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Aleksandra Rey

 

Born on 2nd July 1974 in Tychy. Studied at the Academy of Fine Arts In Kraków, the Faculty of Graphics in Katowice.
Her graduation work was awarded with a medal in the Studio of Painting and Drawing run by Prof. Roman Nowotarski and Studio of Graphic Design run by Prof. Tomasz Jura in 1998.
From 2000 to 2004 President of the Association of Artists and Designers from Chorzów (SChAP).
Since 2001 Director of the MM Municipal Art Gallery in Chorzów.
She is interested in painting, graphic and commercial design.

Individual exhibitions:

2019    Meristos, BWA Gallery Sandomierz

2018    Meristos, MM Municipal Art Gallery, Chorzów

            Paintings, Contemporary Art Gallery Dwór Karwacjanów, Gorlice

2016    Organica, Contemporary Art Galery, Kolobrzeg

            Organica, Espace Matisse, Art Centre, Creil (France)

            Organica, Stara Prochownia, Contemporary Art Gallery, Warszawa

2015    Spaces, Contemporary Art Galery, Art Centre, Mikołów

            Through Flowers, Krowoderska Biblioteka Publiczna, Kraków

2013    Through Flowers, Contemporary Art Gallery, Art Centre, T. Zieliński’s Palace, Kielce

            Through Flowers, MM Municipal Art Gallery, Chorzów

            Through Flowers, BWA Gallery Jatki, Nowy Targ

2011    Paintings, Galeria Beskidzka, Szczyrk

2010    Organica and Herbarium, Gallery of the Silesian University of Technology, Gliwice

            Paintings, Pod schodami u Józefa Gallery, Chorzów

            Paintings, Inny Śląsk, Tarnowskie Góry

2008    Organica and Geometry, Gide Loyrette Nouel Office, Warsaw

2007    Organica and Geometry,  MM Municipal Art Gallery, Chorzów

2001    Paintoings, Ignis, Köln, Germany

1998    Paintings, Przy kominku Gallery, Chorzów

1998    She is Alone..., Academy of Fine Arts’ Gallery, Upper Silesian Culture Centre, Katowice

 

Group exhibitions:

2019    Biennale Milano, International Art Meeting presentata da Vittorio Sgarbi, Brera Site,

             Milan, Italy

             Contemporary Art Meeting, Casa d'Aste Flori, Montecatini Terme, Italy

            56. International Colony of Artists of Hajdú Region, Community Center, Hajdúböszörmény, Hungary

            22th Autumn Exhibition of the Association of Artists and Designers from Chorzów, MM Municipal Art Gallery, Chorzów

2018    The presence in contemporary art: Emergent Artists from XXI century and Masters from XX century - Carrà, Sironi, Rosai,

            Guttuso, Annigoni, Basilica di San Lorenzo, Crypt of Donatello, Florence, Italy

             21th Autumn Exhibition of the Association of Artists and Designers from Chorzów, MM Municipal Art Gallery, Chorzów

             Exhibition of  XXVII Auction "Wielkie Serce", Museum Municipal Engineering, Kraków

2017    Vinart2017, Fattoria Borgo la Torre , Montecarlo di Lucca, Italy

            57a Biennale di Venezia, Spoleto Pavilion a cura di Vittorio Scarbi, Palazzo Grifalconi    Loredan, Venice, Italy

            20th Autumn Exhibition of the Association of Artists and Designers from Chorzów, MM Municipal Art Gallery, Chorzów

            Exhibition of  XXVI Auction "Wielkie Serce", Museum Municipal Engineering, Kraków

2016    Exhibition of  XXV Auction "Wielkie Serce", Museum Municipal Engineering, Kraków

           Tychy Art 2016, Gallery "Obok", Tychy

           19th Autumn Exhibition of the Association of Artists and Designers from Chorzów, MM Municipal Art Gallery, Chorzów

2015   18th Autumn Exhibition of the Association of Artists and Designers from Chorzów, MM Municipal Art Gallery, Chorzów

2014   12th Autumn International Art Contemporary, BWA Ostrowiec Świętokrzyski

           Tychy Art 2014, Gallery "Obok" Tychy

           17th Autumn Exhibition of the Association of Artists and Designers from Chorzów, MM Municipal Art Gallery, Chorzów

2013    Hommage à Nowotarski, Katowice Historical Museum

            Gardens 2013, BWA Wałbrzych, Zamek Książ

            16th Autumn Exhibition of the Association of Artists and Designers from Chorzów, MM Municipal Art Gallery, Chorzów

2012    15th Autumn Exhibition of the Association of Artists and Designers from Chorzów, MM Municipal Art Gallery, Chorzów

2011    QUADRO-ART Painting Biennale, Central Museum of Textiles, Łódź

            10th Salon Wielkopolski, Museum of the Czarnków Region, Czarnków

            14th Autumn Exhibition of the Association of Artists and Designers from Chorzów, MM Municipal Art Gallery, Chorzów

2010    13th Autumn Exhibition of the Association of Artists and Designers from Chorzów, MM Municipal Art Gallery, Chorzów

2009    12th Autumn Exhibition of the Association of Artists and Designers from Chorzów, MM Municipal Art Gallery, Chorzów

