Marzena Turek Gas
Education
- 2016 – 2020
2020 – earned PhD degree in Fine Arts at the Jan Kochanowski University in Kielce, PL - 1996 – 2001
MFA, Academy of Fine Arts in Cracow, Printmaking Department – Katowice, Graphic Design and Painting Diploma, PL - 1987 – 1992
Secondary School of Fine Arts in Nałęczów. Furniture Design Diploma, PL
Scholarships, Distinctions & Awards
- 2020
Arts Scholarship from the Polish Ministry of Culture and National Heritage, Warsaw, PL - 2011
Grant for Art in the Public Space “Marzena Turek Gas SHAPES OF COLOUR/CITY TOUR” which I won in Competition announced by the Mayor of the City of Warsaw, PL - 2006
Arts Scholarship from the Polish Ministry of Culture and National Heritage, Warsaw, PL - 2001
Arts Scholarship from the Hugo Kollataj Foundation, Katowice, PL
- 2000
“Our World in The Year 2000,” The United Nations Millenium Art Exhibition, selected from The Winsor & Newton
Worldwide Millennium Painting Competition in aid of The Prince’s Foundation and UNICEF, NY, USA (12/7/00 – 28/8/00)
World Trade Centre, Stockholm, SE (19/3/00 – 2/4/00) Mall Galleries, London, UK (23 – 26 February 00) - 1999
„Cracow and Music” an distinction for the design of Poster ’98, The Bunker of Art. Gallery in
Cracow, PL
„Young Artist of European Academies,” Poland – Germany ( an award for the painting)
Cracow, PL, Munich, DE
Selected Solo Exhibitions & Projects
- 2020
Library of colours – between nature and the virtual world, XS Gallery, UJK, Kielce, PL
Painting in Motion, Artutito Gallery, Hala Koszyki, Warsaw, PL
Zlota 44, Artutito Gallery, Warsaw, PL - 2019
Shapes of Future, Urban Space, Galeria 022, The House of artist ZPAP, Warsaw, PL - 2018
Malzowina, objects 2007-2017, Contemporary art gallery of the North Masovian Museum in Lomza, PL
Clouds, Night of the Museums, Gallery 12, Warsaw, PL - 2017
Roller Painter Girl, Galeria Pod Arkadami, Lomza, PL
MaTu / Painting in Motion with Roller-Skates, Gallery of Fibak Collection, Warsaw, PL
MaTu / Monumental Artworks, Night of the Museums, Studio / Gallery 12, Warsaw, PL - 2016
MaTu / Large format canvases in photo and video action, installation in the public space, National Stadium, Warsaw, PL - 2015
MaTu / Large format canvases in photo and video action, installation in the public space, CRAMO space, Minska 65, Warsaw, PL
- 2014
Margas 3d Colour, Galeria Fundacji Atelier Foksal, Warszawa, PL - 2011
Shapes of colour/City Tour, Night of the Museums, SPTL30/32, Studio 12, Warsaw, PL
Shapes of Colour, Soho Factory Gallery, Warsaw, PL
Marzena Turek Gas Shapes of Colour/City Tour, Installation in The public space, Targowa 12, Warsaw, PL - 2010
Shapes of Colour & Sound (sound by P.Prochnowski), Shoot Me Film Festival, The Hague, NL
Shapes of Colour & Sound Gdański Teatr Szekspirowski / Teatr w Oknie, Gdansk, PL
Making Colours / Ribbons, X Art Meeting, Street Art, action in The Castle Park, Pszczyna, PL
Shapes of Colour / All Size, 1st Edition, Night of the Museums, Galeria Milano, Warsaw, PL
Shapes of Colour / All Size, SPTL 30/32, Studio/Gallery 12, Night of the Museums, Warsaw, PL
LINEMOTIV, SPTL 30/32, Studio/Gallery 12, Warsaw, PL - 2009
Making Colours & Music (music by P.Prochnowski) SPTL 30/32, Studio/Gallery 12, Warsaw, PL
