Magdalena Morey

Magdalena is a Polish mixed media abstract expressionist artist living in Northern Spain. She has lived all over Europe and her art looks at what it means to travel and how it reveals and creates layers of ourselves as the journey continues. The sense of anticipation, excitement and promise that fuels the drive to explore has a contrasting side and as we explore the facets of our experience we are both cracked and polished by the cultures with which we interact. Threads of separation and loneliness are woven into the fabric of daily life but connections to friends and family are kept alive by technologies not available to the generations before us. Our travels weather and shape us; they change us irrevocably as we search for answers and challenge us to discover who we really are. Over time it all becomes a part of us, our perspectives evolving and we become more than we were.

Formally educated in painting, Magdalena has developed her own mixed media techniques, normally including layers of acrylics, watercolours and pastels. Gold leaf also features in much of her art and is a simultaneous reference to both luminosity and internal awakening.

Selected exhibitions and experience

• Naturalezas Inventadas, Noreña, Spain (2019). Joint exhibition.

• Gallery & Barrow, Bath, England (2018-2019). Mixed exhibition.

• Abstract Landscapes Workshop (2018 ). West Dorset, England. Self organised art workshop.

• Darryl Nantais Gallery (2018), near Cambridge, England. Solo exhibition.

• Back to the Picture Gallery (2018), San Francisco, USA. Represented by TryItArt. “Taste of the World” mixed exhibition.

• Creating Powerful Art using Strong Mixed Media Design & Colour (2018), hosted by The Visionary Projects, Rome, Italy. Teaching workshop.

• Galería Juca Claret (2018), Madrid, Spain. Joint exhibition.

• Galleria Aurea, Rome, Italy (2017-2018). Mixed exhibition.

• Feel & Flow Galeria (2017 - 2018), Madrid, Spain. Mixed exhibitions

• The Lane Gallery (2017, 2018), Truro, England. Mixed exhibition

• Galeria Scalia (2014), Baden,Switzerland. Solo exhibition.

• Fisher Hall Art's & Crafts Fair (2005), Cambridge, England. Mixed exhibition.

• The Michaelhouse Center (2005), Cambridge, England. Solo exhibition.

• Manual Painting Studios (1995-2005), Lublin, Poland. Painting art for the interior decorating industry.

Forthcoming Exhibitions

• “Nómadas” Solo exhibition 8-17 May 2020 Feel & Flow Galeria, Madrid, Spain.

• “Building Bridges” Mixed exhibition 4 – 26 July 2020 Casale Monferrato, Italy.

• Mixed exhibition 1 April 2020 – 31 March 2021 Carré d'Artistes Lille, France.

Education

• 1995-2000 Masters degree (Distinction) in Painting, Marie Curie Sklodowska University, Lublin, Poland.

• 1990-1995 Diploma (Distinction) in Textiles, C.K. Norwid Art College in Lublin, Poland.

• 2008: Pitman Advanced Computer Art and Design, Cambridge, England.

Publications

• September 2019: Pratique des Arts – multi-page interview in prominent French art magazine.

• October 2018: Artists Network – multi-page interview on prominent US-based art website.

• June 2018: The Plus Paper – multi-page interview in London based contemporary art magazine.

• June 2017: DESTIG – 3 page interview in London focussed interior design magazine.

• February 2017: Revistart – Short introduction in Spanish contemporary art magazine.

• March 2016: Choses a Savoir: Art – Interview (translated) on French contemporary art podcast.

Awards & Recognition

• September 2018 & 2019 – Awarded Best Contemporary Abstract Artist – Spain, BUILD Magazine.

• December 2017 – Shortlisted for RiseArt Prize 2018.

• July 2017 – Winner of ArtistInfo international Summer Contemporary Virtual Art Fair competition.

• June 2017 – SaatchiArt Artist of the Day.

• February 2017 – Included in SaatchiArt's printed catalogue.

• January 2017 - 2nd place in ArtisTTable international Women2017 competition.

• December 2016 – Winner of Renoartio's November international art competition.