German born Magdalena Magiera (1978) is a gifted Master’s student at the Lodz Academy of Fine Arts in Poland. She recently participated in a pilot exchange program at the Université du Québec, Montréal. She has already participated in group exhibitions in Lodz and had her first solo at the Malbork Gallery, Montréal.

ON HER WAY

by Marissa Consiglieri de Chackal

 

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For the occasion of Magdalena Magiera’s first solo exhibition at the Polish/Canadian Malbork Gallery, I expected to meet a seasoned artist. Instead, I encountered a very young woman who appeared to be barely over 20 years old.

Magdalena Magiera’s handling of paint belies her age. Her innate ability to distort line, colour and space at the service of the emotional content reveal an intelligence and sensibility that, in time, will makes her work comparable to the European painters of the early 20th century.

Among her best work is a series of Working Venuses (my title) where loneliness, frustrations and bitterness are laid bare

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Most of Magiera’s works on canvas are done using mixed media, oil, acrylic and pastel.

While in Canada, Magiera concentrated on metal plate etching, her preferred medium. So far, her work in this medium isn’t as striking as her painting, but she’s young enough to bridge the gap in a hurry.

Boats

Dzbany

Sketch

Woman

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Magdalena Magiera is a young artist who has already found her way, her proper voice. Let’s hope she doesn’t lose her compass. Either way, I’ll be following her career with great interest.

The work of Magdalena Magiera is on permanent exhibition at the Malbork Gallery, 215, St-Paul West, Old Montreal. (514) 286-4244.To contact the artist, write to Arts Editor, Marissa Consiglieri de Chackal at: arts@artsandopinion.com.