Magdalena BARCZYK-KURUS, Golden moon

diameter 60 cm, acrylic on tondo type canvas, 2023

B. 1985, Klobuck

From 2005 to 2012, she studied at the Faculty of Arts of the Jan Długosz Academy in Częstochowa, studying: Painting (studio of prof.
Werner Lubos) and Artistic Education in the Visual Arts. She completed both majors with a Master of Fine Arts diploma with distinction.
She has participated in more than 40 group and post-competition exhibitions and 15 individual exhibitions. Her work has received numerous awards, including a three-time art scholarship from the President of the City of Częstochowa and a scholarship from the Rector of AJD in Częstochowa for artistic achievements. She is a laureate of the 4th All-Polish Marian Michalik Painting Competition for Young Painters, in which she received an honorable mention, while in the 5th edition of this competition she was on the list of nominees for the award. She also took third place in the 4th International Art Competition Contemporary Landscape Częstochowa 2018, and her name was among the 9 most talented graduates who graduated from the Painting Department at the Częstochowa AJD.
Since 2007, she has been one of the artists affiliated by the ARTlock.pl website. Since 2010, she has been active in the Historical Association Reduta Częstochowa, of which she is a co-founder and long-term vice president. In addition to art, she is interested in the history and monuments of Czestochowa, on which she conducts research and to which her master's thesis was dedicated.