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."