INFO

JUSTYNA GRUSZCZYK, born in 1982 in Wodzisław Śląski, works with glass art and installations of scents.

EDUCATION:
2007 – 2011 – PhD studies in Fine Arts, Nicolaus Copernicus University, Toruń
2002 - 2007 – MFA in painting, Nicolaus Copernicus University, Toruń

PRIZES, SCHOLARSHIPS:
SCHOLARSHIP OF THE CITY OF TORUŃ, 2012
SCHOLARSHIP OF THE SILESIAN VOIVODENSHIP, 2012
4P festival, prize for project THE BODIES OF THE BOOKS, Cracow, 2011
SCHOLARSHIP OF THE CITY OF TORUŃ, 2010
EXCLUDED? NO WAY! - distinction for the project CATHEDRAL

SELECTED SOLO EXHIBITIONS:
THE EMPIRE OF DREAMS, BWA Katowice, 2012, Galeria Bielska BWA, Bielsko-Biała, 2012
MERGING, project for Culture Night, Centre for Creative Practices, Dublin, 2011
HOLIDAYS, exhibition with Natalia LL, Rondo Sztuki, Katowice, 2010
PERMEATING, Contemporary Center of Art Łaźnia, Gdańsk, 2010
MY ROSY LIFE, Kont Gallery, Lublin, 2008,
EDGES, Wozownia Gallery, Toruń, 2007

SELECTED ART FESTIVALS, PROJECTS AND GROUP EXHIBITIONS:
LANGUAGE AS A LICKING TOOL, BWA Katowice, 2010
Ginestrelle A.I.R. Artists in Residence 2010, Sala Pinacoteca, Assisi, Italy, 2010
FEMALE ARTISTS TO MALE ARTISTS, Contemporary Center of Art Łaźnia, Gdańsk, 2010
SELF-PORTRAITS TO START, retrospective exhibition, The Regional Museum in Stalowa Wola, 2009
pARTicipation, Aula Gallery, Academy of Fine Arts in Poznań, 2009
ENTOPHY. HARMONY OF THE CITY, Toruń, 2008
TRANSFORMATIONS (project realized at PRZECIĄG, Art of the Young Festival in Szczecin), 2007
PERMEATING (project realized at Racibórz Art Festiwal), 2007

RESIDENCIES, WORKSHOPS:
POWER OF ART AND NATURE, Targowo, 2012
Artist in Residence, ARTE STUDIO GINESTRELLE, Assisi, Italy, 2010
Artist in Residence, PALAZZO RINALDI, Noepoli, Italy, 2010

BIBLIOGRAPHY: CATALOGS:
WOMEN REPLICANTS, BWA Katowice 2010
POLYGONUM 2, Bydgoszcz 2010
8 TRIENNIAL SMALL FORM PAINTINGS, Toruń 2010
SELF-PORTRAITS TO START, Stalowa Wola 2009
ENTOPHY, Urban Harmony, Toruń 2008
LABYRINTH 10, Kłodzko 2008
PROJECT WOZOWNIA – ART LABORATORY, Toruń 2008
PRZECIĄG Festiwal Sztuki Młodych w Szczecinie, Szczecin 2007

WORKS IN COLLECTIONS:
Fondazione Romualdo del Bianco, Firenze, Italy
Palazzo Rinaldi, Noepoli, Italy
Torun Centre for Astronomy, Poland