bio

She is a graduate of the Graphics Department at the Warsaw Academy of Fine Arts and Art History at the University of Warsaw. Her artistic pursuits encompass sculpture, painting, and printmaking. She was recognized as a finalist in the 17th edition of the Artistic Journey of Hestia and participated in the individual project SOON, carried out by the Rodzina Staraków Foundation. She has received two scholarships from the Ministry of Culture and National Heritage for outstanding achievements in art and project realization. In late 2019, she was honored for her unconventional thinking about painting in the nationwide Young Painting Review Promocje in Legnica. In 2021, her works were showcased in international markets such as the Doncaster Art Fair, and she was selected for the Summer Academy program in Salzburg. In 2022, her works were featured in national exhibitions such as the Sculpture Laboratory and the 47th Winter Biennale Salon, as well as the gallery exhibition Dreams and Secrets at the Tlen Gallery. In 2023, she presented her works at the anniversary exhibition celebrating the 55th anniversary of the Graphics Department and the Physics of the Soft World exhibition at the Sotto 63 Gallery in Warsaw. Her artwork can be found in the collections of cultural institutions and private collections in Poland, Austria, the United Kingdom, and Spain.

Exhibitions:

2023: 

  • Physics of the Soft World, Sara Ilia & Zuzanna Grochowska, Sotto 63 Gallery, Warsaw
  • Faces of Drawing – 55 years of the Graphics Department, Czapski Palace, Warsaw

2022: 

  • Dreams & secrets, Marta Bystroń, Zuzanna Grochowska, Sara Ilia, curator: Małgorzata Latos, Gallery Tlen, Warsaw
  • 1’st birthday of Gallery Tlen, Warsaw 
  • Labo, Laboratorium rzeźby, ToTuArt, Centrum Praskie Koneser

2021:

  • ArtNoble – Contest for extraordinary art personalities, Zyrardow 
  • Site Effects, UAP Poznan, Scena Otwarta Town gallery
  • Making Spatial Stories, Summer Academy, Salzburg, curator: Rosella Biscotti
  • Doncaster Art Fair, Mental Health Exhibition, Doncaster Council, Great Britain

2020: 

  • The International Student Drawing Exhibition #Rysować, Art Gallery Wozownia, Torun 
  • Sculpture exposition in Czapski Art Foundation, Poznan

2019:

  • National Review of Young Painters „Promocje”, Special Prize from Gallery of town Legnica
  • „Srebrna Ostroga – Silver Spur”, Legnica
  • Exhibition at KISS PRINT FESTIVAL, Stowarzyszenia Twórców Grafiki Artystycznej, Elektrownia Powiśle, Warsaw 

2018:

  • Individual exhibition (Prze)gięcia at Starak Family Foundation Spectra Art Space, Bobrowiecka 6, Warsaw 
  • WARSAWOFFART – 1’st edition of art festival based on workshops, Warsaw
  •  Finalist of Polish National Contest Artictic Journey by HESTIA, Museum of Modern Art in Warsaw
  • International Exhibition of Student’s Drawing (Nad)rysować, Art Gallery Wozownia, Torun
  • Exhibition at KISS PRINT FESTIVAL, Stowarzyszenia Twórców Grafiki Artystycznej, Symfonia Varsovia, Warsaw 
  • Varsovian Night of Museums Exhibition, Festival Przenikania, Art Gallery Officyna, Warsaw

2017:

  • International Triennale of Graphic Arts IMPRINT, Academy of Fine Arts in Warsaw
  • Video mapping at IX Festival J. Waldorff, Radziejowice
  • Varsovian Night of Museums Exhibition, Festival Przenikania, Art Gallery Officyna, Warsaw
  • Varsovian Night of Museums video mapping, The Czapski Palace, Warsaw

2016:

  • Exhibition of Workshop of Graphics number 6, Gallery Wertykalna, Katowice
  • International Exhibition of Student’s Drawing Rysować Naturalnie!, Art Gallery Wozownia, Torun
  •  „Genius Loci – Dwa widzenia”, Wilanów Palace, Warsaw
  •  Exhibition Who I am, What Am I doing, Art Gallery Officyna, Warsaw and Milwaukee
 

Scholarships:

  • Creative scholarship from the Minister of Culture and National Heritage, 2020
  • Scholarship from the Minister of Culture and National Heritage for most distinguished art students, 2018/2019
  • Scholarship from the Marshal of the Mazowieckie Voivodeship, 2018/2019