Joanna Mazuś (b. 1994, Warsaw) – painter, visual artist and art theorist. She is the author of the concept of metaphysical abstraction, which seeks to develop an intercultural visual language conducive to the exploration of spirituality. Her practice focuses primarily on painting and relief, but also includes monumental projects and essays on art.
She graduated with honours from the Faculty of Painting at the Academy of Fine Arts in Warsaw (2018). In 2016/17 she studied at the Bezalel Academy of Arts and Design in Jerusalem as part of the Erasmus+ programme. Since 2016, she has collaborated with Krzysztof Sokolovski on large-scale polychrome and monumental works.
Selected Solo Exhibitions
2026 – Ślad świątyni (Trace of Temple), Centrum Promocji Kultury Praga-Południe, Warsaw, Poland
2023 – Drobiny znaczące (Meaningful Atoms), PROM Kultury Saska Kępa, Warsaw, Poland
2022 – Mistyka istnienia (Mystique of Existence), Galeria ZeDeK, Sochaczew Cultural Centre, Sochaczew, Poland
2021 – Abstrakcja metafizyczna. W poszukiwaniu uniwersalnego języka (Metaphysical Abstraction: In Search of a Universal Language), curated by Olga Grabiwoda, Gallery Dom Praczki, Kielce, Poland
2021 – Abstrakcja metafizyczna (Metaphysical Abstraction), curated by Witalij Bohatyrewicz, Gallery 113, Faculty of Art, Jan Długosz University, Częstochowa, Poland
2018 – Metaphysical Abstraction (Master’s degree project), Diplomas 2018 – Faculty of Painting, Academy of Fine Arts in Warsaw, DAP Gallery, Warsaw, Poland
2017 – Photographing Jerusalem. Learning to See, curated by Yosaif Cohain, Photography Department Gallery, Mount Scopus, Jerusalem
Duo / Collaborative Exhibitions
2025 – Dom dla Imienia (A Home for the Name), with Dorota Berger, curated by Faustyna Sroka, Museum of the Abbey in Tyniec, Kraków, Poland
2022 – Melodia bytu (Melody of Being), with Krzysztof Sokolovski, curated by Witalij Bohatyrewicz, Gallery 113, Faculty of Art, Jan Długosz University, Częstochowa, Poland
2022 – Monumental Abstraction. Spatial Painting Projects, with Krzysztof Sokolovski, MDK Sulejówek, Poland
Monumental / Site-Specific Projects
2024–2025 – The Undersky (Podniebie) in Kalbornia, site-specific spatial and polychrome vault installation, private interior, Poland (collaboration with Krzysztof Sokolovski)
2024 – Four Seasons, coffer vault, private interior, Poland (collaboration with Krzysztof Sokolovski)
2022 – The Big Bang, site-specific spatial and polychrome installation, Warsaw, Poland (collaboration with Krzysztof Sokolovski)
2021 – mural project and realisation, Gallery Dom Praczki, Kielce, Poland (collaboration with Krzysztof Sokolovski)
2017 – polychrome and spatial arrangement of the Chapel of Peace, Salesian Sisters’ Convent, Jerusalem (collaboration with Krzysztof Sokolovski)
2016 – chapel polychrome, Church of the Assumption of the Blessed Virgin Mary, Pabarė, Lithuania (collaboration with Krzysztof Sokolovski)
Selected Group Exhibitions
2026 – Devant moi, tu as ouvert un passage, with Dorota Berger and Sylwia Perczak, curated by Camille Bourg, Gallery Six Elzévir, Paris, France
2026 – Благословення (Blessing), Dzyga Art Centre, Lviv, Ukraine
2024 – Neue Ikone, Kommunität Diakonissenhaus Riehen, Riehen, Switzerland
2024 – Oto syn Twój. Oto Matka twoja (Behold Your Son. Behold Your Mother), Warsaw Archdiocese Museum, Warsaw, Poland
2023 – Sacrum – Icon – Abstraction. Around Jerzy Nowosielski, IMO Gallery, Stary Sącz, Poland
2023 – Nowe ikony: Polska – Ukraina 2022 (New Icons: Poland – Ukraine 2022), Polish Institute, Vienna, Austria
2023 – Ось Син Твій, ось Матір Твоя (Behold Your Son, Behold Your Mother), Dzyga Art Center, Lviv, Ukraine
2022 – Pieśń nad pieśniami (Song of Songs), Warsaw Archdiocese Museum, Warsaw, Poland
2020 – Psalmy (Psalms), Warsaw Archdiocese Museum, Warsaw, Poland
2019 – Czas śmierci / czas życia (Time of Death / Time of Life), Museum of Icons in Supraśl, Poland
2017 – Przebóstwione Ciało (Deified Body), Andrey Sheptytsky National Museum, Lviv, Ukraine
Publications and Critical Writing
2026 – Ślad świątyni. Joanna Mazuś – solo exhibition catalogue, Centrum Promocji Kultury Praga-Południe, Warsaw, Poland.
2026 – Metaphysical Abstraction as Sacred Dialogue: Light, Form, and Material Memory in Joanna Mazuś’s Art, Joanna Longawa, JLInterviews.com – critical essay analysing the artist’s practice.
2025 – The Art of Inner Necessity: An Interview with Joanna Mazuś, Agnes Dudek, Culture.pl – interview.
2025 – Agnieszka Tes, Metafizyczny impuls. Wpływ Jerzego Nowosielskiego na polskich abstrakcjonistów tworzących współcześnie (The Metaphysical Impulse. The Influence of Jerzy Nowosielski on Contemporary Polish Abstract Artists), in: Nowosielski. Profeta z Krakowa – scholarly article discussing, among others, the work of Joanna Mazuś, with reproduction of her reliefs.
2023 – Sacrum – Icon – Abstraction. Around Jerzy Nowosielski – exhibition catalogue, IMO Gallery, Stary Sącz, Poland.
2022 – Agnieszka Tes, Ujęcia duchowości w polskim malarstwie abstrakcyjnym na przełomie XX i XXI wieku. Uobecnianie Transcendencji w kulturze (Approaches to Spirituality in Polish Abstract Painting at the Turn of the 20th and 21st Century), PhD dissertation (forthcoming book publication), including an analysis of the artist’s work.