EDYTA SOBIERAJ
Born in Warsaw.
From 1990 to 1995, she studied at the Faculty of Painting at the Academy of Fine Arts (ASP) in
Kraków. She graduated with honors from the studio of Professor Jan Szancenbach. In 1998, she was
awarded a scholarship by the Ministry of Culture and Art. She currently works as a professor at the
Faculty of Painting at her alma mater.
She has participated in numerous solo and group exhibitions both in Poland, Norway, Germany and
other countries. She collaborates with Gamle Ormelet Gallery (Tjome, Norway), Ismene Gallery
(Trondheim, Norway), Kunstverket Gallery (Oslo, Norway), and Ars Cracovia Gallery (Cologne,
Germany).
Her works are included in various collections in Poland and abroad, including the collection of
Queen Sonja of Norway, the Museum of the Academy of Fine Arts in Kraków, the collection of
Prince Lubomirski, the collection of Krzysztof Musiał, and other private collections in Poland and
internationally.
She works with oil painting, watercolor, lithography, and collage techniques.
Solo Exhibitions
1995
Diploma ’95, Galeria Grotta Nobile, Kraków, Poland
1997
Wersja do wnętrza (with W. Pawlak), Galeria Koło, Gdańsk, Poland
Dotyk światła, Państwowa Galeria Sztuki, Legnica, Poland
(with A. Rościecha), Galeria Format, Kraków, Poland
Dominik Rostworowski Gallery, Kraków, Poland
1999
Besirksmuseum Herzogsburg, Braunau, Austria
Herrmann & Knobbe, Berlin, Germany
2000
Galeria Sztuki Współczesnej, Ostrów Wielkopolski, Poland
2001
Galerie Duden, Berlin, Germany
Galeria BWA Jatki, Nowy Targ, Poland
Galeria MBWA, Krynica Górska, Poland
Polish Institute, Munich, Germany
2002
Dominik Rostworowski Gallery, Kraków, Poland
2005
Opowieść o rzeczach niepotrzebnych, Galeria Nautilus, Kraków, Poland
2006Praesence, Galeria Gamle Ormelet, Tjøme, Norway
2007
Paintings, Ismene Gallery, Trondheim, Norway
2009
Wnętrze – światło – obecność, Galeria Pryzmat, Kraków, Poland
Painting, Galeria Grodzka, Kraków, Poland
2011
Painting, Galeria Cztery Ściany, Poland
The Home, Kunstverket Gallery, Oslo, Norway
2013
Inside – Outside, Hole Art Center, Norway
2014
Memorabilia, Kunstverket Gallery, Oslo, Norway
2015
Vanitas (Gjenbruk- Nytt Liv), Gamle Ormelet Gallery, Tjøme Kunst og Kultursenter, Tjøme,
Norway
Vanitas, Ismene Gallery, Trondheim, Norway
New Paintings, Ismene Galleri, Trondheim, Norway
2016
Inside-Outside, Hole Art Center, Krokkleiva, Norway
2017
The Curtain, Wspólna Gallery, Bydgoszcz, Poland
2018
The Storage, Municipal Art Gallery, Częstochowa, Poland
2019
Q&A – Question and Answer (with Trond Johan Andersen), Academy of Fine Arts Gallery, Kraków,
Poland
2022
Painting and Drawing Exhibition, Gamle Ormelet Gallery (Tjøme Kunst og Kultursenter), Tjøme,
Norway
2024
Magic Places Without Names, Ars Cracovia Gallery, Cologne, Germany, November 2022
Paintings, Gamle Ormelet Gallery, Tjøme Kunst og Kultursenter, Tjøme, Norway
2025
Push & Pull: A Love for Everyday Life, Labirynt Gallery, Kraków, Poland
Group Exhibitions
1993West trifft Ost, exhibition of drawings, St. Anna Kapelle, Passau, Germany
1995
Diploma ‘95, Bożena Marka Gallery, Warsaw, Poland
Art-Pol and Stawski Gallery presents, Brussels, Belgium
1996
Jeunne art cracovienne, espace Culturel Paul Ricard, Lyonne, France
Itineraire, Modern Art Salon in Paris, Paris, France
XVI Festival of Polish Contemporary Painting, Szczecin, Poland
Promotions ‘96, VI National Young Painters’ Retrospective, Legnica, Poland
Kraków’s Youngest Artists Confrontations, Myślenice, Poland
1997
Bielska Autumn, BWA Gallery, Bielsko-Biała, Poland
Koło Gallery Artists, Koło Gallery, Gdańsk, Poland
1998
Walking the Earth, organiser: Art Bunker, Paris, France
1999
National Young Exhibition – E. Geppert Competition, BWA, Wrocław, Poland
Close-ups, Sukiennice ZPAP Gallery (organiser: Art Bunker), Kraków, Poland
2000
Dominik Rostworowski Gallery, Kowno, Lithuania
Artist Educators on Wyspiański, National Museum, Kraków, Poland
Quo Vadis Polen, Austellungsraum Buchsenhausen, Innsbruck, Austria
Krakau und Weiblicher Sicht, Cologne, Germany
2001
10 Artists from Poland, Cultural Centre, Athens, Greece
Face, Krypta u Pijarów Gallery, Kraków, Poland
Creative Paths, Art Gallery, Legnica, Poland
2002
Great Shot, Deutsches Sport- und Olympia-Museum, Cologne, Germany
Memory Space, Dominik Rostworowski Gallery, Kraków, Poland
2003
Zwischen Abstraktem und Figurativem, Ars Cracovia, Cologne, Germany
2004
Rectors and Form, Fine Arts Academy Gallery, Kraków, Poland
