Marta Wakula-Mac

Marta Wakula-Mac was born in Nisko, Poland. She graduated from the Institute of Art, Pedagogical University in Krakow in 2003 with a Masters Degree in the field of Fine Art Education. She also received a diploma working in linocut technique with Prof. Jerzy Jedrysiak. Since then she has been living and working in Dublin. She joined Graphic Studio Dublin in 2004 where she has been working and developing linocut and etching techniques.

Wakula-Mac has had solo exhibitions in Ireland and Poland and her work has been included in many group shows in Ireland and internationally /9th International Biennial of Illustration – The 44th Golden Pen of Belgrade, V International Small Engraving Biennial L’Arte e Il Torchio/ Art and the Printing Press, Civic Museum of Cremona, Italy, Museum “Dwory Karwacjanow i Gladyszow”, Gorlice, Poland, National Gallery of Ireland. Awards include Arts Council Travel and Training Award and a grant from Culture Ireland.

She is an author of over 40 illustrations to a book by Susan Knight “Gommorah” published
in Dublin in 2007 and her work is regularly published in The Stinging Fly Magazine.

Work in collections: National Gallery of Ireland, Dublin, Muzeum Archidiecezjalne in Poznan, Poland; Civic Museum of Cremona, Italy, AIB Bank, TASCQ Dublin, OPW Dublin and private collections.

 

She has had many solo exhibitions in Ireland and Poland and exhibits regularly in group shows worlwide.
 
Individual Exhibitions:
2017 ‘Joy’Wojewodzka Biblioteka Publiczna, ul.Rajska, Krakow, Poland
2017 ‘Joy’ Jan Fejkel Gallery, Krakow, Poland 
2016 Nowohuckie Centrum Kultury, NCK, Kraków,Poland
2015 Yoko Akino i Marta Wakula Mac, New work, Printmakers Gallery, Dublin, Ireland
2013 Elke Thones, Margaret Tuffy, Graphic Studio Gallery, Dublin, Ireland
2011 Grafika, Miejski Osrodek Kultury, Dębica, Poland
2010 Dialogue, Miejska Galeria Sztuki, Zakopane, Poland
2010 Slam Sensing Nation Sensation, Karma Cafe, Warszawa, Poland
2009 New Work, Graphic Studio Gallery, Dublin, Ireland
2007 Gomorrah, Irish Writers Centre, Dublin, Ireland
2007 Grafika, BWA Dwor Karwacjanow, Gorlice, Poland
2006 Paprykarz za precle, Brama Jazz Café, Szczecin, Poland
2005 Prints, Central Library in the Ilac Centre, Dublin, Ireland
2005 Prints, Irish – Polish Society, 20 Fitzwilliam Place, Dublin, Ireland
2004 Grafika, Gallery Cafe-Szafe, Kraków, Poland
2003 Grafika, Gallery Center of Jewish Culture, Kraków, Poland


Group Exhibitions 
2017 Galeria Pryzmat, Nowi Członkowie ZPAP, Krakow, Poland 
2017  Obraz, Grafika, Rysunek, Rzeżba Roku 2017, ‘Akt’, BWA Rzeszów, Poland
2017 ‘Ogrody 2017’ Wojewodzka Biblioteka Publiczna, ul.Rajska, Krakow, Poland
2016  KONFRONTACJE Sztuki,Galeria Test, Warszawa, Poland
2016 XVI International Biennale Small Graphics and ExLibris, Ostrow Wlp, Poland
2016 Świeto Ogrodów, Wojewodzka Biblioteka Publiczna, Krakow
2016 Legacy, Hyde Bridge Gallery Yeats Memorial Building, Sligo, Ireland
2016 Legacy, Hamilton Gallery, Sligo, Ireland
2015/16 National Trust Lyme Park, Disley, Landscape Artist of the year 2015, UK 
2015 ‘Come away, O Human Child’ Graphic Studio Gallery, Dublin, Ireland 
2015 A Natural Selection, Blue House Hallery, Cork, Ireland
2014 VUE, Natinal Contemporary Art Fair, Royal Hibernian Gallery, Dublin, Ireland

