Through the weaving of threads, Marta Niedbał’s work reveals sensual leakages and unstable boundaries of bodies. She is an interdisciplinary artist interested in soft skills of resistance that challenge dualisms and dichotomies and engage the body with its relationship to affect, emotionality and sexuality. Graduated from the Academy of Fine Arts in Krakow and completed a scholarship at the LCC University of the Arts in London, she holds a PhD in visual arts granted in 2023 by UKEN. She was awarded the grand prize of the ING Polish Art Foundation, WGW, 2023.
contact: ︎
martaniedbal@gmail.com
Background video: Excerpt from Somnium Soft-Core, collective short film story by Jan Jurczak, Marta Niedbał and More here >
contact: ︎
martaniedbal@gmail.com
Background video: Excerpt from Somnium Soft-Core, collective short film story by Jan Jurczak, Marta Niedbał and More here >
Selected exhibitions and projects:
Ongoing and Upcoming:
2024.09-11 - Liquid Becomings, The European Pavilion 2024 – traveling pavilion. Artists and curators travelinig by boats along four European rivers: the Rhine, the Danube, the Vistula, and the Tagus. Finale in Lisbon, Portugal.
2024.10 - Temple of Fables, group show at BWA Wrocław, curator: Joanna Kobyłt.
2024.10 - Back to school, art in schools project, Society of Friends of Zachęta National gallery / Razem Pamoja Foundation, Wyspianski High School in Tychy, PL
2024.09 - Im Fluss – w rzece, Johanna Ey Foundation, Polish Institute Dusseldorf
Awards and recognition:
2023.12 - Art scholarship from a City of Cracow, Breath Made Visible project.
2023.12 - Forbes Women list, 100 most influential women in 2023. Poland
2023.10 - WGW Main Award of the ING Polish Art Foundation for the exhibition Hold Me Closer, together with Paweł Olszczyński, Warsaw.
Art Fairs:
2021.09 - Liste Art Fair Basel, represented by Serce Człowieka Gallery (Heart of Man), Basel.
2021 - Basel Art Fairs & Dinner Evening with Polish Galleries, group exhibition at the Swiss Embassy, Warsaw.
Solo, duo, trio show:
2023.10 - Hold Me Closer, duo exhibition together with Pawel Olszczynski, as part of Warsaw Gallery Week, Hos Gallery, Warsaw, Poland
2023.05 - On the Edge, trio exhibition with Olaf Brzeski and Julia Zborowska, Obcy gallery, Warsaw, curators: Anna-Maria Karczmarska and Mikołaj Małek
2022.06 - Some Holes in This House, solo exhibition, Elementary for City Dwellers, as a part of Cracow Art Week, curator: Arkadiusz Półtorak
2019.02 - Home Fire, duo exhibition with Marceli Adamczyk, Serce Człowieka Gallery, Warsaw, curated by Kamil Pierwszy
Group exhibitions:
2024.07 - Flow, group show at Galeria EL, Elbląg curated by Agnieszka Brzeżańska, Ewa Ciepielewska
2024.03 - In a mirror unclearly, group show at Studio Bank, Warsaw, PL concept: Katarzyna Wąs, Joanna Witek -Lipka
2023.10 - Refugees Welcome, group exhibition, Museum of Modern Art in Warsaw, curator: Szymon Maliborski
2023.03 - Fluid Circulation, group exhibition, KunstWerk Köln, Germany, coordinated by Nada Rosa Schroer and Nina Paszkowski
2023.04 - Fatigue of Material, National exhibition of textiles, Central Museum of Textiles in Łódz, Poland, curator: Jakub Gawkowski
2022.07 - Anxiety comes at dusk, group exhibition, Zachęta - National Gallery, Warsaw, curated by Magdalena Komornicka.
2022.05 - Interior, group exhibition, BWA Katowice/ curator: Marta Lisok
2022.01 - Pharmacist, group exhibition / MM Tychy City Museum, Tychy, 2022 / curator: Agata Szymanek
2021.10 - Sabat, group exhibition, Podbrzezie Gallery, Cracow / curators: Magdalena Lazar, Lidia Krawczyk
2021.07 - Salon of magical renewal, group exhibition, Widna Gallery, Cracow, curator: Marta Kudelska
2021.06 - Young Trapped, group exhibition, Heart of Man Gallery, as part of Krakers, Cracow Gallery Week, Cracow, curator: Kamil Pierwszy
2021, 2020 - Polish School of Textile Art, group exhibition and auction, Desa Unicum, Warsaw, Poland.
