Magdalena Laskowska

Magdalena Laskowska – Warsaw-born painter (b. 1985), winner of the Ministry of Culture First Prize, “Promocje 2011”. She paints oneiric landscapes balancing geometry and detail, exploring the “metaphysics of place”, light and colour.

Magdalena Laskowska – oneiric landscape, geometry & detail

Magdalena Laskowska graduated from the Academy of Fine Arts in Warsaw (2011, with distinction; studio of Prof. S. Baj; illustration annex with Dr Z. Januszewski). She has taken part in 20+ group shows (incl. in Germany) and 8 solo exhibitions.

Style & statement

Her works are “notes from places” – from Warsaw’s Ursynów to travels in France and Italy – where synthetic, geometric structures meet precise detail. She seeks the “mysticism of the everyday”, composing scenes that feel both present and timeless. Light and colour are central; nature and the built environment coexist in quiet harmony. References include ancient, medieval and Renaissance art (Lorenzetti, Limbourg, Botticelli), as well as music and film stills.

Collections & fairs

Works held by the National Museum in Gdańsk (Modern Art Department), Legnica Gallery of Art, and in the private collection of German President Horst Köhler. Participant of the Warsaw Art Fair and Affordable Art Fair in New York & Bridgehampton, Hamburg, Singapore, Hong Kong and London (2019–2024).

Selected solo exhibitions

• 2023 – “Gra w zielone”, 101 Projekt Gallery, Warsaw
• 2019 – “Pejzaż oniryczny”, Dystans Gallery, Kraków
• 2017 – “Zawsze jest teraz”, 101 Projekt Gallery, Warsaw
• 2012 – “Na skraju rzeczywistości”, Ring Gallery, Legnica

Selected group exhibitions

• 2019 – “Young Polish Painting”, National Museum in Gdańsk (Abbot’s Palace)
• 2020 – “E-mocje!”, Gallery of Art, Legnica
• 2017 – “WARSCHAU IST FEMININ!”, Nuremberg
• 2013 – “Siesta. Southern Landscape”, aTAK Gallery, Warsaw

Awards & competitions

• 1st Prize – “Promocje 2011” (Ministry of Culture), Legnica
• Honourable mention – “Potok Sztuki 2016”, Sopot
• Finalist: Festival of Contemporary Polish Painting (Szczecin), Bielska Jesień, L. Wyczółkowski Painting Competition (Bydgoszcz), Small Forms Painting Triennial (Toruń), I Biennale “Lubelska Wiosna”, VI Triennial of Contemporary Polish Painting (Rzeszów).

Direction

Contemporary painting – oneiric landscape, geometric synthesis, symbolic detail.

Motifs & techniques

• Oneiric landscape – where landscape meets geometric synthesis and precise detail.
• Light & colour – time-of-day shifts, half-tones and temperature contrasts shaping mood.
• Framing & vantage – cinematic crops; rhythms of architecture and greenery.
• Place as symbol – the “mysticism of the everyday”, traces of human presence.
• Surface rhythm – layering, glazes vs. opaque passages; soft gradients with pinpoint accents.