Wioleta RAZEWSKA (b. 1986), In the courtyard, 2023

oil, canvas, 46 x 61 cm, signed on the back

Born in Pulawy, Poland, in 1986. In 2015 she defended with distinction her bachelor's thesis in the painting studio of Prof. Marzanna Wróblewska at the Institute of Art Education at the Academy of Special Education in Warsaw. The bachelor's degree consisted of a series of thematically related works entitled. Stopped Scenes. In 2017, she graduated with honors, defending her master's degree in Prof. Marzanna Wróblewska's painting studio with a series of nine large-format paintings titled: One Hundred Years! Her works caught the attention of Prof. Jerzy Hausner, founder of the Foundation for State Economy and Administration. As a result, the entire series of canvases Sto lat! was shown to the public at an exhibition at the Nowa Huta Cultural Center, and later purchased by the Agency for Economy and Public Administration for the collection of the University of Economics. Since 2018, she has been a member of the Association of Polish Artists. In 2019, she was ranked in the Compass of Art. Winner of the Scholarship Program of the Minister of Culture and National Heritage "Young Poland 2019". In 2013/14, 2014/15, 2015/16, 2016/17, Wioleta Rzążewska, for her artistic achievements, received the scholarship of the JM Rector of the Academy of Fine Arts for the best students. In 2015/16 and 2016/17, she was a scholarship recipient of the Center for Thought of John Paul II of the City of Warsaw.

Awards and distinctions:

- Special award of the competition "What about values? Truth.", Zajezdnia History Center, Wroclaw, 2021.
- Finalist of the 1st Biennale of Painting Lublin Spring, Lublin, 2021.

- Finalist of the 4th L. Wyczółkowski National Painting Competition in Bydgoszcz, 2020

- Winner of the Competition of the Rector of the Academy of Fine Arts for the best thesis 2016/17
- finalist of the 2nd L. Wyczółkowski National Painting Competition in Bydgoszcz
- laureate of the APS Rector's Competition for the best thesis 2014/15

Major exhibitions:

2021:

- Post-competition exhibition "What about values? Truth.", Zajezdnia History Center, Wroclaw, 2021
- Collective exhibition "Painting 2020-2021". Painting Section of the OW ZPAP,
DAP Gallery, Warsaw, 2021
- individual exhibition "Once upon a time, not so long ago..., today.", Karkonosze Museum, Jelenia Góra
- post-competition exhibition, 1st Biennale of Painting Lublin Spring, Center for Meeting of Cultures, Lublin.

2020:

- Post-competition exhibition, IV All-Polish Leon Wyczółkowski Competition, BWA City Gallery, Bydgoszcz.

2019:

- Meeting of Worlds, Kamedul Underground, Warsaw (solo exhibition).
- Meeting of Worlds, Ochota Cultural Center, Warsaw (solo exhibition)
- One hundred years!!!, University of Economics, Cracow (individual exhibition - permanent exhibition)
- Stopped Scenes, Annex Gallery, Chemist's House, Pulawy (individual exhibition)
- One hundred years!, Gallery of Contemporary Art in Zielinski Palace, Kielce (individual exhibition).

2018:

- Inconspicuous, APS Gallery, Warsaw (solo exhibition)
- Stopped Scenes, Pragaleria, Warsaw (solo exhibition)
- One hundred years!!!, White CENTRUM Gallery, Nowa Huta Cultural Center, Cracow (solo exhibition).

2017:

- Stopped Scenes, Artistic Square Gallery, Ryki (individual exhibition)

2016:

- Second National Leon Wyczółkowski Competition, BWA City Gallery, Bydgoszcz (post-competition exhibition).
- Stopped Scenes, APS Gallery, Warsaw (individual exhibition)

2015:

- Detained Scenes, Kurzelaty (individual exhibition)
- Grandmother, Communal Cultural Center, Kloczew (individual exhibition)

2014:

- Sketches and painting, Klubokawiarnia at the Center of Creative Environments of Ochota of the Art of Living Foundation, Warsaw (individual exhibition)
- Sketches, Oval Salon Gallery, Institute of Art Education, Warsaw (solo exhibition).