ARTIST PROFILE

Halina Trela

  • Poland (b. 1980 in Kielce)
  • Currently in Wroclaw, Poland.
  • Halina Trela graduated in painting (minor in drawing) from the Academy of Fine Arts in Wrocław under professors Piotr Błażejewski and Przemysław Pintal. She creates paintings, drawings and installations.

SOLO EXHIBITIONS

2013

  • The presence of portrait , Gallery in AGORA Cultural Center,, Wroclaw, Poland.

2012

  • Limited edition, „Nowy Wiek” Gallery,The Museum Ziemi Lubuskiej, Zielona Góra, Poland.

2011

  • Economy pack, The Town Hall, Wroclaw, Poland.

2010

  • Portrait, The Gallery of Art Legnica, Legnica, Poland.

2008

  • Portrait, graduation exhibition, Academy of Fine Arts, Wroclaw, Poland.

GROUP EXHIBITIONS

2017

  • CONCRETE WROCŁAW. THE COLLECTION OF THE ZACHĘTA SOCIETY FOR THE ENCOURAGEMENT OF FINE ARTS, MWW, pl. Strzegomski 2a, 53-681 Wrocław, Poland, Wroclaw, Poland.

2015

  • SURVIVAL 13. Art Review “Prohibited Acts”, The Riot Police Barracks in Wrocław (38-40 Księcia Witolda Street), Wrocław, Poland.

2013

  • Triennial of Polish Modern Painting - Autumn Confrontations, BWA [Bureau of Artistic Exhibitions], Rzeszów, Poland.

2012

  • 24th Contemporary Painting Festival, The Pomeranian Duke’s Castle, Szczecin, Poland.

2009

  • International Drawing Competition, The Town Hall, Wroclaw, Poland.
  • The Presence of a Line, Academy of Fine Arts, Wroclaw, Poland.
  • Promotions, 19th National Survey of Young Painting, The Gallery of Art Legnica, Legnica, Poland.

2007

  • A Small Utopia’ (project), AKI ArtEZ Academy for Art & Design , Enschede, Netherlands.

LOCATION

  • Born 1980 in Kielce, Poland.
  • Lives and works in Wroclaw, Poland.

EDUCATION

  • 2003 - 2008
    Eugeniusz Geppert Academy of Fine Arts, Wroclaw, Poland
    Master of Fine Arts in Painting (Piotr Błażejewski, Przemysław Pintal)

AWARDS & GRANTS

  • 2013
    The Academy of Fine Arts Rector’s Medal for Portrait 2011
    Bureau of Artistic Exhibitions in Rzeszów, Rzeszów, Poland
  • 2009
    Award of Exit art quarterly, Promotions 2009, 19th National Survey of Young Painting
    The Gallery of Art Legnica, Legnica, Poland
  • 2009
    Grand Prix of Promotions 2009, 19th National Survey of Young Painting
    The Gallery of Art Legnica, Legnica, Poland

COLLECTIONS

  • The Museum Ziemi Lubuskiej in Zielona Góra, Zielona Góra, Poland
  • The Gallery of Art Legnica, Legnica, Poland
  • WARZELNIA Contemporary Art Agency, Wroclaw, Poland
  • Lower Silesian Society for the Encouragement of Fine Arts, Wroclaw, Poland