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Born in 1976 in Rzeszow, Poland, where she graduated from high school of art. In 2001 Joanna graduated from the Academy of Fine Arts in Cracow in Professor Sękowski’s studio, Faculty of Sculpture (diploma with honors). In 1999 she was awarded art scholarship in Athens University in Greece. In 2001 she won the Grand Prix of at a competition under the patronage Minister of Culture and National Heritage of Poland. for the sculpture project “AD ASTRA”.
Zakrzewska currently lives and works in Cracow. She creates her sculptures mainly in bronze.

EDUCATION

1991 – 1996      Art School in Rzeszów
1996 – 2001     Academy of Fine Arts in Krakow

MAJOR EXHIBITIONS

• Labirynt Gallery in Cracow, Poland – “A Way towards Shape”- individual exhibition of sculpture and paintings
• The Palace of Arts in Cracow, Poland -”Professor Józef Sękowski’s sculpture studio” group exhibition
• Brantebjerg Gallery in Danemark – individual exhibition of small  sculptures
• Labirynt 2 Gallery, Cracow, Poland – “Small is Beautiful” group exhibition
• Kulturspinderiet-Silkeborg, Denmark – “ Tradition and contemporary” – group exhibition
• Gerly Gallery, Copenhagen, Sweeden – individual sculpture exhibition
• Labirynt Gallery, Cracow, Poland – group exhibition “Broooonze”
• Group exhibition of sculpture, painting and graphic works ”Portraits of the big and the small
• A girl with a pearl ad others”, Labirynt Gallery and Nordic House, Cracow participation in Stockholm International Fair
• Labirynt Gallery, Cracow, Poland, Polish Institute, Stockholm, Sweden, Kulturhuset Koge, Denmark
• “Faces from Andersen” – international group exhibition
• Gallery Silkeborg, Denmark (with Labirynt Gallery) – “Sculptures and engravings from Cracow” – group exhibition
• Gołogórski Gallery, Cracow, Poland – “Fetish”, group exhibition
• Gallery Il Tempo, Bologna, Italy – “Cracovia per Tutti” group exhibition
• Zakopane Art Fair, Zakopane, Poland – participation
• Parnas Gallery, Katowice, Poland – “Woman in Art” group exhibition
• Zakopane Art Fair, Poland – participation
• Glaza Art Design Gdańsk, Poland – group exhibition