katarzyna baldyga, Poland 1988

lives and works in Amsterdam, NL

contact: goleniakatarzyna@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 graduated from the Gerrit Rietveld Academie in Amsterdam in 2024 and also studied at HGB Leipzig and HfBK Dresden. She lives and works in Amsterdam and will join the Rijksakademie van beeldende kunsten as a resident in 2027.

Her work has been exhibited at Art Rotterdam and during Amsterdam Art Week, among others, and is held in the collections of Museum Voorlinden and the Collectie Rijksoverheid. In 2024, she received the Ron Mandos Young Blood Award.

Exhibitions

2026

  • From Heaven to Hell, Incognito Art Exhibition, Amsterdam 2-4 Oct

  • 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 Mandos

  • 2024-2025
     Hochschule für Bildende Künste Dresden (Prof. Helen Verhoeven)

  • 2019–2024
    Gerrit Rietveld Academie, DOGtime, Expanded Painting

  • 2023–2024 (Sep–Feb)
     Studio Assistant, Merijn Bolink

Residencies and Workshops

  • 2025 (19–20 Jun)
    On Violence, Narrative and Staging – Lecture and Workshop with Ronald Ophuis

  • 2025 (Mar)
     AGA Lab Residency, Amsterdam

Awards and Recognition

  • recipient of Cultuurfonds, 2026

  • recipient of Mondriaan 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



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