Magdalena UCHMAN (b. 1981), Gaze, 2022

acrylic, collage, canvas, 60 x 55 cm, signed on the back

Born in 1981 in Przeworsk. Graduate of the Institute of Fine Arts at the University of Rzeszow. In 2006 she received a diploma with distinction in the intaglio studio of Prof. Krzysztof Skórczewski. She received the Rector's Diploma of Recognition for outstanding achievements during her studies. In 2010, she completed the Environmental Doctoral Studies at the Faculty of Graphic Arts at the Academy of Fine Arts in Cracow. Since 2020, she has been working as a professor at the Department of Printmaking and Art Theory at the Institute of Fine Arts at the University of Rzeszow, where she teaches laboratory classes in flatbed printing at the Graphic Arts Department.

She has organized 30 solo exhibitions. She has participated in more than 200 group, national and international exhibitions at home and abroad, including: 5th Egyptian International Print Triennale 2006, Egypt (2006); 4th International Biennial Exhibition of Mini Prints, Tetovo / Macedonia (2008); 6th International Exhibition of Miniatures Little m, Vilnius / Lithuania (2011); Who Still Needs a Master, Artes Gallery, New York City - Manhattan / USA (2011); Printmaking Graphic from The Rzeszow University, European Committee of the Regions, Brussels / Belgium (2011); International Biennal Print Exhibition: 2016 ROC, Taichung / Taiwan; 9. International Biennale of Miniatures, Częstochowa / Poland (2017); 16th International Triennial of Small Graphic Forms, City Gallery of Art, Łódź / Poland (2017); 9th International Triennial of Color in Graphics, Toruń / Poland (2018); 10th Triennial of Polish Graphics, Katowice / Poland (2018); International Triennial of Graphics, Kraków / Poland (2018); 2nd International Lithographic Competition, Kielce (2019); International Senefelder Awards, Germany (2020).

She participated in national and international symposiums: 5th Mallnitz Symposium of Contemporary of Art - Bios Nationalpark Zentrum, Mallniz / Austria (2011); Tradition in lithography burden or progress? ASP in Gdansk, Gdansk (2014); New York Contemporary Art Symposium, St. John's University. John's and Islip Art Museum, New York / USA (2015); 1st International Art Graphics Festival, Museum of Ukrainian Painting, Dnipropetrovsk / Ukraine (2015); 1st International Art Graphics Symposium, APAC Association in Asilah / Morocco (2016); VI Symposium for Art Teachers, Podkarpackie Center for Teacher Education, Rzeszów (2016); 3rd International Art Symposium in Voitsberg / Austria (2016); Ideas of Graphic Thinking, IV International Triennial of Graphic Arts named after Tadeusz Kulisiewicz. Tadeusz Kulisiewicz - IMPRINT Warsaw (2017); The 14th Conference on Functional and Nanostructured Materials FNMA'17, Lviv - Yaremche / Ukraine (2017); Indira International Imprint Arts Festival, Khairagarh University of Music and Fine Arts / India (2018); 1st International Lithographic Symposium in Lublin / Poland (2018); 7th International Interdisciplinary Symposium on Art / Science / Technology, Greece (2019).

Winner of awards and prizes, among others.: honorable mention in the Graphics of the Quarter competition organized by the Office of Art Exhibitions in Rzeszow (2005); honorable mention for the graphic objects The Gift at the 3rd Biennial of Experimental Graphics in Romania (2008); 1st prize in the 8th International Review of Small Format in Romania and in the Borders of Drawing review in Rzeszow (2006); 2nd Prize of the Dean of the Faculty of Art, University of Rzeszow, 2nd International Symposium SzymbArt - Szymbark (2011); 2nd Prize of the Bureau of Art Exhibitions in Kielce in the International Lithographic Competition Litho-Kielce 2015 (2016); prize funded by the Academy of Fine Arts in Gdansk - 5th. International Biennial of Digital Graphics - Gdynia 2016; honorable mention - 6th International Biennial of Digital Graphics - Gdynia 2019.