Joanna Wiszniewska-Domanska
Born in Lodz. Graduated from the PWSSP in Lodz in 1972 in the studio of professor Stanisław Fijałkowski. She works with drawing, graphic art, theater. She had several individual exhibitions and took part in numerous collective exhibits of polish art, home and abroad. Her works can be found in state museum collections and private collections in Poland and around the world. In the years 1974-2000 she presented her works at 20 solo exhibitions More important exhibitions: 1975 - BWA Gallery, Kłodzko 1976 - BWA Gallery, Wałbrzych 1981 - Bałucka Gallery, Łódź 1982 - BWA Gallery, Kłodzko 1986 - 'Pokaz' Art Critics' Gallery, Warsaw 1988 - Angeln Gallery, Lund (Sweden) 1989 - Bratebjerg Gallery, Nykobing (Denmark) 1991 - Polish Culture Institute, Stockholm (Sweden) 1992 - State City Gallery, Łódź 1994 - Milano Gallery, Warsaw Thamerkerk Gallery, Holland 1995 - Galeria 86, Łódź 'Zapiecek' Gallery, Warsaw 1996 - Galeria T, Łódź, 1997 - Forum Gallery, Łódź 1998 - 'Pokaz' Art Critics' Gallery, Warsaw 1998 - Regional Museum, Wałbrzych 1999 - 'Na Jatkach' Krystyna Kowalska Gallery, Wrocław, 1999 - Galeria 86, Łódź 1999 - Consulate General of the Republic of Poland, New York In the years 1974-1999 she took part in ca 50 collective exhibitions in Poland and abroad. More important exhibitions: 1977 VII Festiwal of Contemporary Painting, Szczecin, Pomeranian Princes Castle 1978 'Metaphorical Tendencies', Kłodzko, BWA Gallery 1979 VIth National Post-Competition Exhibition of Graphic Art, Łódź, Art Propaganda Centre 1980 Exhibition of Graphic Art, Diisseldorf 1981 'Young Expression'81', Paris, Grand Palais 1983 VIIIth National Post-Competition Exhibition of the Jan Spychalski Painting Competition, Poznań, BWA Salon 'Small Graphic Forms', BWA, Łódź International exhibition 'Small Format in Paper', Couvin, Belgium 1985 Polish-Finnish Exhibition of Marine Graphic Art, Gdańsk, Turku, Finnland 'Smali Graphic Forms', BWA, Łódź 1986 Polish Graphic and Poster, Hard Times Gallery, Bristol, Great Britain International Exhibition of Miniatures, Toronto, Canada 1987 'Small Graphic Forms', BWA, Łódź 'Dream Graphic', Polish Institute, Paris (France) 'La tete de Parte', Grenoble (France) 1988 Norwegian International Biennial of Graphic Art, Fredrikstad (Norway) IX Miniprint International, Cadaques (Spain) 1989 'Small Graphic Forms', BWA, Łódź 1990 'Small is Beautiful', Polish Institute, Paris (France) 1991 'Polish Woman Artists', National Museum, Warsaw 'Small Graphic Forms', BWA, Łódź Triennial of Polish Graphic Art, BWA, Katowice, Poland 1992 'Distant Isles - Happy Isles', 'Pokaz' Art Critics' Gallery, Warsaw 1993 'R' Group's Exhibition - Chimera Gallery, Łódź 1994 'Paper Sphere', BWA, Łódź 1995 'R' Group's Exhibition, Regional Museum in Wałbrzych 'Paper Sphere', Beer Sheva (Israel) 'Corespondences', Nurnberg (Germany) Triennial of Contemporary Polish Drawing, Regional Museum, Lubaczów 1996 'Paper Sphere', 'Mangha' Centre for Japanese Art and Technology, Cracow Twenty Polish Artists, Lyon (France) 1997 'Łódź Autumn Salon' - Galeria 86, City Galleries, Łódź 1998 Exhibition of Paper Art and Textile Holon (Israel) 'Łódź in Munich' - Exhibition of Drawing, Munich (Germany) 1999 'Small Graphic Forms', City Galleries, Łódź 2000 `Paper Sphere' - `Maangha' the Centre of Japanese Art and Technique in Cracow `The nternational Competition of Drawing' - The Museum of Architecture - Wrocław `A Small Object - A Big Object' - BWA Bielsko-Biała `Polish Contemporary Book Art' - BWA Warszawa Works in collections: National Library in Warsaw, Museum in Couvin (Belgium), Museum in Majdanek, Regional Museum in Wałbrzych, (Art Exhibition Bureau) in Łódź, (Art Exhibition Bureau) in Wałbrzych, the Łódź City Council collection and in private and state collections in Poland and abroad