Edyta HUL

Edyta Hul is a Warsaw-based visual artist, celebrated for her innovative approach to oil and enamel on canvas. A distinguished alumna of the Academy of Fine Arts in Gdańsk, Poland (2012), Edyta has made a significant impact in the art world both domestically and internationally. Her exhibitions span across Poland, Italy, Germany, Hungary, and Denmark, showcasing her unique multi-layered paintings that serve as personal and intimate reflections of her life experiences.

In 2023, Edyta achieved a prestigious milestone, winning the Grand Prix at the 46th Biennale of Painting, Bielska Jesień, in Poland. Her artistic journey includes notable residencies such as the Artist in Residence program Q21 at Museums Quartier in Vienna (2019) and the Pieńków Artist Residency (2018). Edyta's contributions to the arts have been recognized with scholarships from Poland’s Ministry of Culture and National Heritage (2020). Among her recent achievements is a solo exhibition at the Zachęta National Gallery, Warsaw.

Born in 1986, Dobre Miasto, Warmia, Poland ; Lives and works in Warsaw, Poland.


EDUCATION

2012
- Academy of Fine Arts in Gdansk, Poland.


SOLO EXHIBITIONS (Selection)

2025
- Density of the Spell, SLAG&RX Gallery, New York, USA.
2024     
- Something’s in the water, BWA Bielska Gallery, Bielsko-Biała, Poland.
2023
- Send us rain, If you can, National Gallery Zachęta’s Project Room, Warsaw, Poland.
2021
- Nectar, Pilipczuk Gallery, Copenhagen, Denmark.
- Currara, ABC Gallery, Poznań, Poland.
- Medium, Art Hub Gallery, Łódź, Poland.
- Barren Land, City Art Gallery MS44, Świnujście, Poland.
- Rose Water, Zak Gallery, Gdańsk, Poland.
2020
- Here is the mirror, that guessed it all, Warsaw, Poland.
- Acidic Soil, Tajna Gallery, Gdańsk, Poland.
- Paintings, Exibition Center Stara Kotłownia, Warmia & Masurian University, Poland.
- Elixir, Pilipczuk Gallery, Copenhagen, Danmark.
2018
- Loneliness of the Forest, New Era Gallery, Cracow, Poland.
2013
- Hortus Conclusus, duo exhibition, Pionova Gallery, Gdańsk, Poland.
2012
- Zoomorphic Images,”  Pionova Gallery, Gdańsk, Poland.


GROUP EXHIBITIONS (Selection)

2025
- Art Paris, Art fair, Grand Palais, Paris, France.
- Polish Institute at the Platan Gallery, Budapest, Hungary.
- Duo exhibition, organized by the Adam Mickiewicz Institute & curated by Japanese One Art Project, Accompanying event of Osaka Expo, Kansai, JP.
2023
- 46th Bielska Jesień Biennial, BWA Bielska Gallery, Bielsko-Biała, Poland.
2022
- Living Through The End Of Nature, duo exhibition, UMA Gallery, Novara, Italy.
- Bio Creations, Academic Design Center, Łódź, Poland.
- Kunstnernes Efterarsudstilling, Den Frie Centre of Contemporary Art, Denmark.
- Defiant Hearts, Center for Contemporary Art Galeria EL , Elbląg, Poland.
- I have to tell the world, Project with Anna Baumgart, BWA Olsztyn, Poland.
- Defiant Hearts Part II, by Katarzyna Swinarska (Video Project).
- From “Abstraction” To Abstraction, Stefan Gierowski’s Foundation, Warsaw, Poland.
2021
- Umana Matrice d’Arte, UMA Gallery, Novara/Milan, Italy.
- Power of Plants, Mank Non Profit & Gallery, Szentendre/Budapest, Hungary.
- Enlivening, Pilipczuk Gallery, Copenhagen, Denmark.
- Herbarium novum. Efflorescentiae, City Gallery BWA, Bydgoszcz, Poland.
2019
- XI Triennial of Small Painting Forms, Art Gallery Wozownia, Toruń, Poland.
- Ameba, Dom Ewolucji, Night of Museums Warszawa, Poland.
- Early Spring, duo exhibition, Main City Gallery, Zakopane, Poland.
2018
- X International Miniature Biennial, Szara Gallery CENTRUM (Kraków), Warsaw, Poland.
- Zakłócenia / Umwelt, Contemporary Art Center Solvay, Cracow, Poland.
2016
- Jesienne Konfrontacje, BWA Gallery, Rzeszów, Poland.
2014
- New Image – Perspective, Poznan & Gorzów Wielkopolski, Poland.
2013
- VIII Art Biennial in Olsztyn, City Art Gallery, Olsztyn, Poland.
- I Pomeranian Art Triennial, PGS Gallery, Sopot, Poland.
2012
- Amazing Stories II, Oliwa, Gdańsk, Poland.
- Zoomorphic Images, Pionova Gallery, Gdańsk, Poland.
- Synonymously, Academy of Art Museum, Wrocław, Poland.
- Polish Nationwide Drawing Exhibition,” Nicolaus Copernicus University, Toruń, Poland.


RESIDENCIES

2021
- Artificialmente Naturale, UMA Gallery Art Micro-Residency, Milan, Italy.
2019
- Q21 – MuseumsQuartier Artists-in-Residence, Vienna, Austria.
2018
- Pieńków International Artist Residency, Marek Maria Pieńkowski Foundation, Pieńków, Poland.


PRIZES/ACHIEVEMENTS 

2023
- Grand Prix 46th Painting Biennale Bielska Jesień, BWA Bielska Gallery, Bielsko-Biała, Poland.
2022
- Bio-Creations,(Conference)Design Center, Academy of Fine Arts in Łódź, Poland.
2020
- Polish Ministry of Culture and National Heritage, scholarship (annual), Poland.
2019
- The Federal (Austrian) Ministry for European and International Affairs scholarship for the Residency at Museums Quartier Artist in Residence Program, Jan. – Feb. Vienna, Austria.
- Prind Prix „Bielska Jesień Biennial” – BWA Bielska Gallery, Bielsko-Biała, Poland.
- #18 position in the 2021 Polish Young Art Compass, Poland.
- #48 position in 2020 Polish Young Art Compass, Poland.
2018
- Special Prize at “XI Triennial of Small Painting Forms”, Art Gallery Wozownia, Toruń, Poland.
- Honorable mention at “Eugeniusz Eibisch,” Eibisch Foundation, Warsaw, Poland.
- Honorable mention at “Zakłócenia / Umwelt – Contest,” Contemporary Art Center .


OTHER ACTIVITIES

- Co-founder of the OTWARTA Foundation, Zakopane, Warsaw, Poland (2017-2022)


PUBLIC INSTITUTIONS

- Stefan Gierowski’s Foundation, Warsaw, Poland.
- Galeria Bielska BWA, Bielsko Biała, Poland.