The interior of EMI_ART_WARSAW, a spacious attic in a tenement building at Emilii Plater 14, reeks of old wood, oil paint, and history. This is a place where art must breathe close to the viewer, almost touch them. And it is here, on April 15, 2026, that Malina Wieczorek opens the exhibition “Carrousel with the Madones” – a vortex of Madonnas, where the past does not return but becomes the axis of the present.

Malina Wieczorek’s art begins in Krakow in the 1990s – in studios that smelled of turpentine, cigarette smoke, and cabaret freedom. Dungeon Camelot, Piwnica pod Baranami. It was there that she created her first act – a diptych. “This isn’t just an ‘early work.’ It’s an archetype, a ground zero, the moment when I first decided to deprive the figure of its face,” Malina recalls. “It was the beginning of deconstruction – the body as a field of freedom, not an object of gaze. For decades it lay in the archive, and now, for the first time, it becomes part of an installation. This isn’t a retrospective. It’s a full circle and an opening to the new.”

And it is this vortex – the carrousel – that organizes the entire exhibition.
Malina Wieczorek’s latest paintings are sensual, cosmological, transcendental. Monochromatic or limited in color, canvases in which female figures swirl in the space between body and spirit. These are Madonnas after trauma, after activism, after deconstruction. Each one is a ritual: the body as a gateway to infinity, the center in the lower abdomen as the zero point from which the axes of life radiate. “I paint to reclaim the sacredness that has been stolen from women,” says Malina. “I create my Madonna from blood, from the earth, from space, from pain, and from healing.”

Neurocreativity looms large throughout the exhibition – a concept Malina is developing as the initiator of NeuroArte and president of the “For the Love of Life” Foundation and House of Creative Thought in Warmia. Art ceases to be an image – it becomes a ritual: the construction of a cognitive base, a neural network, and profound intellectual insight.

The exhibition’s title – “Carrousel with Madones” – sounds like something found in an old Parisian cabaret or a Magritte sketch. The French lightness of the word “carrousel” contrasts with the weight of the Madonnas – holy figures who here do not stand still on an altar but spin in the rhythm of the carousel of life. The profane meets the sacred, childish play meets mysticism, vintage elegance meets contemporary activism. As with Cocteau, where mythology dances with modernity, so with Malina Wieczorek, Madonnas spin—faceless, limbless, and unburdened by patriarchy—to reclaim sanctity on their own terms.

EMI_ART_WARSAW – the artistic attic, which Agnieszka Bieniek curates with passion and courage—is the perfect setting for this vortex. Here, close to the ceiling, close to the sky, close to the earth, the first act from several decades ago meets the latest canvases from the series Terra Ignota, Signs of Blood, and Hatching the Body of the World, becoming a manifestation of continuity.
And in the air, in the very heart of Warsaw, hangs the scent of Krakow’s ateliers and a pure love of life.

Event schedule: “Carrousel with the Madones.” Malina Wieczorek

EXHIBITION VENUE:
EMI_ART_WARSAW, EMILII PLATER 14, WARSAW

CURATOR:
Agnieszka Bieniek

EXHIBITION OPENING:
WEDNESDAY, APRIL 15, 2026, 6:00 PM

Special guest at the opening:
DES ARTE – a leading auction house and gallery specializing in luxury, collectible jewelry.

EXHIBITION OPEN:
THURSDAY-SUNDAY, 12:00 PM – 4:00 PM, by appointment: 501099606

LECTURE “BRAIN AND ART”:
SUNDAY, APRIL 19, 2026, 12:00 PM

CURATORIAL TOUR WITH THE ARTIST:
MONDAY, APRIL 20, 2026, 6:00 PM

CURATORIAL COMMENTARY:

Charlotte Paritzky, Director at Z&B Gallery and Co-founder of OBRA Art, Spain:
“The strength of Malina’s work lies in its ability to confront existential questions about identity, gender, and the human condition through the lens of conceptualization. One of her standout works is the Madonna series, which masterfully combines metaphysical depth with minimalism. This semi-abstract The portrait encourages introspection, allowing the viewer to navigate layers of meaning, from the sacred to the personal.”

Market and Art:
“This type of nude is not an attempt to aestheticize female corporeality, but a search for the truth hidden within. The naked, lonely figures, though devoid of eyes and individual features, carry a full range of emotions. They may seem embarrassed, caught in an intimate situation, but also strong and independent. The deformations and transformations to which Malina Wieczorek subjects them become a conscious procedure: a signal that a woman’s true beauty and strength lie not in her external form, but within.”

Véra Kempf, Co-Founder at Singulart, France:
“Malina Wieczorek demonstrates a highly sophisticated command of both abstraction and figurative representation. Her portfolio consistently explores the female body, not merely as a subject of representation but as a conduit for deeper conceptual exploration. In her paintings, anatomical forms are transformed into abstract, almost spiritual motifs, elevating intimate corporeal imagery to a universal, symbolic plane.
Her distinctive visual language, rooted in feminist inquiry, material resonance, and philosophical depth, positions her not merely as a practicing painter, but as a compelling contemporary voice with real potential for long-term cultural impact.”

About the Artist:

Malina Wieczorek studied at the Academy of Fine Arts in Krakow, graduating with distinction in 1996. She graduated with honors from the Interior Architecture Design Studio under Professor Barbara Borkowska-Larysz, and completed a minor in Graphic Design under Professor Jacek Siwczyński. Painting in the studio of Professor Janusz Tarabuła. Her work is permanently exhibited in prestigious corporate and private collections worldwide.
In recent years, she has exhibited in Venice, London, Warsaw, Milan, Brussels, Miami, Madrid, Los Angeles, the Hamptons, Dubai, Barcelona, ​​Jurata, Poznań, Tokyo, Santa Fe, and in Times Square in New York. The artist’s work was published in VOGUE Manhattan in the New Faces in Art section.
For over a decade, she has also been involved in social marketing. She has launched several hundred significant social campaigns and numerous awards, including Benefactor of the Year, EFFIE, Social Campaigns of the Year, Golden Magellan, and Stevie Awards. She is the founder of the social marketing agency TELESCOPE, the SM-walk o sobie Foundation, the School of Motivation, the House of Creative Thought “Z miłości do życie,” and the NeuroArte Movement.

The artist was invited to participate in the 16th Florence Biennale 2027 by Prof. Pasquale Celona and Chief Curator Giovanni Cordoni. The event is held under the patronage of the European Parliament, the Region of Tuscany, and the City of Florence.

Artist’s Statement:
For decades, I have been creating female nudes. For me, as a painter, women’s bodies offer a broader palette for contemplating the truth of life. They touch on existential issues that affect us all. I am fascinated by the body reduced to a sign, an abstract form, which allows for enormous scope for imagination and the search for one’s own answers to questions about what a painting truly represents. Women are mothers, lovers, but also ephemeral saints or individuals following their own paths. Perhaps because I am a woman myself, I allow myself the right to certain distortions and simplifications. To search for what is invisible.

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