Bio

MARTA LECH Born in 1979, Wrocław, Poland. 2000-2005 Academy of Fine Arts in Wrocław. MFA at Printmaking Faculty in 2005. Since 2008 Printmaking Instructor at Open Printmaking Studio in Wrocław. Active in the fields of printmaking, drawing and painting.

AWARDS:
2015
  • First Prize, XII Baltic Countries Biennale of Graphic Arts ‘Kaliningrad Koenigsberg 2015’
  • Grand Prize, 4th Bangkok International Triennial – Exhibition of Prints and Drawings, Thailand

2014

  • Award of the Association of Bulgarian Artists for a young artist and Award of the International Foundation ‘Cyril and Methodius’, VII International Triennale of Graphic Arts, Sofia, Bulgaria

2013

  • Grand Prix 2013, Split Graphic Biennial, Croatia
  • II Award Ex Aequo, Gardens – Painting Competition, BWA Wałbrzych
  • Commendation of 12th Gielniak Graphic Arts Competition, Jelenia Góra 
2011
  • Honourable Mention at  X Polish Woodcut and Linocut Quadrennial, Olsztyn 
  • Northern Print International Residency Prize, International Print Biennale, Newcastle, UK
  • Clifford Chance Purchase Prize, International Print Biennale, Newcastle, UK
 
2010
  • Honourable Mention at International Print Biennial Caixanova, Ourense, Spain 2010
 
2008
  • The President of I.J.Paderewski Culture Foundation Award, 1st Painting Competition in Cracov, Poland 
 
2007
  • Honourable Mention at 5th International Triennial of Graphic Arts Transfers: Competition Prize Winnners 2004-2007, Inter-Kontakt-Grafik, Grapheion, Prague, Czech Republic 
  • Gaz Metro Public Award, 5th International Contemporary Print Biennial Trois-Rivieres, Quebec, Canada 
 
2006
  • Grand Prize, 14th  Seoul_Space Print Biennial, Seoul, South Korea 2006 –
 
2005
  • The The Best Diploma Title – Polish  Print 2005 – awarded by International Print Triennial Association SMTG – Cracow, Poland 
  • Henkel Art Award – Drawing Competition, Warsaw-Vienna, Poland-Austria
  • Award at 2nd edition of Samsung Art Master Competition – Real Colours, Warsaw, Poland 2005
  • H.Chrostowska Prize at the 5th Polish Print Triennial in Katowice, Poland 2003
 
AUTHOR’S EXHIBITIONS:
  • Marta Lech – Linocuts, Clifford Chance, London, UK, 2011 – pdf
  • Drawing and sculpture exhibition in “SATYRYK-ONA” project – Modjeska’s Theatre, Legnica, Poland 2009
  • Body – drawing exhibition during Festival of Body, Artmania, Wrocław, Poland 2007
  • The Best Diploma 2005 – Polish Print,  Polish Institute Stockholm, Sweden 2006
  • The Best Diploma 2005 – Polish Print, Oko dla sztuki 2, Kraków, Poland 2006
  • Light – linocuts, Museum of Academy of Fine Arts in Wrocław, Poland 2006
  • Diploma exhibition “Light”, Hall of Academy of Fine Arts in Wrocław, Poland 2005 -Drawing and painting,
  • All art is quite useless – Esra Gallery, Antwerp, Belgium 2003
 
SELECTED GROUP EXHIBITIONS:
  • ”Vous avez dit…ESTEMPE?”, Salle d’Exposition – Guyancourt, France 2010
  • Daniel Chodowiecki Prize Competition of Polish print and drawing. Prize winners and awarded artist 1993-2007 exhibition, Akademie der Künste in Berlin, Germany 2009
  • “Herzlich wir kommen”, Pokusa Gallery, Wiesbaden, Germany 2007
  • Pro Figura V, Art Fuhrmann Galerie, Rostock, Germany 2006
  • Visual Alphabet multimedia exhibition – BWA Awangarda Gallery, Wrocław 2004