Danka Jarzyńska – sculptor, graduate of the Academy of Fine Arts in Gdansk, Poland. Works mainly in classical sculptural materials (bronze, marble, granite), also creates ceramics and installations. She is among the handful of people in the world who create sculptures from black oak. She has exhibited in the Polish Sculpture Centre in Orońsko, in Paris, Bydgoszcz, Toruń, Druskininkai and many galleries in the Tricity.
She is the winner of the NanoArt109 International Competition organised by the Roi Doré Gallery in Paris. She was a distinguished participant of the YICCA competition in Milan in 2017/18. Her works are in private collections all over the world, including Italy, Germany, Norway, France, Mexico and the USA. The park sculpture ‘Structure of Blackness’ is in the collection of the Centre for Polish Sculpture in Oronsko and the stone sculpture ‘Trace’ is exhibited in the public space of Sobieszewo Island.
She lives and works on Sobieszewo Island and is an active member of the local community, working for the quality of its culture, environment and public space. She is the author of the project of the series of open-air sculpture meetings in Gdañsk – Sobieszewo Island and the organiser of its first edition under the motto “Island in Granite”, as well as the editor of the catalogue documenting and commenting on the event.As a curator, she also organised the exhibition “Transition” in the Sopot Art Passage Sopot Centrum (2018). Member of the Union of Polish Artists.
SELECTED EXHIBITIONS
Solo shows
2025 Absolutions, Noc Muzeów, Zagroda Gburska, ul. Świbnieńska 204, Gdańsk
2024 In the Passage, Intel Gdańsk, ul. Słowackiego 173c, Gdańsk
2021 Impulse, Centre of Polish Sculpture in Orońsko, ‘Chapel’ Gallery, Orońsko
2020 Kore, Bydgoskie Centrum Sztuki, ul. Jagiellońska 24, Bydgoszcz
2018 Balances, ZPAP Gallery, ul. Mariacka 46/47, Gdańsk
2017 Improvisations, Gdańsk Archipelago of Culture Music Stage, Gdańsk
2017 Impromptu, PGNiG Gallery of One Work, ul. Wałowa 41/43, Gdańsk
2016 Relationships, Polish Baltic Frédéric Chopin Philharmonic
2016 Hommage à C.B., Gydykloje, Druskininkai, Lithuania
2016 In Between, Warzywniak Art Gallery in Gdańsk Oliwa
2005 Bonds, Cultural Centre ‘Wyspa Skarbów’, Gdańsk-Sobieszewo
Group shows
2024 Synthesis of Arts, Małopolskie Centrum Kultury ‘Sokół’, Nowy Sącz
2022 Znakiem miłości piękno jest, Forum Gdańsk, Targ Sienny 7
2021 Pustka, Galeria Peron, Stacja Orunia GAK, ul. Dworcowa 9
2020 Maski, maski, maski, Galeria ZPAP, Gdańsk ul. Piwna 67/68
2019 Magia morza, Galeria ZPAP, Gdańsk ul. Piwna 67/68
2019 Barwy złota, Galeria ZPAP, Gdańsk ul. Piwna 67/68
2018 Transition, Sopot Passage of Art Sopot Centrum, Sopot
2018 Wolność w sztuce. 3 pokolenia, Forum Gdańsk, Targ Sienny 7
2018 Portrety, Galeria ZPAP, Gdańsk ul. Piwna 67/68
2017 Island in Stone, Biological Station of University of Gdańsk, Sobieszewo
2017 Drzewa – póki jeszcze stoją, Nadbałtyckie Centrum Kultury w Gdańsku
2017 „Pokażmy się… spotkajmy się”, Galeria ZPAP w Toruniu
2017 NanoArt 10-9. exhibition of the finalists of the 3rd Edition of the Prof. Tadeusz Malinski International NanoArt 10-9 Competition, Galerie Roi Doré, Paris
2016 Między niebem a ziemią, Nadbałtyckie Centrum Kultury w Gdańsku
CURATORIAL WORK
2017 1st Granite Sculpture Plein-air Event in Sobieszewo Island (initiative, concept and execution)
2018 Transition, Sopot Passage of Art Sopot Centrum (exhibition design and implementation)
OTHER ARTISTIC PROJECTS
2024 Presentation of Absolutions series and discussion about the art of Danka Jarzyńska, New Art Museum NOMUS, ul. Stefana Jaracza 17, Gdańsk
2020-2024 The sculpture series Flow for the Sol Marina estate
2022 Design of the tombstone of the painter Bogdan Wręczycki
2022 Participation in Erazm Wojciech Felcyn’s project ‘People of Art’
2016 Design and execution of the Amber Lens award, granted by the Programme Council of TVP Gdańsk for the best journalist of the year.
MOVIES