Between Nature and Abstraction, Château de Saint-Auvent, France
Malerei aus Polen, PricewaterhouseCoopers, Düsseldorf, Germany
Don Kichot – Contemporary Attempt at Interpretation, Dominik Rostworowski Gallery, Kraków,Poland
2005
13 Painters of the Kraków Fine Arts Academy Painting Faculty, Faculty Gallery, Kraków, Poland
Crete – Inspirations, Post Plein-Air Exhibition, Nautilus and Dominik Rostworowski Gallery,
Kraków, Poland
Art House Gallery, Joachimstahl, Germany
Gamle Ormelet Gallery, Tjøme, Norway
Don Kichote – Contemporary Attempt at Interpretation, Menoparkas Galerija, Kowno Artists’
Association Gallery, Lithuania
2007
Water, Gamle Ormelet Gallery, Tjøme, Norway
Norske Bilder, Rathuis, organised by Brandshup Gallery, Oslo, Norway
On Wyspiański, Fine Arts Academy Gallery, Kraków, Poland
Ars Cracovia Gallery, Cologne, Germany
2008
On Wyspiański, Regional Museum, Stalowa Wola; BWA, Olsztyn, Poland
Finding Beauty, TPSP Palace of Art, Kraków, Poland
Das Treffen mit und in Colonia, Ars Cracovia Gallery, Cologne, Germany
Earth, Gamle Ormelet Gallery, Tjøme, Norway
2009
Light and Energy, Gamle Ormelet Gallery, Tjøme, Norway
2010
Air, Gamle Ormelet Gallery, Tjøme, Norway
Sacrum Art Triennal, Częstochowa, Poland
2012
Frihet, Gamle Ormelet Gallery – Tjøme Kunst og Kultursenter, Tjøme, Norway
2013
Likhet, Gamle Ormelet Gallery – Tjøme Kunst og Kultursenter, Tjøme, Norway
2015
Gjenbruk- Nytt Liv, Gamle Ormelet Gallery – Tjøme Kunst og Kultursenter, Tjøme, Norway
Without Title; Oil on Canvas, BWA, Olsztyn, Poland
2016
Untitled, Oil on Canvas. Part II, Gallery of the Academy of Fine Arts in Kraków, Poland
Group Exhibition, Gamle Ormelet Galleri, Tjøme Kunst og Kultursenter, Tjøme, Norway
2017
Kafka – Breaking Boundaries, Gallery Zamek, Reszel; Museum of Warmia and Mazury, Olsztyn;
Electrownia Gallery, Czeladź, Poland
Jubilee, Gamle Ormelet Galleri – Tjøme Kunst og Kultursenter, Tjøme, NorwayContemporary Polish Art, Convitto delle arti, Noto, Sicily, Italy
Inanimate Matter, organised by ZPAP Kraków District, Panorama Gallery, Tomaszowice, Poland
Szancenbach and His Students, Palace of Art, Kraków, Poland
2018
Kafka – Breaking Boundaries, Profil Gallery – Zamek Cultural Center, Poznań; Nowa Huta
Cultural Center, Kraków, Poland
Grunwald-Art, Marszałkowska Gallery, Olsztyn, Poland
Pod Belką Gallery, Nidzica, Poland
The World in the Picture, Promotional Gallery and Painting Gallery of the Academy of Fine Arts in
Kraków; Józef Brandt High School of Fine Arts Gallery, Radom; Łaźnia – Radom Creative
Environment Club and Gallery, Radom, Poland
4th International Art and Music Festival, Incident & Accident, MGS, Częstochowa, Poland
2019
Inspirasjon, Gamle Ormelet Galleri – Tjøme Kunst og Kultursenter, Tjøme, Norway
Group Exhibition of Painting and Graphic Art, Ismene Galleri, Trondheim, Norway
Femina, BWA Sokół Gallery, Nowy Sącz, Poland
2021
From the Studios of the Academy of Fine Arts in Kraków, Myślenice Culture and Sports Center,
Myślenice, Poland
Group Exhibition of Artists from the Gallery, Ismene Gallery, Trondheim, Norway
2022
Group Exhibition of Painting and Graphic Art, Ismene Galleri, Trondheim, Norway
Territories, Palace of Art, Kraków, organised by ZPAP
Silent Life? Still Life in 20th and 21st Century Polish Painting, Regional Museum, Stalowa Wola,
Poland
2023
Group Exhibition, Gamle Ormelet Galleri – Tjøme Kunst og Kultursenter, Tjøme, Norway
October Exhibition, Faculty of Painting Gallery at the Academy of Fine Arts in Kraków, 9.10.2023
– 23.10.2023
2024
HOME – Rooted and Uprooted, Contemporary Art Gallery IMO, Stary Sącz, Poland
LETTRA – Signs, Letter, Ars Longa, Vita Brevis, Exhibition Hall of the Jagiellonian Library in
Kraków, part of the accompanying program of the International Graphic Triennale in Kraków,
Poland
2025
Krakow Artistic Encounters – Archetype, Palace of Art, Kraków, Poland
Scholarships and Awards
1993: West trifft Ost (Scholarship in the Graphic Arts Studio), Landshut, Germany1994: 3rd Prize, Landscape in Contemporary Painting, Palace of Art, Kraków, Poland
1995: 1st Prize, Landscape in Contemporary Painting, Palace of Art, Kraków, Poland
1996: Grand Prix, Promocje’96, VI National Review of Young Polish Painting, BWA, Legnica,
Poland
1996: 2nd Prize, Confrontations of Kraków’s Youngest Artists, Myślenice, Poland
1997: Honorary Mention, Bielska Autumn, BWA, Bielsko-Biała, Poland
1998: 2nd Prize, XVII Festival of Polish Contemporary Painting, Szczecin, Poland
1998: Grand Prix, Egeria’98, BWA, Ostrów Wielkopolski, Poland