80x100cm, acrylic on canvas, 2023.
Magdalena Malena Jankowska,bornin 1978inGdansk, Poland. Painter, muralist and performer , shecurrently lives in Warsaw andGdansk. Shegraduated fromthe Faculty ofFineArts at the Nicolaus CopernicusUniversity in Torun.
After graduation, shesettledin Warsaw, where sherantheauthor'sGalleryandAcademyofArt in the Hermitage Palacein theRoyalLazienki Park inWarsaw. However, herlove of travelwon out.
In the artist's paintings we see herlove of the sea andlarge spaces. The paintingsare filledwithcharacteristic light-shadow.Space,light and temperaturetransportus to the pleasant and joyful
Magdalena'sworld.
Malenaemphasizes thesignificantinfluence of her GrandmotherIka, whowas acolorist, astudent ofJan Cybis,also a Sopotresident, a graduateof theStateHigherSchool of FineArts inGdansk,basedin Sopot
at24ObrońcówWesterplatteStreet(transformed into the Academy of Fine Arts inGdanskafter 1954). Since early childhood,Malenastayedin her Grandmother's studio,absorbingthe spirit of painting in its pureform. The artist paints oil and acrylic paintings oncanvas, and pursues her projects inwall painting.Paintings arein collections inItaly, France in Germany, Scandinavia, Nepal, the United States, among others.
United States.
She is the author of the murals"Origami Seagulls" in Sopot and "Harbor Boy" inGdansk,as well as "Origami Boats" in Warsaw, andhascompletedher projectspersonally. The Sopotmuralislocatedonthe wall of a tenement in the center of Sopot, on Bohaterów Monte Cassino Street.
Sheco-creates theauthor'sperformance MaloGranie. The artist paints a picture, whileMichalSoltancomposes and performs musiclive, in real time. The artistsinspire eachother, andthe circumstances of thecreation of thework giveadistinctvalue. The eventtookplace,among others, at theBoto Theaterin Sopot , during the Night of Museums at the Center for Promotion of Culture in Warsaw, inItaly at theMadonna di Campiglio,aspart of thecelebration of the Miracle on theVistula River in Warsaw, at the Atelier Theater in Sopot, in Cyprus for the Staff of the Great Orchestra of ChristmasCharity.
Hepresents his works at numeroussolo and group exhibitions. She participates in art festivals and plein-air painting events,includinginternational ones.In 2022 she curated,conceivedandco-created thefirst Interdisciplinary Plein-Air at the Nawrot Vineyard in Mechelinki, whichtwice, in 2022, wasattended byleadingPolishartists.
