Martyna Ścibior

Martyna Ścibior (1985, Lublin. Lives and works in Zawada near Lublin. In 2012 she graduated from the Academy of Fine Arts in Warsaw, majoring in Media Art. She completed her diploma "Etapy" in the Studio of Painting Space of prof. Leon Tarasewicz and dr Paweł Susid in 2012, the annex to the diploma entitled "Psssy" in the Studio of Spatial Activities of prof. Mirosław Bałka.

A painter who swapped paints for leftover nail polishes in 2013, which she collects from people. Her painting, consisting of a repeated gesture of applying nail polish to canvas, as if to nails, refers to knitting, crocheting or embroidery, to repetitive, patient, household activities performed by women.

She has participated in numerous individual and collective exhibitions. Her works are
in the collections of PKO Bank Polski, Hotel Europejski, and the Starak Family Foundation.

Individual and group exhibitions:
2025 “The Subtle Charm of Obsessions”, group exhibition, Municipal Museum, Wrocław
2025 “Exuberance. Women’s Art in the 21st Century”, National Museum of Art of Moldova,
Chisinau
2023 “Everyone is at Home”, Visiting Gallery, Warsaw Gallery Weekend, Warsaw
2023 “Immersed in Warm Water with Bare Feet”, group exhibition, Visiting Gallery,
Warsaw
2023 Exhibition of PhD students of the Doctoral School of Humanities and Arts, Gallery
of the Faculty of Arts, Lublin, April-May 2023
2023 Group exhibition, show of the Sammlung Pastula Collection, Regional Museum
in Stalowa Wola
2022 “Nothing to Lose”, Mała Gallery, Nałęczów
2021 “Aesthetic Predation”, Visiting Gallery, Warsaw
2020 “Newcomers”, Koneser, Warsaw
2019 "Hybryda", Elektor Gallery, Warsaw
2018 "Polish nail/Nail polish", Aneks Gallery, Dom Chemika, Puławy
2018 "Points of contact/nail polish", R20 Gallery, UAP, Poznań
2017 "What about this abstraction?", Stefan Gierowski Foundation, Warsaw
2016 "Psss", FWD Gallery, Poznań
2016 "The cube's intentions remain unknown" Municipal Gallery in Krynki
2015 "The bad taste remained", R5, Białystok
2015 "Everything is just something", Wąwolnica
2015 "No budget show", Warsaw
2015 "Koło/Kreis", Austrian Culture Forum, Warsaw
2015 "Kryterium", as part of the Soon project, Spectra Art Space, Warsaw
2014 "To mothers, grandmothers, aunts, sisters, nieces, friends, "The Ladies from the Shop"
Nałęczów Cultural Centre
2014 "Wątpia" Monopol Gallery, Warsaw
2014 post-plein-air exhibition, Piotr Potworowski Museum of the Kępno Region
2014 "The Road to Freedom" Art Gallery in Włocławek
2014 "NordArt" Das Kunstwerk Carlshütte, Büdelsdorf
2014 "The Road to Freedom" collective exhibition, Art Gallery in Płock
2014 "Plener z Miłoszem" post-plein-air exhibition at the headquarters of the PKO Bank and in the
"Spokojna" gallery, Warsaw
2013 Debuts 2013, Tarasin Gallery in Kalisz
2013 "BOXING HELENA" Art Gallery in Legnica
2013 "Attention. Painting!" Post-competition exhibition at the Awangarda Gallery, Geppert Competition
2012 Post-competition exhibition "Promotions 2012" at the Art Gallery in Legnica
2012 Exhibition of the Best ASP Diplomas in Warsaw "Coming Out"
2012 Exhibition of the Finalists of the Siemens Artistic Award, Academy Salon, Warsaw
2012 "Where is painting?" aTAK Gallery