Magdalena Dmowska
EDUCATION
2017 Bachelor of Arts-Fine Art Honours (First Class), RMIT University, Melbourne, Australia
2016 Bachelor of Arts-Fine Art, RMIT University, Melbourne, Australia
2013 Diploma of Ceramics, Chisholm Institute of TAFE, Melbourne, Australia
1991 Master’s Degree in Philosophy, Major in Aesthetics, Warsaw University, Poland
INDIVIDUAL EXHIBITIONS
2017 Introspection, Falkner Gallery, Castlemaine, Australia
2016 Abstract Show, Without Pier Art Gallery, Melbourne, Australia
2010 The Wonder of Wandering, Without Pier Art Gallery, Melbourne, Australia
2009 Travels and Dreams with the Red Dog, Without Pier Art Gallery, Melbourne, Australia
GROUP EXHIBITIONS
2019 Collection X, Slow Clay Centre, Melbourne, Australia
2019 XII Florence Biennale, Florence, Italy
2019 Victorian Craft Awards, Craft Victoria, Melbourne, Australia
2019 Manningham Ceramic Art Award, Manningham Gallery, Melbourne, Australia
2019 Window’s display of ceramics partnering Bayside Acquisitive Art Prize, Bayside Gallery, Melbourne, Australia
2019 “Dear mud, with love”, RMIT alumni exhibition, 15th Australian Ceramics Triennale, Hobart, Australia
2018 Bayside Local, Bayside Gallery, Melbourne, Australia
2018 “A window into” with The Artists Guild at Dirty Dozen, Campbell Arcade, Melbourne, Australia
2018 The Bayside Art Show, Melbourne, Australia
2017 Opening Show of The Artist Guild, Docklands Art Precinct, Melbourne, Australia
2017 40x40, Brunswick Street Gallery, Melbourne, Australia
2017 Manningham Ceramic Art Award, Manningham Gallery, Melbourne, Australia
2017 Nillumbik Prize, Barn Gallery, Montsalvat, Melbourne, Australia
2017 Conversation, Barn Gallery, Montsalvat, Melbourne, Australia
2016 40x40, Brunswick Street Gallery,Melbourne, Australia
2016 Back to Back, First Site Gallery, RMIT, Melbourne, Australia
2015 POLART Festival, Steps Gallery, Melbourne, Australia
2015 Mary and Lou Senini Ceramic Art Award, Mcclelland Gallery, Melbourne, Australia
2015 Manningham Ceramic Art Award, Manningham Gallery, Melbourne, Australia
2015 Emerging Artist Award, Fortyfive Downstairs Gallery, Melbourne, Australia
2014 40x40, Brunswick Street Gallery, Melbourne, Australia
2014 Around the Table, First Site Gallery, RMIT, Melbourne, Australia
2013 Firsthand Ceramics Exhibition, Walker Street Gallery, Melbourne, Australia
2007-2013 Members Exhibitions at Beaumaris Art Group Studios, Melbourne, Australia
AWARDS AND ACHIEVEMENTS
2022 Bluethumb Art Prize 2022 (finalist)
2019 5th Premio " LORENZO IL MAGNIFICO" Arte Ceramica at XII Florence Biennale, Florence, Italy
2019 Victorian Craft Awards, Craft Victoria, Melbourne, Australia (finalist)
2019 Manningham Ceramic Art Award, Manningham Gallery, Melbourne, Australia (finalist)
2017 RMIT University Vice-Chancellor Award for Academic Excellence, Melbourne, Australia
2017 Winner of Manningham Ceramic Art Merit Acquisitive Award, Melbourne, Australia
2017 Nillumbik Prize for Contemporary Art, Barn Gallery, Montsalvat, Melbourne, Australia, (finalist)
2017 Highly Commended 40 x 40,Brunswick Street Gallery, Melbourne, Australia
2016 RMIT Vice-Chancellor Award for Academic Excellence, Melbourne, Australia
2016 Highly Commended 40x40, Brunswick Street Gallery, Melbourne, Australia
2015 Mary and Lou Senini Ceramic Art Award, Mcclelland Gallery, Melbourne, Australia (finalist)
2015 Manningham Ceramic Art Award, Manningham Gallery, Melbourne, Australia (finalist)
2015 Emerging Artist Award, Fortyfive Downstairs Gallery, (finalist)
2014 RMIT University Award for Excellence in Ceramics
2014 Winner of Trudie Alfred Bequest Ceramic Scholarship, Sydney, Australia
2013 Winner of Sculpture Award, Beaumaris Art Group Inc (Judge Stephen Benwell), Melbourne, Australia
2013 Winner of Clayworks Award, Firsthand Ceramics Exhibition (Judge Jane Sawyer), Walker Street Gallery, Melbourne, Australia
2013 Highly Commended Open Ceramics, Isabella de Soyres Exhibition (Judge Pam Wragg), Melbourne, Australia
2012 Winner of Sculpture Award, Beaumaris Art Group Inc (Judges Terry Earle and Liz Manning), Melbourne, Australia
2012 Highly Commended Kay Bunnett Award for Painting, Beaumaris Art Group Inc
(Judges Terry Earle and Liz Manning), Melbourne, Australia
2011 Highly Commended Ceramics, Beaumaris Art Group Inc (Judge Pam Wragg), Melbourne, Australia
2009 James & Nicky Humphery Award for Painting, Beaumaris Art Group Studios (Judge Robert Lee),
2009 Highly Commended Sculpture, Beaumaris Art Group Studios (Judge Deborah Halpern), Melbourne, Australia
2008 Winner of Sculpture Award, Beaumaris Art Group Studios (Judge Sue Storr), Melbourne, Australia
2008 Highly Commended Open Ceramics, Isabella de Soyres Exhibition (Judge George Haddon), Melbourne, Australia
PUBLICATIONS
The Journal of Australian Ceramics, Vol 54, No.1, P.86
The Journal of Australian Ceramics, Vol 55, No.1, P.57
The Journal of Australian Ceramics, Vol 55, No.2, P.104
The Journal of Australian Ceramics, Vol 57, No.2, P.56
OTHER RELEVANT EXPERIENCE
2010 Artist in Residence, Stella Maris Primary School, Beaumaris, Melbourne, Australia