Polish artist, currently based in Kraków
MFA Krakow Academy of Fine Arts Poland Faculty of Graphic Arts
Specialisation Animated Film - 2006
MA University of Abertay Dundee Scotland Institute of Arts, Media & Computer Games
Game Art & Animation - 2011
University of Wolverhampton England School of Art & Design
Erasmus Scholarship - 2002
Barbara Leoniak ZAR Atelier Krakow Poland
Life Drawing & Painting 1998-2000
Schools
Selected
Exhibitions
& Events
Varnishing Day at the Barn
at Salamunka’s
Poronin, Kośne Hamry, Poland
August 2024
Grid Project Exhibition
Dean Clough Mills, Halifax, UK
The Mosaic and Upstairs Galleries
June - July 2023
Aesthetica Art Prize Exhibition
York Art Gallery, York, UK
March - June 2023
Ideas of Home
The School House Gallery, York, UK (online)
September 2020
Disclosures Up North
PS Mirabel, Manchester, UK
August - September 2019
Mirabel Open Studios
part of the Manifest Festival
PS Mirabel, Manchester, UK
July 2019
Greater Manchester Arts Prize
Bolton Museum and Art Gallery, Bolton UK June - July 2019
What are you doing in there?
Group show of Mirabel artists
PS Mirabel, Manchester, UK
January - February 2019
The Secret Postcard Show
The Old Luck Up Gallery, Cromford, UK
August - September 2018
Twice as Nice - Mirabel Open Exhibition
PS Mirabel, Manchester, UK
June - August 2018
neo: Proof Print
neo:gallery 23, Bolton, UK
May - July 2018
SIZE Matters
The World of Glass, St Helens, UK
May - June 2018
Camera Optional
PS Mirabel, Manchester, UK
April - May 2018
Diptych, Triptych and Polyptych
PS Mirabel, Manchester, UK
January - February 2018
Anniversary
Saul Hay Gallery, Manchester, UK
September - November 2017
Small World - Mirabel Open Exhibition
PS Mirabel, Manchester, UK
July - August 2017
Greater Manchester Arts Prize
GM Chamber of Commerce
Elliot House, Manchester, UK
May - June 2017
New Topographies
Saul Hay Gallery Manchester, UK
March - May 2017
Spectrum - Mirabel Open Exhibition
PS Mirabel, Manchester, UK
July - August 2016
Multiply Selling Show
PS Mirabel, Manchester, UK
November - December 2015
The Art of a Journey - A Letter in Mind Gallery@Oxo, Oxo Tower Wharf
London, UK
October 2015
Secret Artbox Postcard Sale
Fold Gallery, London, UK
August 2015
Aesthetica Art Prize Exhibition
York St. Mary’s - York Art Gallery’s contemporary art space, York, UK
March - May 2015
polenmARkT
Fundation for Polish-German Cooperation
Cinestar Cinema, Greifswald, Germany
November 2014
The Night of Museums
Upper Silesian National Museum
Bytom, Poland
May 2013
Anifilm
Puppet Theatre, J.K. Tyl Theatre
Třeboň, Czech Republic
May 2013
20 Years of The IFF Etiuda & Anima Małopolska Garden of Arts, Krakow, Poland
November 2013
55 Years of the Animated Film Studio
Krakow Academy of Fine Arts
Museum of Cinematography, Łódź, Poland
April 2013
PopRally Presents -Abstract Currents
MoMa, New York, USA
April 2013
Etiuda & Anima - Review of the world animation of the first decade of the XXI century - Polish contribution
Pauza Cinema, Krakow, Poland
November 2012
Budapest Design Week
Kiskakas Animation Celebration
Kino Mozi, Budapest, Hungary
October 2011
Copyright Cracow
Pécs European Capital of Culture
Apáczai Centre, Pécs, Hungary
November 2010
VIS Vienna Independent Shorts
Top Kino, Vienna, Austria
May 2008
Longlisted for Aesthetica Art Prize 2023
Aesthetica Magazine, York, UK - 2023
Shortlisted for GM Arts Prize 2019
Bolton Museum and Art Gallery, Bolton UK - 2019
Shortlisted for GM Arts Prize 2017
Greater Manchester Chamber of Commerce, Manchester, UK - 2017
ArtSlant Prize Juried Winner in the category of Photography
5/2016 Showcase, ArtSlant, New York, US - 2016
Longlisted for Aesthetica Art Prize 2015 in the category of Photographic & Digital Art, Aesthetica Magazine, York, UK - 2015
I Glonda Audience Prize - Przeglonda Animated Film Festival
Pauza Club, Krakow, Poland - 2007
Special Golden Jabberwocky for the best student animated film of the XIV IFF
Etiuda & Anima Krakow, Poland - 2007
Awards
& Honours
Publications
Future Now. Aesthetica Art Prize 2023
125 Contemporary Artists - Anthology - Aesthetica Magazine, York, UK - 2023
Interview with Olga Woszczyna, Aesthetica Art Prize Longlisted Artist - Aesthetica Magazine website, York, UK - 2016
Future Now. 100 Contemporary Artists from Aesthetica Art Prize - Anthology - Aesthetica Magazine, York, UK - 2015
Graphic Arts/ Academy of Fine Arts in Krakow - 45/63 Years Jubilee Album - ASP Krakow, Poland - 2014
Animated Film Studio/ Jan Matejko Academy of Fine Arts in Krakow. 55 Years Jubilee DVD - ASP Krakow, Poland - 2013
CG Associates - Castlefield Gallery, Manchester, UK 2016 - 2020