Humanities, The Art of Writing.
Undergraduate diploma under the direction of Dr. Marta Baron-Milian defended with a rating of excellent.
Undergraduate diploma under the direction of Dr. Marta Baron-Milian defended with a rating of excellent.
2012 - 2017
Academy of Fine Arts in Katowice, Faculty of Arts, Painting (master's degree).
Master's degree with honors in the Painting Studio of prof. Andrzej Tobis.
Additional diploma in the Studio of Literature Interpretation of prof. Grzegorz Hańderek.
Master's degree with honors in the Painting Studio of prof. Andrzej Tobis.
Additional diploma in the Studio of Literature Interpretation of prof. Grzegorz Hańderek.
