Małgorzata Malwina Niespodziewana
Born in 1972.
Studied at Graphic Faculty at the Academy of Fine Arts in Cracow.
Got a degree from professor Stanisław Wejman in 1998.
1997/98 Scholarship of the Minister of Art and Culture,
1999- Scholarship: Mythological Europe Revisited, Borgo della Fratta, Italy, 1999- Creative Scholarship of the City of Cracow,
2002- Nomination to the Competition for D.Chodowiecki Award.
She specializes in graphic , painting and drawing techniques, realizes also spacial projects and unique books. Founder of MaMa Group – happenings with audience and women`s 13 Group.Ten individual and over sixty collective exhibitions.

Works in collections:

Museum of Paper , Mino , Japan
National Museum in Cracow
Museum of Ostrów Wielkopolski
Centre of Culture , Kalisz
Study of Graphic &Drawing, Cremona Civic Museum, Italy
BWA Katowice
ZPAP Cracow
Academy of Fine Arts , Cracow, Katowice , Poznań
and in private collections in Poland and abroad.

Selected competitions and awards :

1996- I st degree Prize in Graphic Competition, Academy of Fine Arts,           Cracow
1996- I st degree Prize , Lanscape in Contemporary Paintings, Cracow
1998- Honourable Mention, Graphic of the Year, Academy of Fine Arts,           Cracow
1999- Grand Prix, Confrontation of the Youngest Cracow Artists
2000- Mention, Egeria , Ostrów Wielkopolski
2001- Mention, the Graphic of the Month, Cracow
2002- Mention, Egeria , Ostrów Wielkopolski
          - Grand Prix, the Graphic of the Month (April) , Cracow
          - Award , Lantern Festival, Mino, Japan
          - Mino Paper Art Village Project, Japan, Mino ( Artist In                   Residence,3 months)
2003 - Grand Prix, Art Dea, Warsaw
2004- Mention, the Graphic of the Month ( November), Cracow
2005- Grand Prix, International Biennial of Graphic of Baltic Countries,           Kaliningrad-Koeningsberg
2005- Application to Passports of “Polityka” Magazine for 2004

Individual exhibitions:

2001- Transillumination II, spacial-sound installation ( MaMa Group ) ,          27th Cracow Theatrical Reminiscence, International Festival of          Alternative Theatres, Cracow
         - Gender, graphic, Jan Fejkiel Gallery, Cracow
         - Graphic, the exhibition of The Best Graphic of the Month,          National Museum, Cracow
2002- Mammals, graphic, drawing, Centre of Culture and Art , Kalisz
2003- Heart/ Soul / Body , graphic, objects, Camelot Gallery, Cracow
         - Lovers, objects, IB Cube Gallery, Japan
         - Dialogue with Paper #2 , graphic, Two 07 Art Gallery , New York,          the USA
2004- Lovers, objects, IB Cube Gallery, Denmark
2005- Universal Body ,ET4U, Contemporary Visual Art Centre          Vestyjlland, Bolingbjerg,Denmark