Małgorzata Widomska

Małgorzata Widomska (b. 1978) is a visual artist, painter, and author of painterly installations and writings on art. She graduated with distinction from the Painting Department at the Academy of Fine Arts in Gdańsk and received her doctoral degree from the Academy of Fine Arts in Kraków in 2013. She currently teaches painting at the Academy of Fine Arts in Katowice. She lives and works in Warsaw.

Widomska’s artistic practice is grounded in the belief that a painting is a tool for examining the meaning of original experience. She develops a personal language of abstraction rooted in a careful observation of the internal processes of memory. For her, aesthetics functions as a cognitive system—comparable to logic—capable of verifying and clarifying meaning.

She has presented numerous solo and collaborative exhibitions, including “Było i już będzie” (It Was and Will Be) at Galeria EL in Elbląg (2024), “Fala jest morzem” (The Wave Is the Sea) at Galeria Piekary in Poznań (2023), and “Sen o doskonałości” (A Dream of Perfection) with Michał Bratko at Galeria Widna in Kraków (2025). Her work has also been shown in London, Gyor (Hungary), and across many venues in Poland, including Lokal_30, Śmierć Człowieka, Galeria Le Guern, and Pani Domu.

Widomska has taken part in numerous group exhibitions, such as “Geometria Emocji” (Geometry of Emotion) at GDM Contemporary in Ostrava (2025), “Revenge Dress” at Galeria EXIT in Wrocław (2024), and the Leon Wyczółkowski Painting Competition at the Municipal Gallery BWA in Bydgoszcz (2014). Her work has also been presented in art-theoretical contexts, including the 12th Feminist Seminar at Galeria Studio (2020).

About her painting, she says:

“A painting is not pure abstraction. I’m not merely playing with form. All of my works are based on a specific story I carry in the back of my mind—usually something from the past and a strong personal experience. I’ve noticed that I can process such experiences effectively through the language of abstraction. Figurative creation, being descriptive, can successfully evoke an image—a memory—but it is abstraction that allows me to recall the feeling of the past. I believe that the continuation of experience is more real in abstraction.”

Solo and Duo Exhibitions

• 2025 – A Dream of Perfection (duo show with Michał Bratko), Galeria Widna, Kraków
• 2024 – Braiding Your Fingers (duo show with Alicja Bielawska), Galeria Śmierć Człowieka, Warsaw
• 2024 – It Was and Will Be, Galeria EL, Elbląg
• 2023 – Myself, After All, I’m Not Hungry, Galeria Śmierć Człowieka, Warsaw Gallery Weekend
• 2023 – Marbles and Mirrors (project with brother Michał Bugalski), Pani Domu, Poznań
• 2023 – Window Shopper (with Suwon Coromoto Lee), Kravitz Contemporary, London
• 2023 – A Dress the Color of Weather, Galeria 35a, Warsaw
• 2023 – The Wave Is the Sea, Galeria Piekary, Poznań
• 2022 – School, Pool, Home, Sky over Ukraine, Białobrzeska 7, Warsaw
• 2020 – The Discipline of Affect – Presentation – 12th Feminist Seminar, Galeria Studio, Warsaw
• 2020 – Harmonious Transition, APS Gallery, Warsaw
• 2017 – Jakinia (project with brother Michał Bugalski), Lokal_30, Warsaw
• 2017 – Art-Open Philosophical and Psychological Seminars, University Library (BUW), Warsaw
• 2016 – Un Petit Mort, Różnia, Warsaw
• 2016 – Pathosformeln (project with brother Michał Bugalski), Galeria Piekary, Poznań
• 2014 – Place, Galeria Żak, Gdańsk
• 2014 – The Aesthetics of Memory, Museum of the Sochaczew Land, Sochaczew
• 2013 – The Illusion of My Presence, Galeria Floriańska 22, Kraków
• 2012 – Everything Has Ceased, Galeria Piętro Wyżej, CKK, Katowice
• 2007 – Edith’s Album, Childhood Home of Edith Stein, Wrocław
• 2005 – External Memory, National Theatre in Gyor, Hungary

Group Exhibitions

• 2025 – Geometry of Emotion, GDM Contemporary, Ostrava
• 2025 – Still Life, Art Walk Gallery, Warsaw
• 2024 – ASMR U, Galeria Le Guern, Warsaw
• 2024 – Revenge Dress, EXIT Gallery, Wrocław
• 2024 – Final Exam, Galeria Śmierć Człowieka, Warsaw
• 2024 – Side Effects, Inne Towarzystwo Gallery, Warsaw
• 2023 – Strange Garden, Inne Towarzystwo Gallery, Warsaw
• 2023 – What Will We Do with the Rest of the Day, Pani Domu, Poznań
• 2022 – HARVEST, Inne Towarzystwo Gallery, Warsaw
• 2022 – WITH FAMILY, Inne Towarzystwo Gallery, Warsaw
• 2014 – Leon Wyczółkowski Painting Competition, Municipal Gallery BWA, Bydgoszcz
• 2011 – Touch, Klima Bocheńska Gallery, Warsaw
• 2007 – Gardens, BWA, Jelenia Góra
• 2006 – Gardens, BWA – Wałbrzych – Książ Castle (Second Prize)
• 2003 – Naturally Nature, Gdańsk Cultural Centre, Gdańsk