Malgosia Stepnik
Lives and Works in The Cotswolds, UK
In 1999 Stepnik left Sociology studies at University of Wroclaw in Poland and emigrated to London (UK) to pursue her art studies. After obtaining a Diploma in Modern and Contemporary Art Studies from Christies Education in 2003, she then went on to pursue the Foundation Course at Chelsea College of Art & Design. In 2008 she was awarded a BA First Class (Hon) in Painting from City and Guilds London College of Art.
In her work Stepnik explores the inevitability of interconnectedness and its implications in the context of the relatedness and its impact on Humanity. Her artworks express the need for connection in the more and more polarised world. In order to project that experience onto the viewer Stepnik often uses the circle as a symbol, which performs as a visual conduit for axis mundi – the interconnection of humanity. The Artist insistently tries to convey the importance of the preservation of the symbiosis between the natural and the human worlds.
Since 2013, Malgosia has become increasingly involved in her art practice in supporting the Women Movement and the urgency and need for the dialog, representation and support of women from around the Globe.
She partners with artists and organisations to support women, sharing her experience as a woman, artist and an emigrant.
Solo Exhibitions
2024, Susurrations Of Hidden Tendrils, curated by Alexa Muen, Not For Sale Gallery, London, UK
2022, Everything Is Energy, curated by Virginia Damtsa, Gallery at The Station, Frome, Somerset, UK
2021, Breathe, Curated by Virginia Damtsa, Fitzrovia Gallery, London, UK
2019, The World We Live In, J/M Gallery, London, UK
2013, City of Angels, curated by Beverley Knowles, Smoke Communications, London, UK
2012-2013, Sensuous, Soda Gallery, Istanbul, Turkey
2012, States of Mind, Scream Gallery, London
2010, Journey to Self, curated by Double Decker, Studio 54, London, UK
2009, Selfgrowing, curated by Double Decker, Studio 54, London. UK
Selected Group Exhibitions
2024, Small Works, Chelsea Arts Club, London, UK
2023, Carrying My Landscape II, Marie Jose Gallery, curated by Virginia Damtsa, London, UK
2023, Carrying My Landscape I, Curated by Virginia Damtsa, Gallery At The Station, Frome, Somerset, UK
2023, Light is Life, curated by Alexa Muen, Not For Sale Gallery, London, UK
2022, The London Art Fair, VirginiaVisualArts, London, UK
2017, No Turning Back: Seven Migration Moments that Changed Britain, Migration Museum, London, UK
2012, November, Istanbul Contemporary 2012, Istanbul, Turkey
2011, Scream Contemporaries, Scream Gallery, London, UK
2011, Accesso Gallery, Pietrasanta, Italy
2011, States of Reverie, Scream Gallery, London, UK
Art Fairs
2022, London Art Fair, Virginia Visual Arts, London, UK
2012, Istanbul Contemporary, Soda Gallery, Istanbul, Turkey
2012, London Art Fair, Scream Gallery, London, UK
Selected Collections
Sir David and Karen Richards, UK; Nadhim Zahawi, UK; Ms Sophie Arjam; The Harrodian School, UK; Untitled Art, UK; Broosk Saib, UK; Earl Edmund Limerick, UK; Humble Grape, UK; Nordbridge, UK; Mrs Suzan Tejpal, US; Michel de Liediederke, UK