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03 February 2026

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Maria Janiga’s work exemplifies a mature artistic approach in which the diversity of techniques and media is not an end in itself but a means to the consistent development of a visual language. Although the artist moves freely between painting, drawing, printmaking, and ceramics, paper-mâché objects and compositions occupy a special place in her body of work, revealing the most synthetic and conceptual dimension of her art.

The relationship between the objects and the space is also significant. The paper compositions do not function as self-contained forms, but as elements that engage in a dialogue with their surroundings and the viewer. Their visual lightness contrasts with the weight of their meanings—associations with memory, transience, and the traces of human presence. Papier-mâché, a material prone to destruction, becomes a medium for reflection on the impermanence of forms and ideas, placing these works closer to philosophical expression than to purely formal one.

Maria Janiga

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BIOGRAPHY

She began her art education at the Secondary School of Fine Arts in Łazienki Królewskie from 1966 to 1971. She then continued her studies at the Academy of Fine Arts in Warsaw, in the Department of Graphic Arts, in the studio of Prof. Leszek Hołdanowicz, where she received her diploma with the Rector’s Distinction in 1977.

In her creative work, she focuses on painting, drawing, ceramics, graphic arts, and commercial design—including computer graphics—as well as papier-mâché sculptures and the design and curation of exhibitions.

She is a member of the PositiveART Creative Group and the Association of Polish Artists and Designers.

Her paintings and posters are found in private collections, in the collection of the Poster Museum in Wilanów, as well as in public spaces—including the “Holiday Inn” hotel in Warsaw, where 30 of her works are on display, and at the American Business School in Miedzeszyn, which houses 60 of the artist’s works.

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