Premio Combat Prize

In my work I look for situations in which the light causes the illusory impression of measured, finite or countable structure. I trace the moments when it seems possible to be seized within the limits of my concept about the world and space. There are more light-sensitive techniques than linocut. Photography or drawing, lithography and mezzotint allow very subtle value transitions. But when I strive to catch a volatile images in the material, I prefer to work with chisel, not a soft pencil. When I have to make clear decisions, mark separate points, locate the rays, and establish the surfaces with a confident cut , I approach the feeling of revealing the rules in which light appears on the surface, fills the space.
MARTA LECH Born in 1979, Wrocław, Poland. 2000-2005 Academy of Fine Arts in Wrocław. Since 2008 Printmaking Instructor at printmaking studio PGA “Światowid” in Wrocław.
AWARDS (selected):
-Grand Prize, 4th Bangkok Triennale International – Print and Drawing Exhibition, Thailand 2015
-II Award at XI Polish Woodcut and Linocut Quadrennial, Olsztyn, Poland 2015
-First Award, XII Baltic States Biennale of Graphic Art “Kaliningrad – Koenigsberg 2015”, Russia
-Award of the Union of Bulgarian Artists for young artist, 7th International Print Art Triennial, Sofia, Bulgary 2014
-Grand Prix 2013, Split Graphic Biennial, Croatia 2013
-Northern Print International Residency Prize, International Print Biennale, Newcastle, England 2011
-Grand Prize, 14th Seoul Space Print Biennial, Seoul, South Korea 2006
AUTHOR’S EXHIBITIONS (selected):
-Light/Svjetlost, Gallery of University Library in Split, Croatia 2015
-Marta Lech – Linocuts, Clifford Chance, London, England 2011 – pdf
-Light – linocuts, Museum of Academy of Fine Arts in Wrocław, Poland 2006
GROUP EXHIBITIONS (selected):
-”Vous avez dit…ESTEMPE?”, Salle d’Exposition – Guyancourt, France 2010
-Daniel Chodowiecki Prize Competition of Polish print and drawing. Prize winners and awarded artist 1993-2007, Akademie der Künste in Berlin, Germany 2009
-“Herzlich wir kommen”, Pokusa Gallery, Wiesbaden, Germany 2007
-Pro Figura V, Art Fuhrmann Galerie, Rostock, Germany 2006
-Visual Alphabet multimedia exhibition – BWA Awangarda Gallery, Wrocław 2004