Anna Ziaja (born August 1, 1954 in WrocÃ
Âaw) is a Polish contemporary painter and print maker.
Biography
Ziaja was educated in the faculty of painting and graphic arts at the Academy of Fine Arts in Warsaw, and graduated with an honours degree in 1979.
Her unique vision of contemporary art comes from her love of Italian art from Trecento to Cinquecento, from Masaccio to Vittore Carpaccio fused with her Polish heritage and paintings of Zygmunt Waliszewski and Eugeniusz Zak. Her concepts are an expression of poetry and personal contemplation, from the melancholic to sometimes bitter reflection. Ziaja's paintings present a psychological abstract of human fate; a depiction of multifaceted personalities inexorable linked in everyday complexities, portraying the individualism of the world.
Ziaja lives in Warsaw Poland and Modena Italy.
Exhibitions
Participated in exhibitions of Polish art:
- 1983 - "MÃ
Âoda Polska graphics", Oerdinghausen, Germany
- 1985 - "Wystawa Ã
Ârodowiska Warszawskiego", ZachÃÂta, Warsaw, Poland,
- 1986 - "4 polish artists in AF Galerie", Wiesbaden, Germany
- 1986 - "Polskie Malarstwo WspóÃ
Âczesne" AF Galerie Wiesbaden, Germany,
- 1987 - "Sztuka jako wolnoÃ
ÂÃÂ", BWA Koszalin, Poland,
- 1988 - "Nowe Malowanie" Instytut Polski, Praga, Czech Republic
- 1988 - "Wystawa Møodej Polskiej Plastyki ArsenaÃ
 '88", Hala Gwardii, Warsaw, Poland,
- 1989 - A hundred colours, Dijkstra Galerie, Amsterdam, the Netherlands
- 1989 - "BiaÃ
Âo-Czerwone" Hala Gwardii, Warsaw, Poland,
- 1990 - "5 Malarzy z Warszawy", Merz Contemporary Art, London, Great Britain
- 1990 - "RAJ" Fundacja Sztuki WspóÃ
Âczesnej, Monetti gallery, Warsaw, Poland,
- 1990 - "Pologne '90", Hotel de Ville de Saints, Gille's, Bruxelles, Belgium
- 1990 - "Inter Art", Andrzeja KareÃ
Âski gallery, PoznaÃ
Â, Poland,
- 1990 - "Art Fair", Hamburg, Germany
- 1990 - "Dziwny Ã
Âwiat", Monetti gallery, Warsaw
- 1990/91 - "The Expressive Struggle 28 Contemporary Polish Artists, Museum Academy of Fine Art. New York, Cleveland State University, Ohio, USA
- 1991 - "paintings Polskie", Polish Museum of America, Chicago, USA
- 1992 - "The Expressive Struggle", Andersen Gallery, Buffalo, New York, USA
- 2002 - Warszawski PrzeglÃÂ
d Malarstwa, exhibition accompanying the Jan Cybis award, DAP, Warsaw, Poland,
- 2004 - Fidusiewicz i przyjaciele, sport in art, Centrum Olimpijskie, Warsaw, Poland,
- 2007 - Sport in art, Fidusiewicz with friends, selected artists, Centrum Olimpijskie, Warsaw, Poland,
- 2008 - "ArsenaÃ
 20 years later..." winners of the exhibition ArsenaÃ
Â'88, Centrum Olimpijskie, Warsaw, Poland,
- 2012 - "3 Ã
Âwiaty czyli 150 lat polskiej sztuki wspóÃ
Âczesnej", Zadra gallery, Warsaw, Poland,
and individual exhibitions:
- 1979 - paintings and graphics, Centro Culturale "L'indiscreto", Roma, Italy,
- 1979 - paintings and graphics, Centro Studi "L.A.Muratori", Modena, Italy,
- 1980 - paintings and graphics, "Nowy Ã
Âwiat 23" gallery, Warsaw, Poland,
- 1981 - paintings and graphics, "Nowy Ã
Âwiat" gallery, Warsaw, Poland,
- 1982 - graphics, Pontremoli, Italy,
- 1982 - graphics, Centro Studi "L.A. Muratori", Modena, Italy,
- 1982 - graphics, Como, Italy,
- 1989 - paintings, "test" gallery, Warsaw, Poland,
- 1990 - paintings, Brama gallery, Warsaw, Poland,
- 1990 - paintings, Katarzyna Baumann gallery, Fryburg, Switzerland,
- 1991 - paintings, "Mexpol Galerie", Düsseldorf, Germany,
- 1992 - paintings, Brama gallery, Warsaw, Poland,
- 1992 - paintings, BWA, Ciechanów, Poland,
- 1993 - paintings, OstroÃ
ÂÃÂka gallery, OstroÃ
ÂÃÂka, Poland,
- 1993 - paintings, Francisca gallery, Arhus, Denmark,
- 1994 - paintings, "Pod Atlantami" gallery, Walbrzych, Poland,
- 1995 - paintings, BWA, Jelenia Góra, Poland,
- 1995 - paintings, BWA, ZamoÃ
ÂÃÂ, Poland,
- 1998 - paintings, Brama gallery, Warsaw, Poland,
- 2008 - paintings, "-1" gallery, Centrum Olimpijskie, Warsaw, Poland,
- 2008 - paintings, Atrium gallery, Akademia Leona KoÃ
ºminskiego, Warsaw, Poland,
- 2012 - paintings, "Trzy Swiaty - Brodowska, Jampolski, Ziaja", Zadra gallery, Warsaw, Poland.
References
Slownik Malarzy Polskich, wydawnictwo Arkady, Warsaw 2001 Wielka Encyklopedia Malarstwa Polskiego, Wydawnictwo KluszczyÃ
Âski, Kraków 2011 Gazzetta Italia- Anna Ziaja - casa polacca, casa italiana, I 2024
Sources
- Teresa Hrankowska, 1994: Sztuka a erotyka MateriaÃ
Ây Sesji Stowarzyszenia Historyków Sztuki, OÃ
Ârodek Wydawniczy Arx Regia, Warsaw.
- JarosÃ
Âaw M. Daszkiewicz, 1995: Malarstwo MÃ
Âodych, Wydawnictwa Artystyczne i Filmowe, Warsaw.
- 2001: SÃ
Âownik Malarzy Polskich Od dwudziestolecia miÃÂdzywojennego do koÃ
Âca XX wieku, Wydawnictwo Arkady, Warsaw.
- Kama Zboralska, 2004: Sztuka inwestowania w SZTUKÃÂ, Wydawnictwo Rosner & Wspólnicy, Warsaw.
- 2011: Wielka Encyklopedia Malarstwa Polskiego, Wydawnictwo KluszczyÃ
Âski, Kraków.
- Polski Komitet Olimpijski, 2016: Galeria (-1) Wystawy Sztuki WspóÃ
Âczesnej Polski Komitet Olimpijski 2006-2016, Polski Komitet Olimpijski, Warsaw
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