Making Colour / Ribbons, Teatr w Oknie – Gdański Teatr Szekspirowski, Gdańsk, PL
Painting JAZZ Ride, Live Painting Roller – Skating, Laznia Centre for Contemporary Art, Gdańsk, PL
All Size – Double Action / Double Night, SPTL 30/32, Gallery 12, Night of the Museums, Warsaw, PL
Feeling Colour, Villa Marilor, Zakopane, PL
Women’s Day, Galeria Promocji Młodych, Lodz, PL
HOLI WOOD, Domoteka Gallery, Warsaw, PL
HAIQ, Sushi Tekeda, Warsaw, PL - 2008
Feeling Colour, Galeria Ateneum Młodych, Warsaw, PL
Visual+Music, live painting – video, live music, SPTL 30/32, Studio 12, Warsaw, PL
Air Beds / Feeling Colour, live painting – video, Piksel Gallery, Warsaw, PL
All Size / Live Painting Roller-Skating, Info Gallery, Warsaw, PL
Marzena Turek Gas / Chilli Blood, Fresh, SPTL 30/32, Atelier 12, Night of the Museums, Warsaw, PL
FRESH painting 2008, Galeria Delfiny, Warsaw, PL
Marzena Turek Gas, painting, installation, design, 12 Gallery, Warsaw’s Night of Museums, PL - 2007
Live Painting Roller-Skating / By Night, actoin painting, The Palace of Culture and Science, Warsaw, PL
Marzena Turek Gas – December 2007 The virtual space of Noga Gallery, London, UK
Marzena Turek Gas, Open Studio No. 12, Home Making project, SPTL 30/32, Warsaw, PL
Marzena Turek Gas, Document/Action, 12 Gallery, Warsaw’s Night of Museums, PL
MMS/7 Making White / Making Color / Air Beds, Fabs Gallery, Warsaw, PL
MMS/4 Swing Design, Do Trzech Razy Sztuka Gallery, Warsaw, PL - 2006
MMS/6 Painting, 13 Gallery, Warsaw, PL
MMS/5 StepSteps/ Action,12 Gallery, Warsaw, PL
MMS/2, Lysy Pingwin, Warsaw, PL
MMS/1 Live Painting Roller-Skating / Drivin Me’ Jazzy, action, M25, Warsaw, PL
MMS/3 Fully Objecive Compositions, Jadlodajnia Filozoficzna Gallery, Warsaw, PL
Neighbours for Neighbours V Edition, 11 Gallery, SPTL 30/32, Warsaw, PL
The Warsaw Festival of Fine Arts, Studio/12 Gallery, SPTL 30/32, Warsaw, PL - 2005
Painting, Lokalna, Warsaw, PL
OKO Gallery, Warsaw, PL - 2004
PhotoGraphy & Painting, Mood Cafe Trattoria, Warsaw, PL - 2003
Funky, posters, Rynek Gallery, Bytom, PL - 2002
Graphic Design & Installations, Bonar Gallery, Lomza, PL - 2001
Swing / Diploma; GCK Sektor 1 Gallery, Katowice, PL - 1999
Painting, GCK, ASP Gallery, Katowice, PL - 1998
Painting , U Eliasza …Gallery, Pszczyna, PL - 1997
Summer Promotion, Bonar Gallery, Lomza, PL
Group Exhibitions & Projects
- 2020
Contemporary art., A new generation after 1989, Desa Unicum gallery, Warsaw, PL - 2019-2020
14th International Autumn Salon of Art, BWA, Ostrowiec Swietokrzyski, Poland, PL - 2019
Contemporary art., A new generation after 1989, Desa Unicum gallery, Warsaw, PL - 2018-2019
45 Winter salon, Masovian Center of Contemporary art Elektrownia, Radom, PL - 2018
Milan Bienial of Contemporary Art, M.A.D.Gallery, Milano, Italy, IT
Pocalunek Abstrakcji i Surrealizmu, Milano Gallery, Warsaw, Poland, PL
To paint above all, Lufcik Gallery, Warsaw, PL - 2017
Milan Biennial of Contemporary Art M.A.D.Gallery Milano, Italy, IT
De Niro, International Art, Bitola, Macedonia, MK
Full Moon Arts and Music Festival-Barking Man Bassement Collective, Leeds, UK
Fibak Art Collection, Fibak Gallery, Warsaw, PL
