About
Waleria Matelska
“Everyone is searching for something they cannot quite put into words. Through my paintings, I try to give shape to that search. Using minimalist forms and impersonal archetypes, I explore the spiritual journey each of us quietly undertakes - the invisible turning points, the weight of becoming oneself, and the moments when everything suddenly changes, without warning.”
Based in
Warsaw, Poland
Media
Oil, acrylic, gouache, tempera on canvas/paper
Education
2015-2018Faculty of Painting of the Academy of Fine Arts in Warsaw
2012-2015Faculty of Painting of the Academy of Fine Arts in Cracow
Selected exhibitions
2026“Studio 64”, Wojciech Cieśniewski Foundation, Warsaw, Poland
2025Open Days: Contemporary Art at the Katarzyna Napiórkowska Gallery, Brussels, Belgium
2025Summer Art Salon, Rempex Auction House, Warsaw, Poland
2024Summer Art Salon, Rempex Auction House, Warsaw, Poland
2023/2024Winter Art Salon, Rempex Auction House, Warsaw, Poland
2023Summer Art Salon, Rempex Auction House, Warsaw, Poland
2022/2023Winter Art Salon, Rempex Auction House, Warsaw, Poland
2022Pre-auction exhibition of the XXI Charity Auction “Seed of Art, Garden of Hope”, National Museum in Warsaw, Warszaw, Poland
2021/2022Exhibition at the Permanent Representation of the Republic of Poland to the European Union, exhibition organized by Galeria Katarzyna Napiórkowska, Brussels, Belgium
2021/2022Winter Art Salon, Rempex Auction House, Warsaw, Poland
2021Summer Art Salon, Rempex Auction House, Warsaw, Poland
2021Exhibition at the Representation of the European Union in Poland, exhibition organized by the Katarzyna Napiórkowska Gallery, Warsaw, Poland
2020Summer Art Salon, Rempex Auction House, Warsaw, Poland
2020“Together”, Katarzyna Napiorkowska Gallery, Brussels, Belgium (solo exhibition)
2018Exhibition of Finalists of the Eibisch Award 2018 competition, Katarzyna Napiórkowska Gallery, Warsaw, Poland
2018“Fury”, Autonomia Gallery, Warsaw, Poland (solo exhibition)
2018“To overcome loneliness”, Stanisław Staszic Public Library in the Bielany District in Warsaw, Warsaw, Poland (solo exhibition)
2018JBC! JESZCZE BĘDZIE CUDOWNIE!”, Spokojna Gallery – Faculty of Media Art of the Academy of Fine Arts, Warsaw, Poland
2017“Melancholia”, CJNJ Gallery, Warsaw, Poland
2017“Maź”, CJNJ Gallery, Warsaw, Poland
2016“64/9”, Academy of Fine Arts, Warsaw, Poland
2016“Pracownia rysunku 64″, Wystawa Gallery, Warsaw, Poland
2016Outdoor exhibition, Tolkmicko, Poland
2015“Painting”, club “Nie lubię poniedziałków”, Cracow, Poland
2015“Kiedy rozum śpi”, “Kazimierz” Culture Center , Cracow, Poland
2015Exhibition of students of the studio of Professor Zbigniew Sprycha, Voivodeship Public Library, Cracow, Poland
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