Monika Grygier is a visual artist whose practice explores abstraction as a territory where silence, time, and inner landscapes take form. Born in Poland and based in Catalonia, she works with controlled layers of acrylic, graphite, and structural elements to create paintings that function as cartographies of emotional and perceptual experience. Her visual language—precise, rigorous, and deeply introspective—investigates the tensions, rhythms, and subtle frictions that shape the human condition.

Formally trained in Fine Arts at the University of Opole and the University of Silesia, where she studied under Jerzy Wroński of the historic Grupa Krakowska, Grygier developed a solid foundation in contemporary painting. Over the years, her work has been presented internationally in solo exhibitions across Europe and in group shows and fairs in New York, Berlin, Shanghai, London, Brussels, and other cultural capitals. Her paintings have received major distinctions such as the Premi Centelles, Premio Ceferino Olivé, Altafulla Biennial, and ConectARTE International Art Contest.

Her works form part of public and private collections including Michelin, Fundació Reddis, Paradores Nacionales, the Consulate of Poland in Ljubljana, museums in Praszka and Sant Feliu de Guíxols, and numerous municipal collections.
Beyond her individual practice, Grygier is founder and president of IDEA Asociación Cultural, a platform through which she has built an international network supporting artistic exchanges, residencies, European collaborations, and sociocultural projects that link creation, community, and territory.

Her current work continues to delve into abstraction as a means of mapping what is not visible yet deeply felt, offering viewers a space of contemplation and resonance.

1996 – Fine Arts studies, University SLASKI of Cieszyn, Poland.

1993 – BFA, University of Opole, Poland, under Prof. Stanislaw Bialoglowicz.

Student of Jerzy Wroński (Grupa Krakowska).

SOLO EXHIBITIONS (Most recent first)

Centre Cultural Can Gruart, Vilablareix, Girona, Spain — 2021

Castell de Palol de Revardit, Girona, Spain — 2020

Centrum Kultury Wroclaw Zachod, Wroclaw, Poland — 2017

Galeria Bluer, Padua, Italy — 2016

Galeria Art en Brut, Girona, Spain — 2016

MINIgalerie, Lucerne, Switzerland — 2013

Espai d’Art Celler Espelt, Vilajuïga, Spain — 2013

Espacio Cultural Adolfo Domínguez, Zaragoza, Spain — 2010

El Marçó Vell, Centelles, Spain — 2010

Galeria Carmen Sallent, Barcelona, Spain — 2009

Galeria O+O, Valencia, Spain — 2009

Palacio Salazar, Logroño, Spain — 2009

GROUP EXHIBITIONS (Most recent first)

Empordoneses, Figueres, Spain — 2020

Galería Marges-U, Cadaqués, Spain — 2019

Galerie d’Art du Parc, Québec, Canada — 2016

Galeria Mlodych Twórców, Warsaw, Poland — 2016

Slikarska Kolonija Izlake-Zagorje, Slovenia — 2016

Art Vs. Walls, Berlin, Germany

Shanghai Art Fair, China

Arts2Bruxelles, Brussels, Belgium

KUNSTART, Bolzano, Italy

ST-ART Contemporary Art Fair, Strasbourg, France

AAF London, UK

CultureInside Gallery, Luxembourg

Room Art Fair, Madrid, Spain

Ruta de l’Art, Castelló d’Empúries, Spain

Sala Fontbernat, Anglès, Spain

Antic Hospital de Sant Julià, Besalú, Spain

Poczta z Polski, Reus, Spain

La Rectoria, Tossa de Mar, Spain

ArtJaén, Provincial Museum, Jaén, Spain

"5 Apuestas", Galería Espiral, Cantabria, Spain

"Envío de Polonia", Galería Río 10, Burgos, Spain

Palacio de Albaicín, Noja, Spain

ArtMadrid, Madrid, Spain

CultureInside “Time Stream”, Luxembourg

RESIDENCIES & SYMPOSIA

XIX International Fine Arts Colony, Ljubljana, Slovenia.

Sianoja International Symposium, Noja, Spain.

Symposium Ceramicum, Medana, Slovenia.

Slikarska Kolonija Izlake–Zagorje, Slovenia.

AWARDS AND PRIZES

Winner, LXVII Premi Centelles, Barcelona, Spain.

Winner, V Premio de Pintura Ceferino Olivé, Reus, Tarragona.

Winner, I Bienal de Pintura Altafulla, Tarragona.

Winner, XXII Concurso de Artes Plásticas, Begur, Girona.

Winner, ConectARTE International Art Contest.

Second Prize, I Salón CIALEC, Córdoba.

Second Prize, IV Bienal Internacional Josep Amat, Sant Feliu de Guíxols.

Second Prize, L’Art-Gent Painting Prize, Argentona, Barcelona.

Third Prize, VII Certamen Internacional “Aires de Córdoba”.

Third Prize, XXVIII Premio de Pintura Vila de Cambrils, Tarragona.

Honor Diploma, Premio COAATR, Logroño.

Accésit Michelín, 4º Certamen de Pintura Deportiva Marca, Madrid.

Michelín Art Collection

Fundación Privada Reddis

Paradores Nacionales, Spain

Municipal collections of Cambrils, Noja, Centelles, Begur, Altafulla

Consulate of Poland in Ljubljana, Slovenia

Museo de Historia, Sant Feliu de Guíxols

Museo Municipal de Praszka, Poland

University SLASKI, Poland