katarzyna baldyga, Poland 1988
lives and works in Amsterdam, NL
contact: baldygakat@gmail.com
Katarzyna Baldyga (b. 1988, Poland) grew up in the rural-industrial region of
Silesia. She studied law in Wrocław and worked at the Prosecutor’s Office
before turning to art. She later studied at the Gerrit Rietveld Academie in
Amsterdam and the Hochschule für Bildende Künste Dresden. She lives and
works in Amsterdam and will join the Rijksakademie van beeldende kunsten
as a resident in 2027.
Her work has been presented at Art Rotterdam and Amsterdam Art Week,
among others. Her work is held in the collections of Museum Voorlinden and
the Collectie Rijksoverheid. In 2024, she received the Ron Mandos Young
Blood Award.
Exhibitions
2026
The World Re-seen, Remembered, and Felt, Namuso Gallery, Den Haag, The Netherlands, 5 Jul–29 Aug
The Fire We Keep, with OFFO collective, Delft, The Netherlands, 16–17 May
2025
Movement with OFFO collective, Chassé Dance Studios, Amsterdam, The Netherlands, 10 Oct–Feb
Bedrock, Young Collectors Circle, Amsterdam, The Netherlands, 24 May–5 Sep
Amsterdam Art Week, Open Studio, Amsterdam, The Netherlands, 24 May
Art Rotterdam, with Galerie Ron Mandos, Rotterdam, The Netherlands, 27–29 Mar
Between Moon and Earth, De Bouwput, Amsterdam, The Netherlands, 26 Mar
2024
State of Art, Stichting Tiny V, Arnhem, The Netherlands, 23 Nov–1 Dec
BoG, Galerie Ron Mandos, Amsterdam, The Netherlands, 26 Jul–15 Sep
Graduation Show, Gerrit Rietveld Academie, Amsterdam, The Netherlands, 3–7 Jul
2023
Si. Si. Spex. #13, Gerrit Rietveld Academie, Amsterdam, The Netherlands, 6 Dec
Group Exhibition, Garage Ost, Leipzig, Germany, 7 Jul
Education and Professional Background
2024-2025
project artist at Galerie Ron Mandos2024-2025
Hochschule für Bildende Künste Dresden (Prof. Helen Verhoeven)2019–2024
Gerrit Rietveld Academie, DOGtime, Expanded Painting2023–2024 (Sep–Feb)
Studio Assistant, Merijn Bolink
Residencies and Workshops
2025 (19–20 Jun)
On Violence, Narrative and Staging – Lecture and Workshop with Ronald Ophuis2025 (Mar)
AGA Lab Residency, Amsterdam
Awards and Recognition
recipient of Mondiraan Fund Artist Start grant, 2026
recipient of Stichting Tiny V grant, 2025
The Young Blood Award, 2024
Bachelor thesis distinction, Gerrit Rietveld Academy Assembly Hall, 2024
Collections
Museum Voorlinden
Rijksoverheid
Press and Mentions
1606 Magazine: Katarzyna Baldyga with guest curator Sheila Verdegaal, 2025
Gallery Viewer: Best of Graduates 2024
https://galleryviewer.com/en/article/2497/best-of-graduates-2024Metropolis M: Young Blood Award 2024 to Katarzyna Bałdygahttps://metropolism.com/nl/feature/ron-mandos-young-blood-award-2024-to-katarzyna-baldyga/
Lost Painters: Eindexamen Expositie: Rietveld Amsterdam, 2024
https://www.lost-painters.nl/eindexamen-expositie-rietveld-amsterdam-2024/