2021.10 - Frieze and Emblem. A practical manifesto of new plastic forms in Polish schools, group exhibition, ArtInfo, Razem Pamoja Foundation, Society for the Encouragement of Fine Arts, Warsaw, curator: Bartosz Przybył-Ołowski
2021.09 - You Will Never Walk Alone! group exhibition, Labyrinth Gallery, Lublin
2020.09 - DREAMS. Effects of a pandemic, group exhibition, Heart of Man Gallery, as part of Warsaw Gallery Week, curated by Kamil Pierwszy
2020.05 - A Dream within a Dream, group exhibition, Dzidy Duo, Warsaw, curators: Aleksandra Liput, Michalina Sablik
2018.06 - What We Do in the shadows, group exhibition, Widna Gallery as part of Krakers, Cracow Art Week, curator: Magdalena Lazar
2017.03 - U-turn, group exhibition, Organhaus Gallery, Chongqing, China, curated by Ni Kun
2017.03 - Motion vs Rest Vol. 3, group exhibition, Dimension Art Centre, Chongqing, China
Projects/ art talks/ events:
2023.11 - Dissolving, artist talk and presentation of award-winning work at Podgląd gallery, ING Polish Art Foundation headquarters, Warsaw.
2023.04 - artist-talk and screening of the film Somnium Soft-Core as part of the conference Deep Sea Babies. Navigating between Dystopias and Utopias for the Blue Planet, Nuremberg House, Krakow.
2022.03 - Let's meet! Solidarity with Ukraine. charity exhibition/lottery, Elementary for city dwellers, Krakow
2021.12 - Somnium Soft-Core, exhibition and screening of film jointly produced with Jan Jurczak, Czwartek Gallery, Warsaw.
2020.09 - Ceramic plein-air, Razem Pamoja Foundation, as part of the Back to School project, Kadenówka Art House, PL
2020 - Flow, Wild River, plein air on the Vistula River, at the invitation of Razem Pamoja Foundation and Ewa Ciepielewska
2019 - Hermetic Way of Thinking, astrological workshop at the invitation of artist and curator Paulina Olowska, Kadenówka Art House, conducted by Miloš Mušicki.
Residencies:
2022.07 - Artist residency as part of the Fluid Circulations project, Cologne, Germany.
2021.07 - New Rules, artist residency, New Theater / Komuna Warszawa, Warsaw
catalogue of selected artworks available on request via e-mail.
Ongoing and Upcoming:
2024.09-11 - Liquid Becomings, The European Pavilion 2024 – traveling pavilion. Artists and curators travelinig by boats along four European rivers: the Rhine, the Danube, the Vistula, and the Tagus. Finale in Lisbon, Portugal.
2024.10 - Temple of Fables, group show at BWA Wrocław, curator: Joanna Kobyłt.
2024.10 - Back to school, art in schools project, Society of Friends of Zachęta National gallery / Razem Pamoja Foundation, Wyspianski High School in Tychy, PL
2024.09 - Im Fluss – w rzece, Johanna Ey Foundation, Polish Institute Dusseldorf
Awards and recognition:
2023.12 - Art scholarship from a City of Cracow, Breath Made Visible project.
2023.12 - Forbes Women list, 100 most influential women in 2023. Poland
2023.10 - WGW Main Award of the ING Polish Art Foundation for the exhibition Hold Me Closer, together with Paweł Olszczyński, Warsaw.
Art Fairs:
2021.09 - Liste Art Fair Basel, represented by Serce Człowieka Gallery (Heart of Man), Basel.
2021 - Basel Art Fairs & Dinner Evening with Polish Galleries, group exhibition at the Swiss Embassy, Warsaw.
