73 x 100 cm, acrylic on canvas, 2023
Magdalena Malena Jankowska,bornin 1978inGdansk, Poland. Painter, muralist and performer , she currently lives in Warsaw andGdansk.She graduated fromthe Faculty ofFineArts at the NicolausCopernicus University in Torun.
In the artist's paintings we see herlovefor the sea andlarge spaces. The paintingsare filledwithcharacteristic light-shadow.Space,light and temperaturetransportus into Magdalena's pleasant and joyful world.
Malenaemphasizes the significantinfluence of her GrandmotherIka, whowas acolorist, astudent ofJan Cybis,also aSopotresident,agraduateofthe StateHigherSchool of Fine Arts inGdansk,basedin Sopot at24ObrońcówWesterplatteStreet(transformed into the Academy ofFine ArtsinGdanskafter 1954). Since early childhood, Malenastayedin her Grandmother's studio,absorbingthe spirit of painting in its pureform. The artist paints oil and acrylic paintings oncanvas, and pursues her projects inwall painting.Paintings arein collections inItaly, France in Germany, Scandinavia, Nepal, the UnitedStates, among others.
She isthe author of the murals"Origami Seagulls" in Sopot and "Harbor Boy" inGdansk, as well as "Origami Boats" in Warsaw, and hascompletedher projectspersonally. The Sopot muralis locatedonthe wall of a tenement in the center of Sopot, on Bohaterów Monte Cassino Street.
