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Jolanta Madej
Graduated from the Academy of Fine Arts in Kraków – Faculty of Graphic Arts in Katowice in 1982 and from the Postgraduate Studies in the Department of Art Education at the University of Łódź in 2003. She belongs to the Association of Polish Artists and Designers (ZPAP) and she is a member of the Artists Association Jurasic Photography Club. She paints, draws and designs. The main theme of her works are beauty and emotions, attempts to prolong and retrieve them. For years, she has been loyal to landscapes of Kraków- Częstochowa Upland, presented as an expression of personal emotion and subjective experience with the daily observation of nature. Realistic works full of harmony and peace show castles, rocks, courts, fields, roadside shrines, floral arrangements.

She was the co-organizer of local events: the 700th anniversary of Złoty Potok, the 300th anniversary of Janów. Her creative works were also presented on national television: Czas Relaksu,TVP1, Tropiciele, TVP3. She is a promoter of Wieluń Upland, its cultural, geological and historical values. Her affirmation of the Amber Trail was presented on national television in Łódź in 2011. She participated in the creation of several publications entitled Częstochowa County in 2009 Check out her website here

National exhibitions:

 * ZPAP-BWA Częstochowa 1994, 1996, 1998, 2011
 * National exhibition of landscape painting "Jurassic Autumn" City Art Gallery in Częstochowa – 1993- 1997, 2000- 2006,
 * Częstochowa’s Artists of the 20th Century- City Art Gallery in Częstochowa – 2000,
 * International Art Meetings- Sosnowiec – 2002, 2003, 2004, 2006,
 * Jubilee Exhibition of Creative Environmental Silesian "I am"- ZPAP Gallery, Katowice – 2006,
 * Exhibition of landscape paintings "The Amber Trail" – Konopnica – 2008, 2009, 2010

Landscape paintings showrooms

 * Gothic Trail- Slovakia – 2007.
 * The Danube- Hungary – 2007 – Regional Centre of Culture, Częstochowa.
 * Photographic Exhibition of landscape paintings from the workshops in the Crimea – 2005, Crete – 2010, in Turkey, 2011 – Regional Centre of Culture, Częstochowa.
 * Showrooms- Polish Fine Artists to Children- BWA Książ Castle – Wałbrzych – 2006, 2007.
 * Charity auction in New York – "Polish Fine Artists for Children" - 2006, 2007.
 * National exhibition of landscape painting "Bobolice"- Museum of Częstochowa- 2013.
 * Present and past Wieluń‘s Delights- Fine Art Association- Kraków 2013.

Individual painting exhibitions

 * Culture Centre in Olsztyn – 1995,
 * Krasinski Manor- Złoty Potok – 1997,
 * Raczynski Palace-Złoty Potok – 1998,
 * Nieznanice Palace – 2003,
 * Zieleniewski Manor in Trzebinia – 2009,
 * Zagłębie Theatre in Sosnowiec – 2009,
 * Associations of Independent Creative Club „Marchołt” in Katowice – 2010,
 * Sieradz Museum – 2010,
 * Regional Culture Centre in Częstochowa – 2010,
 * Galeria Po Schodkach- Janów – 2011,
 * Culture Centre – Lelów 2012,
 * Wejściówka Gallery- Gazeta Wyborcza – Częstochowa 2012,
 * 30th Anniversary of artistic work- Concert Hall of Częstochowa- 2012,
 * A permanent exhibition at the European Centre of Children’ Friendship- Świdnica.

Private collections in Poland and abroad.
Germany,USA ,Australia, Great Britain

Numerous awards for her exquisite works of art

 * An award of the Headman of Częstochowa on merits for the county in the field of culture- 2013,
 * An award of the Mayor of Częstochowa in the scope of arts and culture for the creative presentation of Czestochowa county lands and preserving the artistic dimension values- 2004,
 * First Prize of the President of the Polish Tourist Organisation in the National Competition for the Regional Tourist Souvenir – 2007, Biography in the book Złote Myśli Ludzi Wielkiego Umysłu, Talentu i Serca – Twórcy Wizerunku Polski- 2004,
 * Biography in R. Hübner’s encyclopedia Who’s Who in Poland and in the encyclopedia Who’s Who of Europen Women,
 * Certificates of Czestochowa National Tourist Organisation for souvenirs of the region: "Legend Boxes"- 2005, "Miniatures on Stones" – 2007, "Jurassic Symbols" – 2011.