Artist statement:
I came from a musical background prior to Visual Art studies, and I bring these experiences to my art process. My paintings can be described as an abstract landscape and they derive from childhood memories.
I started painting and drawing very early. Listening to my father’s storytelling, looking at the sky and surrounding landscape, being connected to nature created strong memories which also are largely associated with music that I grew up with as a young piano player. My memories encompass musical and visual aspect which influence each other and manifest in a process of creation.
I hope that evocative side of my works will help the viewers respond to it and become part of it. I want viewers to like their own experience of ‘being in the painting’ and find it a place for contemplation and solace.
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Biography:
Anna Hryniewicz's paintings can be found in private collections in Ireland, France, the UK, Poland, USA, as well as in OPW state collection and Fingal County Council Municipal Art Collection, Ireland;
2023-24 - Anna was a First Prize Winner and a Gold Medalist in 2023 Lorcan Sherlock Competition for the full length solo recital in TU Dublin Music Conservatoire.
2024 - Anna continued her studies in TU Music Conservatoire Dublin and graduated with a Master of Music Degree in Piano Performance
2022 - Graphic Studio Dublin and Fingal Art Residency Award;
2022 - shortlisted for the John Richardson French Residency Award - Exhibition of 40 Finalists in Hambly and Hambly at Dunbar House;
2021 - Artist in Residence in Hambly & Hambly, Enniskillen July 2021;
2021 - a winning visual artist in 'Enlighten 12 ' competition in Hambly & Hambly, Enniskillen.
- Anna's paintings are on the covers of the books:
- Writing Home, The New Irish Poets,
- The Irish Polish Society Yearbook.
2021 - featured in Art & Museum Magazine - (July 2021);
2019 - awarded a Studio Residency in Draiocht Arts Centre, Dublin, Blanchardstown;
2018 - present: Anna is a professional member of Visual Artists Ireland;
2018 - awarded an Artist in Residency in Cill Rialaig Artist Retreat;
2018 - awarded a professional diploma L.R.I.A.M in Piano Performance from Royal Irish Academy of Music, Dublin;
2015/2016 shortlisted for the Winner Prize Award in Rua Red Winter Open Show in Dublin;
2004 - Anna graduated from Institute of Art Education in University of Czestochowa, Poland, where she received Masters of Fine Arts in Painting and Teaching Art, with distinction;
Since 2000 Anna was an author of numerous solo and group exhibitions, as well as part of curated shows in Ireland and Poland.
Selected exhibitions:
2023 - Drawing Box International - Glasgow - curated group show;
2023 - Cairde Festival - Sligo - Curated Group Show;
2022 - Graphic Studio Gallery Dublin - Summer Group Show - members and invited artists;
2022 - 'Art at' the House - Howth, Dublin -Summer Group Show curated by Cathy Boyle;
2021 - 'Art at' the House - Howth, Dublin - Christmas Group Show curated by Cathy Boyle;
2021 - shortlisted for the John Richardson French Residency Award - Exhibition of 40 Finalists in Hambly and Hambly at Dunbar House. Juried Exhibition;
2021 - Pop up Gallery - House Restaurant, Howth, Dublin - Curated Group Show;
2021 - Signal Arts Centre - Bray - Solo Show;
2021 - Hambly & Hambly - Dunbar House - 'Enlighten' Winner's Show, curated;
2020/21 - Hambly & Hambly - Dunbar House - 'Solo Ensemble', and other Group Shows;
2020 - Hambly & Hambly - Dunbar House - online Solo Exhibition;
2020 - 'Art at' the House - Howth, Dublin - Solo Exposition;
2020 - Hambly & Hambly Gallery - Dunbar House - Enniskillen - 'Arts Unlocked' Group Show;
2020 - 'Art at' the House - Howth, Dublin - Solo Exposition;
2019 - 'Art at' the House - Howth, Dublin;
2019 - Cairde Festival - Sligo - Curated Group Show;
2019 - Hambly & Hambly Gallery - Dunbar House - Enniskillen - Summer Group Show;
2019 - Platform - Group Show - Draiocht Arts Centre, Blanchardstown, Dublin;
2019 - Artist Studio Residency - Draiocht - Dublin;
2019 - Hambly & Hambly Gallery - Dunbar House - Enniskillen - Group Show;
2018/19 - 'Art at' the House - Howth, Dublin - Group Show;
2018/19 - The Hyde Bridge Gallery - 'RÚN Project' - Sligo - Group Show;
2018 - Hambly & Hambly Gallery - Dunbar House - Enniskillen - Group Show;
2018 - Czestochowa City Gallery, Museum, Poland -'Independence of Art'- Invited Artists Show;
2018 - 'Art at' the House Restaurant -Howth, Dublin - Solo Show;
2018 - Cairde Festival - Sligo - Curated Group Show;
2018 - Ranelagh Arts - Dublin - Solo Show;
2017 - 'Art at' the House Restaurant - Howth, Dublin - Group Show;
2017 - Solas Art Gallery, Ballinamore, Co. Leitrim - Solo Show;
2017 - '8 Women' Konduktorownia Gallery - Czestochowa, Poland - Invited Artists Show;
2017 - Sligo Arts Festival CAIRDE - The Model Gallery - Sligo - Curated Exhibition;
2017 - Boyle Arts Festival - Open Exhibition Group Show
2017 - Shorelines Arts Festival in Portumna, Co.Galway - Invited Artists Show;
2017 - '9 Walls' The Hyde Bridge Gallery - Sligo - 9 Artists Show;
2016 - 'Art at' the House Restaurant, Howth, Dublin - Group Show;
2016 - Sligo Arts Festival CAIRDE - Hyde Bridge Gallery, Sligo - Group Show;
2016 - Artlink - Group Exhibition in Museum Fort Dunree, Donegal;
2016 - Culture Night with Irish Polish Society, Dublin - Group Show;
2016 - 'Two Rooms' Inspire Galerie, Dublin - Two Person Show;
2015 - Inspire Galerie, Resident Collection, Dublin - Group Show and gallery representation;
2015 - The Doorway Gallery, Dublin - Group Summer Show;
2015 - Artlink - Group Exhibition in Museum Fort Dunree, Donegal;
2015 - RUA RED Open Winter Group Show - shortlisted for the Winner Prize Award - Dublin;
2015 - The Doorway Gallery, Dublin - Winter Group Show and gallery representation;
2014 - Polish House, Dublin, Ireland - Solo Show;
2014 - National Library of Ireland, Dublin - Solo Show;
2014 - IPS Irish Polish Society Annual Art Exhibition, Dublin - Group Show;
2014 - Culture Night with Irish Polish Society, Dublin - Group Show;
2011 - Gallery of Baldoyle Library, Dublin - Solo Show;
2006 - The Arts Centre Anima, Wrocław, Poland - Solo Show;
2005 - The Arts Centre in Środa Śląska, Poland - Solo Show;
2004 - Gaude Mater - City Gallery in Czestochowa, Poland - Group Show;
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