2013/2014 A Natural Selection

  •  The National Botanic Gardens Dublin
  • Greenacres Gallery, Wexford
  • The Lavit Gallery, Cork
  • Galleri Astley, Uttersberg, Sweden
  • Konstforum in Norkopping, Sweden
  • Royal Dublin Society, Ballsbridge
  • The Hamilton Gallery, Sligo
  • The Seamus Ennis Arts Centre, Naul, co.Dublin
2012 7th International Triennial of Graphic Art-Bitola, Republic of Macedonia
2012 Sponsors’ Portfolio, Graphic Studio Dublin, Ireland
2011 Beautiful Man, Printmakers Gallery, Dublin
2011 Annual Members Exhibition, Irish-Polish Society, Dublin
2010 Beautiful Man, Talbot Gallery&Studio, Dublin, Ireland
2010 Laundry, South Studios, Dublin, Ireland
2010 Original Print Show, Rathfarnam Castle, Dublin, Ireland
2010 Graphic Studio Dublin’s 50th Anniversary, Limerick Printmakers, Ireland
2009-2010 Where borders meet – Response 

  • Miejski Osrodek Kultury, Dębica, Poland
  • Graphic Studio Dublin, Dublin, Ireland 
  • Muzeum Dwory Karwacjanów i Gładyszów, Gorlice, Poland 
  • Galeria Jatki, Nowy Targ, Poland 
  • Galeria Lamelli, Kraków, Poland 
  • Akademicka Galeria Sztuki MBWA w Wyższej Szkole Biznesu NLU, Nowy Sącz, Poland
2009 RevelationKopavogur Art Museum, Iceland
2008 Impressions 2008, Arts Centre, Galway, Ireland
2008 Where borders meet, Muzeum Dwory Karwacjanów i Gładyszów, Gorlice, Poland
2008 Graphic Studio Gallery goes West, Kenny Gallery, Galway, Ireland
2008 Revelation, National Gallery of Ireland, Dublin, Ireland
2008 9th International Biennial of Illustration – The 44th Golden Pen of Belgrade.
    • Gallery Progres. Belgrade, Serbia

 

  • Galerija Nis, Belgrade, Serbia
  • Moderna Galerija Likovni susret, Subotica, Belgrade, Serbia
  • Galerija kulturni centar Laza Kostic, Sombor, Belgrade, Serbia

 

2007 Penang International Print Exhibition, Penang State Art Gallery, Malaysia
2007 New Communities Expo, RDS, Dublin, Ireland
2007 Ballyhaise Framed, Johnston Central Library &Farnham Centre, Cavan, Ireland
2007 Group Show, Filmbase, Dublin, Ireland
2007 Spotkanie, Biuro Wystaw Artystycznych, Krosno, Poland
2007 Dublin Port Print, Dublin Port HQ, Ireland
2007 V International Small Engraving Biennial L’Arte e Il Torchio/ Art and the Printing Press, Civic Museum of Cremona, Italy
2006 Gdy slowo staje sie obrazem – Contemporary Bilble Illustration
  •  Centrum Kultury Zamek, Poznan, Poland
  • Galeria Prezydenta, Warszawa, Poland
  • Muzeum Archidiecezjalne, Katowice, Poland
  • Muzeum Sztuki Wspólczesnej, Bydgoszcz, Poland
  • Muzeum Archidiecezjalne, Kraków, Poland
  • Muzeum Wspólczesnej Sztuki Sakralnej, Kielce, Poland
  • Galeria Krypta u Pijarow, Kraków, Poland
2006 Arts Centre, Bank of Ireland, Dublin, Ireland
2005 Waterford Municipal Gallery,Greyfriars, Ireland
2005 Portfolio Exchange ‘Kompact – Impact’, Universitat der Kunste Gallery, Berlin, Germany
2005 “Exchange II”, On the Edge Poftfolio Exhibition, Purde University Galleries, West 
          Lafayette,USA
2004 Showcasing the Work of Seven Emerging Printmakers, Original Print Gallery, Dublin, Ireland
2004 Gallery Kontrast, Kraków, Poland
2004 Gallery GA, Kraków, Poland
2004 Figura Figurae, Gallery Lamelli, Kraków, Poland

2003 The Best Diplomma Of Print 1982-2003, Gallery NCK, Kraków, Poland