Martyna Benedyka (b.1991) is a contemporary visual artist, photographer, soprano, and teacher working in a wide range of media including painting, film and digital photography, collage, installation, and sound art.
She studied Art and Design at the Gray’s School of Art in Scotland, UK and graduated with a First Class BA (Hons) degree in Fine Art Painting in 2014. She has exhibited in the UK, Poland, Romania, Italy, Germany, Ireland, Czechia, Estonia, Switzerland, South Korea, Canada and the USA. She is the recipient of international scholarships as well as the winner of art and music competitions and residencies. Recent projects include: Futures, Photo Romania Festival (winner 2022), Classix in Art (winner of the Classix Festival Grant 2022), DongGang International Photo Festival (winner 2022-23, South Korea), or DeStructura cross-border project (winner 2022-23, Estonia). Her works are in public and private collections. She is a member of Futures Photography, Amsterdam (winner 2022). She specializes in classical music and has performed internationally.
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Projects
- KintsugiKintsugi is the Japanese art of repairing broken pottery by mending the areas of breakage. After my recent surgeries, I thought of the concept of kintsugi as a perfect technique to mend my body and soul and overcome the feeling of loss. This work allowed me to accept my precious scars which I was left with and treat each of them as a unique break that soon would be filled. The images correspond with each other in a similar way to our body and being. It is a never-ending conversation: light – dar
- Fragments, Sound and Light in PaintingTo me, the fact that no two photographic prints are ever exactly the same is a perfect analogy of how I view painting. Photography has taught me that memory is fragile and uncertain and through my painted surfaces memories are recorded and transformed. Modest in scale and subject, my works become fleeting moments of distorted reality. Examining ideas of existence and being, I look for the essence of a person through the essence of an object. The camera becomes a link between an intense descript
Work history
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English TeacherPrivate, Schools, Ministry of Justice - Freelancer
Paris, FranceFull Time
Vienna, Austria
Warsaw, Poland
Online
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PhotographerMartyna Benedyka
United KingdomFreelance
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Skills
- Painting
- Illustration
- Drawing
- Collage
- Photo Editing
- Photography
- Project Management
- Singing
- Graphic Design
- Dance
Education
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Visual ArtistRobert Gordon University, Gray's School of Art
- United Kingdom
First Class BA (Hons) Fine Art Painting
Awards
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Futures Photography MemberFUTURES Photography
Winner of the FUTURES Photography