Magdalena Skupinska

Magdalena Skupinska (b. 1991, Warsaw, PL) lives and works in London. Through her formal and conceptual vocabulary, Magdalena Skupinska’s work draws from Modernist traditions of biomorphic abstraction, Arte Povera and Minimalism, as a way to facilitate a reconnection with the essential multi-sensory experiences that stimulate the basis of our being. Deeply rooted in her surroundings, Skupinska’s work draws from a process of research and experimentation into the flawed, but present, symbiotic relationship between human and non-human forces in our shared world. Skupinska continues to muse on humanity’s troubled relationship with nature, gleaning insights from observation, experimentation and research and communicating her thoughts through her abstractions.

Magdalena Skupinska completed her BA in Fine Art at Central St Martins, London and her MA in Painting at The Royal College of Arts, London. She has participated in residencies at Selebe Yoon, Dakar, Senegal; Fundación Casa Wabi in Oaxaca, Mexico; La Ira de Dios, Buenos Aires, Argentina and the Atlantic Center For The Arts. Her solo exhibitions include Fertile Plate, Blum & Poe, Los Angeles, USA (2023), Blending Elements (2022) and Layú, Maximillian William, London (2019); DAMA, Palazzo Saluzzo Paesana, Turin, Italy (2016) and Elements of Silence, Maximillian William, London (2015). Recent group shows include Borrowed Landscapes (2023), The Haptic Eye: Part III – Pathways of Dexterity, ArtCircle, curated by Mark Gisbourne (2021); The Haptic Eye: Part II – Tactile Visions, ArtCircle, curated by Mark Gisbourne (2020); Tender Touches, Open Space Contemporary, London curated by Huma Kabakcı and Anna Skladmann (2019); Adventitious Encounters, Open Space Contemporary, London curated by Huma Kabakcı and Anna Skladmann (2018).

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