BIO.

Bea Filipowicz (b. 1992, Ząbkowice Śląskie, Poland)
is a visual artist based in Gdańsk.

Her practice focuses primarily on painting and drawing, informed by her background in printmaking, illustration, and design. Working intuitively across these disciplines, she is interested in the relationship between the body, emotion and the natural world.

Her recent work moves towards a more personal and introspective visual language, embracing ambiguity, rawness, and abstraction. Rather than constructing fixed narratives, she approaches image-making as a space for observation and emotional presence.

Alongside her studio practice, she has developed independent illustration projects under the name BEATNIK.
www.beatnik.com.pl

CV

Education

2020 - 2022
Postgraduate studies in Pedagogical Preparation, University of Lower Silesia in Wrocław, Poland

2012 – 2017
Master of Fine Arts in Graphics, Academy of Fine Art and Design in Wroclaw, Poland

Proffesional experience

2025 - now - Junior Coordinator for Realization at Gdańsk Centre for Contemporary Art (GCSW)

2023 - now self employed: BEATNIK

2020 - 2022
Professor’s assistant at Intaglio Studio (Printmaking departament), The Eugeniusz Gepperta Academy of Fine Art and Design in Wroclaw, Poland

2020 - 2021
Teacher of printmaking, Vocational High School of Fine Arts, Wroclaw, Poland

2017 - 2022
Laboratory assistant at Printmaking departament, The Eugeniusz Gepperta Academy of Fine Art and Design in Wroclaw, Poland

CV (ENG) download pdf

SELECTED GROUP Exhibitions

2025
Zatrzymaj, Goyki 3 Art Inkubator, Sopot, Poland

2023
Szkic Ma Moc, Galeria Ring, Legnica, Poland

2022
12th Triennial of Small Painting, Galeria Wozownia, Toruń, Poland

2020
Dresden Residents, residency exhibition, Alte Feuerwache Gallery, Loschwitz, Dresden, Germany

FIG Bilbao Open Portfolio, Bilbao, Spain

The Wrocław School of Printmaking, Shanghai Academy of Fine Arts (SAFA), China

2018
Para. Ceramika. Grafika, Lázně – Oblastní galerie, Liberec, Czech Republic

Świeża Krew — Young Art Review, SOCATO Gallery, Wrocław, Poland

IMPACT 10, University of Cantabria, Santander, Spain

MY’17 — Best Diplomas of the Eugeniusz Geppert Academy of Art and Design in Wrocław, BWA Awangarda, Wrocław, Poland

2017
Kochi International Triennial Exhibition of Prints, Ino Cho Paper Museum, Kochi, Japan

6th International Print Biennial, Guanlan, China

Zureta — The Misprint, printmaking project, Chinretsukan Gallery, Tokyo University of the Arts, Tokyo, Japan
16th International Triennial of Small Graphic Forms, Łódź, Poland

After Eden, LATARKA Art Gallery, Budapest, Hungary

2016
Young Artists at the Museum: The Highest Level, National Museum in Wrocław, Poland

Young Polish Painting, Galeria Ale Sztuka, Kolonia Artystów – Dolne Miasto, Gdańsk, Poland

WSP — The Wrocław School of Printmaking, Museum of Contemporary Art, Isfahan, Iran

Themerson Street, Płock Art Gallery, Poland

Hestia Artistic Journey, 15th edition, Museum of Modern Art in Warsaw, Poland

Portrait of Fryderyk Chopin, Fryderyk Chopin Institute, Warsaw, Poland

2010
Illustrations and animation for a live concert, Wrocław Philharmonic, Poland

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Awards

2020
Scholarship of Artistic Residence at Grafikwerkstatt - Dresden Residents, Alte Fauerwache Gallery, Loschwitz - Dresden, Germany

2018
Scholarship from the Marshal Prize for Best Diploma of the Eugeniusz Geppert Academy of Art and Design in Wroclaw, BWA Awangarda, Poland

2017
The Prize for Illustration 2017 — Sounds of the City, Association of Illustrators / London Transport Museum, London, UK

2015
Finalist of the 14th edition of Hestia Artistic Journey competition, Museum of Modern Art, Warsaw, Poland

SOLO SHOWS

2026
Golden Thoughts for Difficult Times — 2026 Calendar, Łąka Bar, Gdańsk, Poland

2024
Irregular Heartbeat, Serce, Poznań, Poland

Music Posters — Muzyczna Jesień na Księżu, outdoor gallery, Wrocław, Poland

2023
Phenylethylamine, Transformator, Wrocław, Poland

WonderWoman, Pociąg do Wina, Wrocław, Poland

2022
Examination of Conscience, FAMA Festival, Świnoujście, Poland
Everything Plays, Galeria Sezon na Sztukę, Wrocław, Poland
PLUR Love, Gorzanów Castle, Poland

2021
Wszystko Gra, Galeria Kino, DCF Wrocław, Poland

2018
Personal Ads, Satyrykon Gallery, Legnica, Poland

2017
Earthly Pleasures, New Era Art Gallery, Pałac pod Baranami, Kraków, Poland
Marriages, Szewska Pasja Street Gallery, Wrocław, Poland

2016
Unlimited, Galeria Otwarta, Wrocław, Poland