ARTIST PROFILE

Sandra Szyra

  • Poland (b. 1990 in Wodzisław śląski)
  • Currently in Rydułtowy, Poland.
  • I was born in 1990, live and work in Rydułtowy, Poland. In 2014 I graduated at Academy of Fine Arts in Katowice with Master of Arts degree, specialization in Painting.

ARTIST STATEMENT

I specialize mailny in traditional painting and drawing. So far, my art focuses greatly on my hometown Rydułtowy, a mining town in Upper Silesia region of Poland. I try to immortalise a hidden beauty I find in places and objects of my dailylife. See something more in simple or even ugly things. In places that the townspeople and the miners are forced to live and work in.

In my works I'm aiming for hyperrealism, but I like to add a touch of romanticism, which is my favourite era in art history. I'm also passionate about japanese culture and art.






BIOGRAPHY

2009 - 2012 Licentiate degree specialization in Artistic Education, State Higher Vocational School in Racibórz, Poland.
2012 - 2014 Master of Arts degree spetialization in Painting, Academy of Fine Arts in Katowice, Poland.

Awards and honors:

-Finalist of The International Painting Competition of The Three Bridges Foundation, Warsaw, 2015.
- Nomination for the Grand Prix competition of the Franciszka Eibisch Foundation, Warsaw, 2014,
- Mulltiple Prizes in Polish International Vincent van Gogh Art Competition in Rybnik: 2012- 2nd Prize, 2013 - 1st Prize, 2014 - Honourable Mention,
- Honourable Mention in the 1st International Higher Education Institution for Art Studies Student Drawing Triennial, Katowice, 2014
- Nomination for the Art Award "Nowy Obraz/Nowe Spojrzenie" of the University of Fine Arts in Poznań, Poznań, 2013

Solo exhibiotion "Hajmat", EDF Polska Foundation, Rybnik, Poland, 2015.
Collective exhibitions in Warsaw, Poznań, Racibórz, Rybnik, Głubczyce, Gorzów Wielkopolski, Katowice, Dąbrowa Górnicza, Żyrardów and more.