Gossia ZIELASKOWSKA (b. 1983), *Flower*, diptych, 2026

acrylic on canvas, 100 x 140 cm (total; 2 works measuring 100 x 70 cm each), signed on the reverse

Born in 1983. Graduated from the Faculty of Painting at the Academy of Fine Arts in Poznań (2009). Recipient of a scholarship from the Minister of Culture and National Heritage (2008/2009). Winner of the Grand Prix at the 1st National Zadra Painting Competition, Zadra Gallery, Warsaw (2008). Participant in the Istanbul International Art Fair, the “Horizon” exhibition of young Polish artists (Turkey, 2012), and SCOPE Miami (USA, 2012). Her works were selected for the International Biennale of Contemporary Art in Florence (Italy, 2009). She ranked 19th in the Kompas Sztuki ranking of young Polish artists (2014). She has participated in group exhibitions, including: the 2nd International Painting Competition “Public Space – Contexts,” Zamek Culture Center, Poznań (2010); the Warsaw Ground Art Festival, Fibak Gallery, Warsaw (2011); the Final of the 42nd Bielska Jesień Biennial (2015), BWA Gallery, Bielsko-Biała; the Chisinau International Painting Biennial 2017, National Museum in Chisinau, Moldova (2017); “Art Now,” National Museum in Kraków, Szołayski House (2018). Author of solo exhibitions, including: “A Dream from an Orangeade Bottle,” Bekos Gallery, Poznań (2008); “Painting,” Zadra Gallery, Warsaw (2009); “Female Intuition” and “The Space of Gesture,” Fibak Gallery, Warsaw (2010, 2014); “Lost Map,” PROFIL Contemporary Art Gallery, Zamek Cultural Center, Poznań (2017);