2008    11th Autumn Exhibition of the Association of Artists and Designers from Chorzów, MM Municipal Art Gallery, Chorzów

2007     Exhibition of the Association of Artists and Designers from Chorzów, 9 Gallery, Prague, Czech Republic

         Exhibition of the Association of Artists and Designers from Chorzów, Municipal Gallery, Iserlohn, Germany

           Exhibition of the Association of Artists and Designers from Chorzów, Villa Heros, Remagen, Germany

           10th Autumn Exhibition of the Association of Artists and Designers from Chorzów, MM Municipal Art Gallery, Chorzów

2006   Jestem, BWA Gallery, Katowice

            Exhibition of the Association of Artists and Designers from Chorzów, BWA Gallery, Sieradz

            9th Autumn Exhibition of the Association of Artists and Designers from Chorzów, MM Municipal Art Gallery, Chorzów

2005    Ewa Świtalska Painting of the Year 2004, Królikarnia, Warsaw

            Exhibition of the Association of Artists and Designers from Chorzów, 78 Gallery, Gdynia

            8th Autumn Exhibition of the Association of Artists and Designers from Chorzów, MM Municipal Art Gallery, Chorzów  

2004    Lexmark European Art Prize 2004, Program Gallery, Warsaw, Galicja Museum, Kraków

            2nd M. Michalik Polish Painting Contest for Young Painters Municipal Art Gallery, Częstochowa; Polish Institute in Stockholm

            7th Autumn Exhibition of the Association of Artists and Designers from Chorzów, MM   Municipal Art Gallery, Chorzów  

2003    Together and Apart , Espace Matisse , Creil, France

            Together and Apart, Stara Kordegarda , Warszawa

            6th Autumn Exhibition of the Association of Artists and Designers from Chorzów, MM Municipal Art Gallery, Chorzów  

2002    Together and Apart, Contemporary Art Gallery, Kołobrzeg

            5th Autumn Exhibition of the Association of Artists and Designers from Chorzów, MM Municipal Art Gallery, Chorzów  

2001    Together and Apart , Contemporary Art Gallery , Opole

            Together and Apart, Castello Svevo di Frederico II, Termoli, Italy

            Together and Apart, Istituto Polacco, Palazzo Blumenstihl, Rome, Italy

            Together and Apart, Municipal Theater, Zlin, Czech Republic

             4th Autumn Exhibition of the Association of Artists and Designers from Chorzów, MM Municipal Art Gallery, Chorzów  

2000     Ein Polnisches Treffen in Köln, Ignis, Köln, Germany

             Przekroczyć próg nadziei, MM Municipal Art Gallery, Chorzów, Archdiocesan Museum, Katowice

            Venus 2000, ART CAFE Gallery, Chorzów

            Post-plein-air exhibition of the 1st International Plein Air - Chorzów 1999, MM Municipal Art Gallery, Chorzów  

           Another Look, ART CAFE Gallery, Chorzów

           3th Autumn Exhibition of the Association of Artists and Designers from Chorzów, MM Municipal Art Gallery, Chorzów  

1999    Exhibition of the Association of Artists and Designers from Chorzów, Általános Müvelödési Központ, Ózd, Hungary

           2th Autumn Exhibition of the Association of Artists and Designers from Chorzów, MM Municipal Art Gallery, Chorzów  


          
Significant information in media:


2019   TV material in TOCANA TV

2018    Article on Aleksandra Rey’s work, periodical La Toscana, Włochy

            TV material in TOCANA TV

2017    Article on Aleksandra Rey’s work, 11 Artists Worth Investing in!

2012    Article on Aleksandra Rey’s work, periodical Artysta i sztuka 6/2012

2006    TV material about Aleksandra Rey’s work, Regiony Kultury (TVP)

 

Awards:
2013    distinction in Gardens 2013, BWA Wałbrzych, Zamek Książ

2011    Mayor of Chorzów Award in Culture in the category of artistic achievements

2005    distinction in the Ewa Świtalska Painting of the Year 2004

2004    laureate of  Lexmark European Art Prize 2004

1998    medal for the graduation work, Academy of Fine Arts in Kraków



               "The creative life of Aleksandra Rey is a proof of the need to experiment: both with the painting strategy and with her own perception of reality. It goes from painting focused on ugliness of housing blocks to the painting which explores the beauty of nature. “I value concentration” - the artist confesses in her credo. “I do not like to scream” - she adds. “I do not paint to scream something out”. “Painting is a kind of conversation with oneself” - is it not? In this interview Aleksandra Rey discusses the landscape and vegetation subjects - difficult ones as they require a freshness of formulation. Her formulation consists of subtle means which avoid overly spectacular effects: toned colours and gentle compositions. The artist's painting is not only the product of contemplation. It is contemplation itself - an exercise of attention in making the neglected parts of reality beautiful: trees passed by, industrial spaces of housing blocks, fragments of greenery imprisoned behind a fence. Earlier, the artist used mixed technique or her own techniques - including phthalic and emulsion paint. At present, she paints mainly using acrylic paint and oil paint on canvas. She took part in numerous exhibitions in Poland and abroad."