Short Bio
I am Marta Gwizdala, an artist from Poland now living in Wisconsin for the past few years. I have been painting since I was 4 and won my first art competition when I was 10 years old and was awarded a trip to Paris. I trained to be a diplomat, but instead I pursued an art career, thanks to my supporting husband and family. As a mixed media artist, I specialize in 3D textured acrylic art combined with epoxy resin and many more materials. My art studio is in The Arts Mill, at 1300 14th Ave, Grafton, WI 53024. I am also a Cedarburg Artists Guild member.
Statement
My art technique: 3D art, mixed media, acrylic, texture and epoxy resin.
My paintings evoke a sense of nostalgia, an idealistic, homesick love letter to a home left behind, with the fantastic elements we tie to our homes as children. These paintings are meant to capture the way immigrants remember the homes they leave as children: idealistic, beautiful, but also mysterious… like a distant, fantastical memory. In my paintings, I combine the rolling green landscapes of my Slavic homeland with the folklore elements found therein. The titles of my paintings are often a play on words, to underline the playful, childlike nature of these portrayals. With these works, I strive to bring comfort to those who miss home and capture their imaginations with a visual sense of awe and longing. Making art is helping me to appreciate the world more. I hope that someday my art will heal someone else too. I hope you will like my unique style.
Biography
I have been painting since I was four years old and studied art all the way through 19 years of age and later volunteered to teach kids how to paint in the very same programs where I was trained. When I was 10 years old, I won a painting competition and was awarded a trip to Paris for a painting that I made of the old town in Warsaw. This award meant a lot to me, as a trip to Paris, from the recently post-Communist Poland, was difficult to get in those times. Thanks to my wonderful father, I was able to obtain a hard-to-get passport and start my journey towards my dreams as an artist. Whilst I was completing an internship in Chicago for my master’s degree in international relations, I grew fascinated with the USA and the American way of life. I also fell in love with my now husband here in the USA (which is, in of itself, a wonderful romantic story for another day), who wholeheartedly supported my growth as an artist here. We just recently moved from Chicago to Cedarburg and have been living here for the past two years. Here I also started my business as a make-up artist for weddings and other special occasions. Powdering in Garconniere, LLC makeup artist.
Resume / CV
Name and Surname: Marta Gwizdala
Country of born: Poland
Country of living: Wisconsin, USA
Date of Birth: 1996
Occupation:
- Writer, Artist, & Makeup Artist; a member in The Arts Mill (Grafton, Wi), Cedarburg Artists Guild member.
Makeup: Owner of Powdering in Garconniere, LLC
Art Studio: The Arts Mill, 1300 14th Ave, Grafton, WI 53024.
Languages: English – very good; Polish – native speaker
Hobby: art, dancing, epoxy resin, sculpturing, kayaking, music, movies and series, manga and anime, swimming, gym, bicycling, nature, make-up and much more.
Art technique: 3D art, mixed media, acrylic, texture and epoxy resin.
Degree:
2018 - 2020 - Completed master’s degree at the Faculty of Law and Administration, majoring in International Relations with the educational path "Economic Regions of the Modern World" at the Cardinal Stefan Wyszyński University in Warsaw.
2015 - 2018 - Completed bachelor’s degree at the Faculty of Law and Administration, majoring in International Relations with the educational path "The State and its foreign service in international relations" at the Cardinal Stefan Wyszyński University in Warsaw.
2012 - 2015 - Completed LXV Secondary School with Integration Branches gen. J. Bem in Warsaw with a humanistic and legal profile.
Art Exhibits and contests:
2023 (Oct-Dec) - Arts Mill Alumni Exhibit.
2023 (Nov-Dec) - Tiny Art Show for Wisconsin Maritime Museum in Wisconsin.
2023 (Oct) - participation in painting class with Beki Borman.
2023 (August 26) - Plein air in Christopher Gardens with
Sheboygan Visual Artists (SVA); participation in the contest.
2023 (October) - Exhibit for Annual Juried Exhibit (AJE) in Cedarburg, Wi.
2023 (October-December) - exhibit in Cedarburg Public Library
2023-2024- exhibits in Cedarburg Artists Guild in the Main Street Gallery; topics: "still life"; "animals"; "seasons"; "golden"; "blizzard of art"; "mimic the master".
2023 (March 7) - honorable motioned in the contest "Still live" for the painting "still alive".
2023 (May) - Art of Water VII with James May Gallery.
2019 (April 5) – Opened the painting and writing works exhibition entitled "The Freedom beyond the levels", organized by the Mokotów Center for the Integration of Residents, Department of Social Affairs and Health, Mokotów District Office of the Capital City of Warsaw.
2015 – 2019 – Worked as Social Instructor at the Palace of Culture and Science in Warsaw.
2014 – Published my own novel entitled "Turquoise Soul"/”Turkusowa Dusza”.
2007 – 2015 – Completed painting classes at the Youth Palace in Warsaw.
2006 – Won big art competition “Warszawa moja stolica/Warsaw my capital”, with the award a trip to Paris.
Education History:
2023 - Became member of The Arts Mill
2023 - Became member of Cedarburg Artists Guild
2022 - Started my own makeup business in Cedarburg, WI: Powdering in Garconniere (Make-up).
2019 - Completed internship at the Consulate of the Republic of Poland in Chicago, USA.
2018 - Completed internship at the Ministry of Family, Labor and Social Policy in the Department of International Cooperation under the Power program from the European Social Fund under an agreement with the National Center for Research and Development.
2008 – 2015 – Volunteered at the Caritas institution.
If you interested with my Art, check my social media (Instagram, Facebook, Tik Tok, Pinterest): @margwizart
My e-mail for contact margwizart@gmail.com
Website The Arts Mill: https://www.theartsmill.org/artists/marta-gwizdala/
Website Cedarburg Artist Guild: Marta Gwizdala (cedarburgartistsguild.com)
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