Olga Mokrzycka-Grospierre
Painter and theater stage designer
Graduate from the Faculties of Painting (specialization in animated film) and Stage Design at the Academy of Fine Arts in Warsaw.
In the field of visual arts, she is the author of paintings on canvas, wood and concrete, as well as site specific installations.
As a stage designer, she has created stage designs for plays at the Nowy Teatr and the Teatr Studio in Warsaw.
In painting, her interests initially (until 2018) oscillated around architectural themes. At that time, she created large formats depicting empty, bright architectural spaces entitled Structures (works from this series are in the collection of the Piotr Nowicki Foundation for Modern Art). In parallel - Concrete Works - small works on self made concrete slabs (one of the works is in the collection of the National Museum in Warsaw).
Between 2013 and 2016 she also created a series of paintings Crystals -large format paintings depicting crystals, made using crystallizing paint. (In the painting depicting crystals and stones, small crystals are formed). These works were presented by BWA Warsaw gallery during Warsaw Gallery Weekned in 2014 in the exhibition A Glass Shard in the Eye.
After 2018, she began working on figurative painting series on black canvases - paintings created using a specific author's technique reminiscent of Zen drawing - figurative works are done with just a few, precisely guided brushstrokes. A great deal of focus and concentration is required. There is no room for error, a failed line must be painted over and the painting started anew. The created record resembles an X-ray.
Using this method, 3 cycles were created so far :
- Animals (2018-2021)
- Sirens (2020-until now) (three of these works are in the collection of the Museum of Warsaw),
- Between Pain and Pleasure - a series of paintings centered around the daily struggles and emotional experiences of women.
At the same time, she works on a series entitled Paesina - large-format paintings created with crystallizing paint, which spills uncontrollably over the canvas, creating oneiric “landscapes” that evoke various associations. These spills are then worked on, tamed by the artist.
EXHIBITIONS AND SPATIAL ACTIVITIES
Girls, group exhibition, Artaround Gallery, Warsaw, 2025
Narracje Art Festival, Gdańsk, 2019
In Search of the Curvy Line, solo exhibition Biuro Wystaw - Polish Modern Art Foundation, Warsaw, 2018
Isolation Ward - permanent site-specific installation in the theater room, Teatr Studio, Warsaw, 2017
Young Poland. Afterimages of Reality, Ludwig Museum, Budapest, 2016
Wiedererkennen, Hole of Fame, Dresden 2016
Seattle Art Fair, 4-7.08 2016 Participation as an artist Cydonia Gallery Dallas
Pure Formality, group exhibition, 2015, Labyrinth Gallery, Lublin
Glas Shard in the Eye - exhibition at BWA as part of WGW, Warsaw, with Nicolas Grospierre, 2014
Placeing of the Right Angle - site specific solo exhibition, Foundation for Polish Modern Art, Warsaw, 2013
On the Other Side of the Mirror - installation as part of the Art Loop festival in Sopot, with Nicolas Grospierre, 2013
Wola Art (group exhibition), Foundation for Polish Modern Art, Warsaw, 2007
Mausoleum - site specific installation Raster Gallery, Warsaw, 2007
SCENOGRAPHIES:
Scenography for the play Biesy - Teatr Studio. Directed by Natalia Korczakowska. Warsaw 2018
Isolation Ward - installation/scenography, Teatr Studio, Warsaw 2017.
Scenography for the play Peter Pan, directed by Lukasz Kos, Nowy Teatr, 2016
Scenography for the exhibition Photo of the City. Warsaw Photography and Related Practices, Nowy Teatr, Warsaw, 2013
Scenography for the TV show Videofan by TVP Kultura, 2013.
Scenography for the play Nancy.Interview, Nowy Theatre, Warsaw , 2012
Scenography for the hall of the Ujzadowski Castle History Museum at the CCA in Warsaw, 2013
Costume design for the play Marilyn the Mongol, directed by Boguslaw Linda, Ateneum Theatre, Warsaw, 2012
Scenography for spect. Jealousy, directed by Monika Powalisz,Warsaw, 2009
Scenography for spect. At home dir. by Monika Powalisz,Theatre in Olsztyn, 2008
Scenography for spect. Planeta, dir. by Monika Powalisz, Teatr Wytwórnia,Warsaw 2008
She worked with Krzysztof Warlikowski's New Theater as an assistant to set designer Małgorzata Szczęśniak, co-creating productions:
- Francuzi directed by Krzysztof Warlikowski. 2015
- Warsaw Cabaret, 2013 directed by Krzysztof Warlikowski, 2013.
- African Tales, dir. by Krzysztof Warlikowski, 2011
- Krum, dir. by Krzysztof Warlikowski, 2005
- 2007: Macbeth, dir. by Grzegorz Jarzyna, 2005
Concrete paintings and objects are both in public collections- National Museum in Warsaw, Museum of Warsaw and private collections- among others: Signum Foundation, Polish Modern Art Foundation, Tenczynek Brewery