To Nie Moj Obraz, Milano Galeria Sztuki, Warsaw, PL
Summer at Galeria Milano, Milano Gallery, Warsaw, Poland, PL
Wizje, DAP Gallery, Warsaw, PL - 2015
Art Fair Asia Fukuoka 2015, Japan, JP
New Faces 2015, Atsukobarouh art gallery, Shibuyaku, Tokyo, Japan, JP
Masks painted by famous Polish artist, Cultural Centre, Warsaw, PL - 2013
Hommage a Nowotarski, The Museum of The History , Katowice, PL - 2012
Winter Salon, Bochenska Gallery, Warsaw, PL
185 Auction of Contemporary Art, Rempex, Warsaw, P - 2011
60 Auction of Contemporary Art, Rempex, Warsaw, PL
63 Auction of Contemporary Art, Rempex, Warsaw, PL
Poster Museum, Wilanow, Warsaw, PL
Artists of the Milano Gallery, Nowy Dom Jablkowskich, Warsaw, PL
The Warsaw Festival of Fine Arts, Art at the public space, Targowa 12, Warsaw, PL - 2010
Digital Paprica, Japan Institute, Yokohama, JP
International Print Triennial, Horst-Janssen Museum, Oldenburg, DE
International Poster Exhibition, Pécsi Galéria, HU
Domoteka Design Days, Domoteka Gallery, Warsaw, PL
Aspects 2010, Rondo Gallery, Lodz, PL
58 Auction of Contemporary Art, Rempex, Warsaw, PL
57 Auction of Contemporary Art, Rempex, Warsaw, PL
55 Auction of Contemporary Art, Rempex, Warsaw, PL
50 Auction of Contemporary Art, Rempex, Warsaw, PL - 2009
Color in Graphic Art, 6th International Print Triennial, Wozownia Art Gallery, Torun, PL
5. International Festival of Visual Art inSPIRACJE, Zamek Książąt Pomorskich, Szczecin, PL
Sweet in Art, Art. Gallery, Legnica, PL
Art and Documentation, Patio Centrum Sztuki WSHE, Lodz, PL
Poznaj Zmiany, Galeria Polski Salon Sztuki, ZG ZPAP, Warsaw, PL
Poznaj Zmiany, International Poznan Fairs, Poznan, PL
Cud, Galeria Cuuud, Gdansk, PL
Galeria Gaz, Lodz, PL
Artist about women, Jazzownia Liberalna, Warsaw, PL
Graphics, Galeria Lufcik, Warsaw, PL
47 Auction of Contemporary Art, Rempex Gallery, Warsaw, PL
46 Auction of Contemporary Art, Rempex Gallery, Warsaw, PL
44 Auction of Contemporary Art, Rempex Galery, Warsaw, PL
42 Auction of Contemporary Art, Rempex Gallery, Warsaw, PL
41 Auction of Contemporary Art, Rempex Gallery, Warsaw, PL
39 Auction of Contemporary Art, Rempex Gallery, Warsaw, PL
37 Auction of Contemporary Art, Rempex Gallery, Warsaw, PL - 2008
Culture and …, International Poster Exhibition, Pécsi Galéria, HU
Mask / Action, 12 artists, Warsaw, PL
IconData Directory of Print 2008, International Print Triennial, Cracow, PL - 2007
07.07.07 from 7am to 7pm, 7 artists; work: Chilli Blood / installation, Piksel Gallery, Warsaw, PL
works: Street Swing , DAP Gallery, Warsaw, PL
IconData Directory of Print, International Print Triennial, Cracow, PL - 2006
Painting, The Studio at Pankiewicz str., Warsaw, PL
4th BLOK VI International Triennale of Eco Poster, Kharkow, UA
Painting Exhibition, Museum of Local History, Ivano-Frankovsk, UA
Polish Eagles 2006 Young Polish Print in Seoul, International Print Triennial, Korea Foundation Cultural Center,JoongAng Iibo Building,
curated by Teresa Soliman, Seoul, Korea (18/5/06–18/6/06)
Golden Bee 7 International Biennial of Graphic Design, icograda, The Central House of Artist, Moscow, RU (1/9/06–8/9/06)
IconData Directory of Print, International Print Triennial, Cracow, PL
