Anna Sztwiertnia

She creates objects, installations, animations, and digital art. A graduate of the Faculty of Graphic Arts at the Academy of Fine Arts in Kraków, she studied Intermedia at the Universidade do Porto in Portugal in 2017. Co-founder of the artist-run space Loteria Gallery. She lives and works in Kraków.

Her practice spans multiple media – from installation to video and sculptural objects – allowing the subject matter she is currently exploring to guide her choice of form. She is interested in themes related to spirituality, alternative medicine, and sanatorium culture. She constructs her own interpretations of rituals, rooted in the emotional engagement of the audience.

Selected Solo Exhibitions:

• 2023 – “The Spirit of Hydropathy” (with Kasia Wójcicka), Loteria Gallery, Kraków
• 2019 – “Sanctuary,” Bunkier Sztuki, Kraków
• 2018 – “Spa,” Hotel Forum, Kraków
• 2017 – “Contemplation,” ARISTOI Gallery, Kraków

Selected Group Exhibitions and Projects:

• 2024
  – “Survival 23,” Art Transparent Foundation, Wrocław
• 2022
  – “Great Patch,” UFO Gallery, Kraków
• 2021
  – “Deep,” Razem Pamoja Foundation, Warsaw
  – “One More Turnus,” Promocyjna Gallery, Warsaw
• 2019
  – “YES Scholarship,” Poznań Design Days, Poznań
• 2018
  – “Seismograph,” Bunkier Sztuki, Kraków
  – “The Hourglass Bleeds Still,” POLIN Museum, Warsaw
  – “10th Polish Graphic Triennial,” Silesian Museum, Katowice
  – “How Is It?” Labirynt Gallery, Lublin
  – “Patterns in a Chromatic Field,” Miejsce Spotkań, Lublin
  – “The Rest You Have to Imagine,” Casa das Artes, Porto, Portugal
  – “Space Lettuce,” De Liceiras 18, Porto, Portugal
• 2016
  – “Visual Spa,” Blue Skyscraper, Warsaw
  – “VII Prize of Engraving Atlante,” Museum of Engraving Arts, Spain
• 2014
  – “Urban Image,” Labirynt Gallery, Lublin

Selected Art Projects (2014–2026):

• “Narrations 11: Niedźwiednik Spa,” IKM, Gdańsk
• “Music of the City,” Rondo Sztuki, Katowice
• “Rybie Oko Biennale,” BGSW, Słupsk