Viola TYCZ (b. 1973), Cybernetic 5, 2024

hybrid technique (print, stencil, glitter, organic imprint, ink, acrylic), HDF board, 50 x 50 cm, signed on the back

Born in 1973, graduate of the Academy of Fine Arts in Wroclaw, scholarship holder of the Joan Miró Foundation (Spain). Her works can be found in the collections of, among others, the National Museum in Warsaw, the National Museum in Krakow, the Contemporary Museum in Wroclaw and in private collections. In 2014, the artist's paintings were auctioned at Christie's Auction House in London. Sotheby's Auction House funded a scholarship for the artist for her unconventional graphic techniques.

Major events:

2002 - Poe-Art Center for Contemporary Art REAKTOR, Wroclaw.

2002 - Herzklekotten, Scena na Świebodzkim, Wrocław.

2002 - II International Biennale of Miniature Art, Czestochowa, Poland

2002 - II Festival of Independent Culture, Międzygórze, Poland

2002 - SPACE Festival, Poznań

2003 - AFTER AIDS, Entropia, Wroclaw, Poland

2003 - I RAK / war exhibition, BWA Awangarda, Wroclaw, Poland

2003/2004 - Postcard from Wrocław, BWA Awangarda Wrocław, BWA Bielsko-Biała

2003 - Middle age, Pracownia na Ruskiej, Wrocław

2003 - Pixeloza, District Gallery of Contemporary Art, Ostrów Wielkopolski

2003 - Viola Tycz + painting + graphics + objects, FORUM+ Gallery, Wroclaw.

2003 - Viola Tycz PIKSELOZA, ARSENAŁ Gallery of Contemporary Art, Poznan.

2003 - 36th National Contest of Contemporary Painting "Bielska Jesień", Bielsko-Biała.

2003 - 1st International Competition - Ex-Libris Exhibition, Ankara.

2003 - 4th International Exhibition of Exlibris, Rijeka, Croatia

2003 - International Competition of Drawing and Printmaking, Museum, Taiwan

2003 - PUZZLE4U, Viola Tycz, Pilar Juncosa & Joan Miró Foundation, Spain.

2004 - Eurografik, Museum of Contemporary Art, Moscow, Russia

2004 - JAJO, BB Gallery, Cracow, Bytom

2004 - Picture of the Year, Królikarnia, Warsaw

2004 - NOVA POLSKA - Polish season in France, ZOO Gallery, Strasbourg, France.

2004 - "Eastern European Printmakers" at The Rensselaerville Institute, Rensselaerville, New York, USA.

2004 - "Central and Eastern European Printmakers" at K. Caraccio Studio Gallery, New York, N.Y., USA

2005 - "Eastern European Printmakers from the Collection of Marvin Bolotsky" at the Printmakers Society of New Jersey, USA.

2005, 2007 - Trois-Rivieres International Biennial of Contemporary Printmaking, Québec, Canada.

2005 - Individual exhibition "Sole Creature Epreuve d'Artiste", Grafiekgalerie Antwerp, Belgium.

2006 - Polish Eagles 2006, Korea Foundation Cultural Centre, Korea.

2007 - Individual exhibition, Ortona, Italy.

2007 - "PRINT - Internationale Grafiktriennale Krakau - Oldenburg - Wien", Künstlerhaus Vienna, Austria

2007 - Masters of Drawing and Printmaking, Varosi Muveszeti Museum, Győr, Hungary.

2008 - Epreuve D'Artiste, Antwerp, Belgium.

2008 - No Smoking Gallery, Strasbourg, France

2008 - Affordable Art Fair, Paris, France.

2008 - International Biennial of Digital Graphics, Gdynia City Museum.

2008 - Child Adults, Reed Factory, Warsaw, Poland

2008 - 30th anniversary of Entropia Gallery, Wroclaw, Poland

2008 - Auction of Young Art, Desa Unicum, Warsaw.

2009 - International Biennial of Contemporary Exlibris, Malbork.

2009 - Bosco Stregato 2009, International Exlibris Competition, Italy.

2009 - Forgotten Rooms, Gallery at Jesuits, Poznan.

Awards:

2009 - 3rd prize Bosco Stregato 2009, International Exlibris Competition, Italy.

2008 - Concorso Internazionale Exlibristico, Sculture e Brevi novelle "Il Bosco Stregato," honorable mention Solstizio d'Estate, Bosia, Italy

2007 - Laureate of MŁODA POLSKA, scholarship of the Minister of Culture and National Heritage

2006 - Artist of the Year in a poll of readers of ARTEON magazine

2005 - Jury Prize IV International MiniPrint Triennial, TAMA University Tokyo, Japan

2004 - First Prize of Wroclaw Film Spring, Wroclaw, Poland

2003 - Honorable Mention of the International Graphic Arts Triennial, Cracow, Poland

2000 - Honorable Mention 18th Festival of Contemporary Painting, Szczecin

1999 - Special Prize of the 3rd International Graphics Biennale, Gliwice

1998, 1999, 2000 - Creative Fellowship, American Retails System and Academy Competition.