Metropolis, the outdoor exhibition, which takes place in front of the Bunkier Sztuki Gallery, Cracow, PL - 2005
Group Portrait of Polish People, 2b Gallery, Warsaw, PL
IconData 2005/ International Print Triennial Cracow, PL
work: White sculpture with blue, Old Norblin Factory AND 2B Gallery, Warsaw, PL
Black & White InstallAction by Turek Gas; Old Norblin Factory and 2b Gallery, Prezentacje theatre, Warsaw, PL
Work: Swing (objects, Snow Printing); Old Norblin Factory and 2b Gallery, Warsaw, PL
Cow Parade”, Muuuuza by Marzena Turek Gas, location – Rondo ONZ, Warsaw 2005, Sponsor Radio RMF FM, PL - 2004
work: Tickets/Valid from…through..; Norblin Factory and 2b Gallery, Warsaw, PL
AMS Poster Gallery, Królikarnia, Warsaw, PL
Mostra Collettiva Di Arte Contenporanea, Catania, Catania, IT(2003 – 2004) - 2003-2004
Mostra Collettiva Di Arte Contenporanea, Catania, Catania, Italy, IT - 2003
International Triennale of Eco Poster and Graphics 4 Block, Kharkow, UA
The Thirteenth Colorado International Invitational Poster Exhibition, Colorado State University Hatton and Curfman Galleries, USA
Coordinator: Linda Frickman, Exhibition Directors: Bob Coonts, John Gravdahl, Phil Risbeck (12/9/03 – 24/10/03)
Graphic Responses: an on-Line Exhibition, Colorado, USA (01/09/03 – 30/09/03) - 2002
20th International Biennale of Graphic Design,” Moravian Gallery, Brno, CZ
Curator of the Biennale: PhDr. Marta Sylvestrova, Dyrector: PhDr. Kaliopi, Chamonikola, PhD. (18/6/02 – 20/10/02) - 2001
Öko Art, Projects of Installations for Sculpture Park, The Polish Institute, Leipzig, DE
Kalarus and Friends, MM Gallery, Chorzow, PL
Landscape in Contemporary Painting, Pryzmat Gallery, Cracow, PL
The Twelfth Colorado International Invitational Poster Exhibition, Hatton and Curfman Galleries, Colorado, USA
Exhibition Directors: Bob Coonts, John Gravdahl, Phil Risbeck (14/9/01 – 19/10/01)
3rd Festival of Posters, Krzysztofory Palace Museum, Cracow, PL
Printmaking in The Year 2001, ASP Gallery, Cracow; GCK Gallery, Katowice, PL
Graduate Exhibition, GCK Sektor 1 Gallery, Katowice, PL - 2000
3rd International Invitational Poster Exhibition, Ogaki Poster Museum (Japan) (2000/2001)
Junge Künstler Europäischer Akademien, Polen – Deutschland / Bayerische Hypo- und Vereinsbank, München /Abteilung Kultur und Gesellschaft,
Munich, DE
Our World in The Year 2000, The United Nations Millenium Art Exhibition, selected from The Winsor & Newton Worldwide Millennium Painting
Competition in aid of The Prince’s Foundation and UNICEF, NY, USA (12/7/00 – 28/8/00) The Millennium Art Exhibition Curated by John Sheeran,
Curatorial AssistantsSara Hill, Alison Newell, Patronage: The Prince of Wales, Kofi Annan
Mall Galleries, Patronage:The Prince of Wales, London, UK (23 – 26 February 00)
World Trade Centre, Stockholm, SE (19/3/00 – 2/4/00)
The United Nations Millenium Art Exhibition, Patronage: Kofi Annan, NYC, USA (12/7/00 – 28/8/00)
Arches, Marcholt Gallery, Katowice, PL
Plakátok/Posters 2000, Pécsi Galéria & Grafika Műhely, HU - 1999
Wypukłodruk, GCK, Katowice, PL
Landscape in Contemporary Painting, Pryzmat Gallery, Cracow, PL
Cracow and Music, KOKNAP’98, patronage: Elżbieta i Krzysztof Pendereccy, The Bunker of Art Gallery, Cracow, PL