Julia Medyńska

Julia Medyńska (born 1981 in Gdańsk, Poland) is a Polish-American figurative painter, recognized for her paintings exploring Dystopian Romanticism.

Early life and education Medyńska was born in Gdańsk, Poland, in 1981. In 1985, her family escaped Poland and moved to West Berlin. After finishing high school, she moved to New York City, where she received her BA from Columbia University in 2013. Subsequently, in 2017, she earned her MFA in Visual Arts from the Columbia University School of the Arts.

Awards Medyńska was three times awarded The Elizabeth Greenshields Foundation Grant (2020, 2021, and 2023).

Publications

Elle Decoration, style and design magazine New American Paintings, MFA printed Edition Contemporary LYNX, international and independent publication for art, design, collecting and photography on visual culture Jackson's Art, artist interviews, Jackson's Painting Prize 2020

Exhibitions

Notable solo exhibitions Double Entendre at NADA Villa Warsaw, Office Space Gallery, Warsaw, Poland, 2025 SALIGIA, Galeria Art, Warsaw, Poland, 2024 Stills at NADA Villa Warsaw, Yulia Topchiy NYC, Warsaw, Poland, 2024 Nächtliche Streifzüge, Jedlitschka Gallery, Zurich, Switzerland, 2023 What We Left Behind, Galria ATC, Tenerife, Spain, 2022 AGAIN., Krakauer Haus, Nürnberg, Germany (duo show with Małgorzata Markiewicz), 2022 lost & found, Modulgallerie, Nürnberg, Germany (duo show with Małgorzata Markiewicz), 2022 Queen's Paradise, Pilipczuk Gallery, Copenhagen, Denmark, 2022 Aurora, Muzeum Lubuskie, Gorzów, Poland, 2022 Dancing by the Lake, Galeria Art, Warsaw, Poland, 2021 Skin as White as Snow, School Gallery, London, UK, 2021 Maskarada, Muzeum Ziemi Międzyrzeckiej, Międzyrzecz, Poland, 2021

Notable group exhibitions ZOOOM, Galeria Miejska Arsenał, Poznań, Poland, 2025 My i psy, psy i my, Państwowa Galeria Sztuki, Sopot, Poland (curator Bogusław Deptuła), 2021