Solo, duo, trio show:
2023.10 - Hold Me Closer, duo exhibition together with Pawel Olszczynski, as part of Warsaw Gallery Week, Hos Gallery, Warsaw, Poland
2023.05 - On the Edge, trio exhibition with Olaf Brzeski and Julia Zborowska, Obcy gallery, Warsaw, curators: Anna-Maria Karczmarska and Mikołaj Małek
2022.06 - Some Holes in This House, solo exhibition, Elementary for City Dwellers, as a part of Cracow Art Week, curator: Arkadiusz Półtorak
2019.02 - Home Fire, duo exhibition with Marceli Adamczyk, Serce Człowieka Gallery, Warsaw, curated by Kamil Pierwszy
Group exhibitions:
2024.07 - Flow, group show at Galeria EL, Elbląg curated by Agnieszka Brzeżańska, Ewa Ciepielewska
2024.03 - In a mirror unclearly, group show at Studio Bank, Warsaw, PL concept: Katarzyna Wąs, Joanna Witek -Lipka
2023.10 - Refugees Welcome, group exhibition, Museum of Modern Art in Warsaw, curator: Szymon Maliborski
2023.03 - Fluid Circulation, group exhibition, KunstWerk Köln, Germany, coordinated by Nada Rosa Schroer and Nina Paszkowski
2023.04 - Fatigue of Material, National exhibition of textiles, Central Museum of Textiles in Łódz, Poland, curator: Jakub Gawkowski
2022.07 - Anxiety comes at dusk, group exhibition, Zachęta - National Gallery, Warsaw, curated by Magdalena Komornicka.
2022.05 - Interior, group exhibition, BWA Katowice/ curator: Marta Lisok
2022.01 - Pharmacist, group exhibition / MM Tychy City Museum, Tychy, 2022 / curator: Agata Szymanek
2021.10 - Sabat, group exhibition, Podbrzezie Gallery, Cracow / curators: Magdalena Lazar, Lidia Krawczyk
2021.07 - Salon of magical renewal, group exhibition, Widna Gallery, Cracow, curator: Marta Kudelska
2021.06 - Young Trapped, group exhibition, Heart of Man Gallery, as part of Krakers, Cracow Gallery Week, Cracow, curator: Kamil Pierwszy
2021, 2020 - Polish School of Textile Art, group exhibition and auction, Desa Unicum, Warsaw, Poland.
2021.10 - Frieze and Emblem. A practical manifesto of new plastic forms in Polish schools, group exhibition, ArtInfo, Razem Pamoja Foundation, Society for the Encouragement of Fine Arts, Warsaw, curator: Bartosz Przybył-Ołowski
2021.09 - You Will Never Walk Alone! group exhibition, Labyrinth Gallery, Lublin
2020.09 - DREAMS. Effects of a pandemic, group exhibition, Heart of Man Gallery, as part of Warsaw Gallery Week, curated by Kamil Pierwszy
2020.05 - A Dream within a Dream, group exhibition, Dzidy Duo, Warsaw, curators: Aleksandra Liput, Michalina Sablik
2018.06 - What We Do in the shadows, group exhibition, Widna Gallery as part of Krakers, Cracow Art Week, curator: Magdalena Lazar
2017.03 - U-turn, group exhibition, Organhaus Gallery, Chongqing, China, curated by Ni Kun
2017.03 - Motion vs Rest Vol. 3, group exhibition, Dimension Art Centre, Chongqing, China
Projects/ art talks/ events:
2023.11 - Dissolving, artist talk and presentation of award-winning work at Podgląd gallery, ING Polish Art Foundation headquarters, Warsaw.
2023.04 - artist-talk and screening of the film Somnium Soft-Core as part of the conference Deep Sea Babies. Navigating between Dystopias and Utopias for the Blue Planet, Nuremberg House, Krakow.
2022.03 - Let's meet! Solidarity with Ukraine. charity exhibition/lottery, Elementary for city dwellers, Krakow
2021.12 - Somnium Soft-Core, exhibition and screening of film jointly produced with Jan Jurczak, Czwartek Gallery, Warsaw.
2020.09 - Ceramic plein-air, Razem Pamoja Foundation, as part of the Back to School project, Kadenówka Art House, PL
2020 - Flow, Wild River, plein air on the Vistula River, at the invitation of Razem Pamoja Foundation and Ewa Ciepielewska
2019 - Hermetic Way of Thinking, astrological workshop at the invitation of artist and curator Paulina Olowska, Kadenówka Art House, conducted by Miloš Mušicki.
Residencies:
2022.07 - Artist residency as part of the Fluid Circulations project, Cologne, Germany.
2021.07 - New Rules, artist residency, New Theater / Komuna Warszawa, Warsaw
catalogue of selected artworks available on request via e-mail.
