Martyna Benedyka (1991) is a multidisciplinary artist, painter, photographer, coloratura soprano, and teacher. Working in a wide range of media including painting, photography, embroidery, collage, installation, video, field recording, and sound art, she focuses on various concepts of existence, memory, and beauty.
She studied Art and Design at the Gray’s School of Art in Scotland, UK, and graduated with a First Class BA with Honours Degree in Fine Art Painting in 2014, Voice and Opera Performance as well as Pedagogy (2024) at the George Enescu National University of Arts (2025), and Baroque Singing at the Jāzeps Vītols Latvian Academy of Music (2024).
She has exhibited in the UK, Italy, Germany, Austria, France, Ireland, Denmark, Poland, Czechia, Romania, Estonia, Latvia, South Korea, Switzerland, Australia, Canada and the USA.
Her work has been chosen by the Federation of British Artists for the Futures - UK’s largest annual survey of emerging contemporary figurative art at the Mall Galleries, London, among others.
She is a member of Futures Photography, Amsterdam, The Netherlands (winner 2022). She specializes in baroque and classical music.
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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
Awards
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Futures Photography MemberFUTURES Photography
Winner of the FUTURES Photography