Beata BUGAJ-TOMASZEWSKA, Grain, from the series "Sands"

100x100, oil on canvas, 2023

b. 1977 Staszow. 1997-2002 - studies at the Faculty of Visual Education, Academy of Fine Arts in Lodz;
M.A. degree with honors, 2002, Workshop Graphics Studio of Prof. Tomasz Chojnacki and Painting and Drawing Studio of Prof. Romana Hałat;
Doctor of Fine Arts Diploma- 2019, Faculty of Graphics and Painting, Academy of Fine Arts in Lodz , supervisor Aleksandra Gieraga Ph.D. Prof. ASP.
Exhibitions:
Selected solo exhibitions: My Zakopane, together with Małgorzata Drozd-Witek, Municipal Art Gallery, Zakopane (2021); By the Way of White- Hotel Bristol & Art Medical Spa, Busko-Zdrój (2021); Art in the Development of Self-Awareness- a collection of paintings and photographs related to art therapy, Aula Gallery, Academy of Fine Arts, Łódź (2019); Correlations, Marek Edelman Dialogue Center, Łódź. Mark Edelman, Lodz (2018); Waiting for...- paintings engraved and painted, ELart Gallery, Lodz (2018).
Selected group exhibitions: Moving Nature Art Exhibition, Yeonho Cultural Center, Uljin, Korea (2023); Przedwiośnie, BWA Kielce (2016, 2017, 2018, 2019, 2020, 2022, 2023); Nature Art Cube Exhibition, Geumgang Natural Art Center, Gongju, Korea (2017, 2020, 2022, 2023); My Zakopane- National Painting Competition, Municipal Art Gallery, Zakopane (2017, 2019, 2022); 45th Bielska Jesień Painting Biennale, BWA Gallery, Bielsko-Biała (2021); 5th Independent Salon of Lodz Young Artists, Academy of Fine Arts Gallery, Lodz (2020); Common Space- between art and design, Academy of Fine Arts Gallery, Lodz (2017); 4th Independent Salon of Lodz Young Artists, Academy of Fine Arts Gallery, Lodz (2017); 13th International Autumn Art Salon, BWA Gallery, Ostrowiec Swietokrzyski (2016); Minority XXI, Factory Museum, Lodz (2016); 10th Triennale of Small Painting Forms, Wozownia, Torun (2016); Synergy_40, Willa Gallery, Municipal Art Gallery, Lodz (2016); 3rd Independent Salon of Lodz Young Artists, Academy of Fine Arts Gallery and Balucka Gallery (Municipal Art Gallery), Lodz (2016); 2nd Independent Salon of Lodz Young Artists, Central Museum of Textiles, Lodz (2015);

Awards:
2023- nomination for the award in the competition 46 Przedwiośnie, Kielce
2020- special award in the competition 43 Przedwiośnie, Kielce
2020- Grand Prix in the National Painting Contest My Zakopane, Zakopane