Justyna Grodecka - b. 1998 in Warsaw, Poland. A Multi-Award-Winning Multidisciplinary Artist who works with many various mediums and techniques, a Producer, an Event Organiser and a Project Manager. A Painter, a Performer, a Filmmaker, an Everything-maker. A 2-time holder of The Scholarship granted by the Minister of Culture and National Heritage for outstanding achievements, Poland. Grodecka received the "Pearls of Science" Grant from the Minister of Education and Science for her project "Copyright (c) Artist - the topic of copyright enters the mainstream of art". A holder of The Scholarship granted by the Marshal of the Masovian Voivodeship. A 4-time holder of The Rector's Scholarship for the best students of The Academy of Fine Arts in Warsaw. A holder of The Erasmus+ Scholarship. She studied at the Faculty of Graphic Arts of the Academy of Fine Arts in Warsaw, Poland (A Master of Fine Arts with the highest grade) and at the Freie Kunst Faculty of the Akademie der Bildenden Künste München, Germany. Master's thesis titled "Copyright (C) Justyna Grodecka" received the highest grade despite being perceived as a controversial artistic manifesto by Justyna Grodecka; the work aroused extreme emotions. A winner of many awards, incl. a prestigious KTR 2021 Award for her series of oil paintings titled "Obraz pokolenia Z" which formed an internationally noticed social campaign "Obraz Pokolenia Z" by Zalando, in which Grodecka starred as herself; Generali award; Danfoss award; BWA Ostrowiec award; BWA Rzeszów award. She presented her works on large-format murals, posters, banners, screens, pavements in public space all over Poland, including the Warsaw metro, and at numerous solo and group art exhibitions around the world. She organized exhibitions and artistic events popularizing culture. She took part in performative and artistic actions involved in social issues, i.e. the pursuit of peace, the problems of social minorities, the authors' copyright. She created animations/videos that were presented on the Internet and on television, including on the TVP Kultura channel. The film "Obraz Pokolenia Z", in which Justyna Grodecka appeared alongside her works created in 2016-2021, was broadcast on television, the Internet and in the city space throughout the country, including the vicinity of the Palace of Culture and Science in Warsaw. She appeared in films, spots and music videos as herself (e.g. Capital City of Warsaw, Rubik's music video, Masovian Voivodeship spot). She has performed many times, showed her works and talked about art on the radio, podcasts, press and television, including: TVN24, TVN, TVP Kultura, TVP Warszawa, Polsat, Lokalna TV, Newonce Radio, Radio RMF, Radio Zet, Radio Eska, Radio Kampus, Wysokie Obcasy, Wyborcza, Noizz, Zwierciadło, Contemporary Lynx Magazine, Label Magazine, Onet Kultura, Elle, Wirtualna Polska, Aktivist, CzasNaWnętrze magazyn, Wirtualne media, FashionPost magazyn, WhiteMad, Aspiracje, ReasonWhy, Legalna Kultura and many other domestic and foreign media.
Justyna Grodecka gave an interview to Legalna Kultura about her multimedia installation titled "Copyright (C) Justyna Grodecka". Read the interview at:
www.legalnakultura.pl/pl/czytelnia-kulturalna/rozmowy/news/3750,copyright-czyli-stwarzanie-swiata
In 2021, series of paintings by Justyna Grodecka titled "Obraz pokolenia Z" ("The Depiction of Generation Z") formed an internationally noticed social campaign "Obraz pokolenia Z" by Zalando - she and her paintings along with her art statements were all over press, TV, Radio, Internet and cityscape. Grodecka gave interviews to the media about her work (e.g. Good Morning TVN Discovery Channel - Dzien dobry TVN). The campaign showcased her numerous paintings and drawings, which she created between 2016-2021 - some of them Grodecka created when she was just 17 years old. The campaign was awarded in the prestigious "KTR" (Advertising Creators Club) competition in the Craft/Illustration category for the paintings by Justyna Grodecka. More info at:
www.old.asp.waw.pl/2021/05/27/obraz-pokolenia-z-justyna-grodecka-w-kampanii-zalando
www.old.asp.waw.pl/2021/11/30/nagrody-ktr-dla-kampanii-obraz-pokolenia-z-za-obrazy-justyny-grodeckiej
www.zalando.pl/campaigns/obraz-pokolenia-z
The interview for Newonce Radio, in which Justyna Grodecka talks about the process of creating paintings, available at the link:
www.newonce.net/epizod/33-tygodnik-jak-namalowac-pokolenie-z-i-kulturysci-pandemii
Justyna Grodecka talking about originality and her film "Copyright (C) Justyna Grodecka" (2021) in Centre for Contemporary Art in Gdansk."Copyright (C) Justyna Grodecka":
| SOLO EXHIBITION [Opening: May 14, at 20:00] [Duration: 14-27.05.2022]
"Justyna Grodecka: Chronic Rage Disorder":
www.contemporarylynx.co.uk/event/justyna-grodecka-chronic-rage-disorder
www.asp.waw.pl/2022/04/25/wystawa-justyna-grodecka-chronic-rage-disorder
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| SOLO EXHIBITION [Opening: September 3, at 19:00] [Duration: 3-18.09.2021]
"Justyna Grodecka: Pankrólish - Zwrot akcji / Pankrólish - Plot Twist":
www.asp.waw.pl/2021/08/30/pankrolish-zwrot-akcji-wystawa-justyny-grodeckiej/
