Małgorzata Klockowska
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icons
A stirring exhibition of Jerzy Nowosielski's iconographic painting in 1999 at the Main Town Hall in Gdańsk, filled with colors and deep content gave a strong impulse to start my adventure with the icon, especially the icon embedded in the art of the Middle Ages and specifically in Byzantium.
In the same year I graduated at the Gdańsk University of Technology, Faculty of Architecture and Urban Planning. My diploma, entitled: "Identity of the place - the Lower City of Gdańsk", was awarded in the category "Diploma of the Year" by the then president of the city; Paweł Adamowicz.
​Over the years, writing icons became my passion next to my professional work. At that time, I was educated at iconographic workshops in Krakow at the Ecclesia Foundation of Sacred Art Artists and then deepened my practical skills and theoretical knowledge at a 3-year Christian East College in Warsaw.
​In 2011, I started working as an iconographer and as a teacher of icon writing in the studio of Archangel Michael and St. Mary at the monastery Dominicans in Warsaw.
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Currently, I carry out private orders as well as from institutions. In summer, I run iconography workshops in Nowica, a picturesque village in the Polish mountains
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"Małgosia has been my friend for 30 years. For many years her path to the icon was" a path less wandered ". Despite other safe possibilities, she chose the difficult path following the voice of her heart, requiring courage, faith and self-confidence. Today it can be seen in Małgosia's icons emanating the strength of peace that comes from such wandering. " Katarzyna
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"Małgosia's icons are real and touching a mystery to me. With them I feel that there is a place for me and something important is happening, probably because she herself is present here and now, attentive, and at the same time bright and beautiful." Ada
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"Gosia's icons are exceptional in a triple sense; the message, technique and quality of the matter from which they are created. You can feel extraordinary attention to the choice and interpretation of the topic, careful workmanship, and a conscious choice of only good quality pigments and precious oak wood, whose texture is often used as an element of a ready-made icon. I am amazed how she manages to paint human figures and faces with such precision, at the same time giving them a special kind of peace and warmth. All this makes communing with Małgosia's works not only a feast for the soul and a joy for the eyes, but also simply a pleasure in dealing with beautiful objects." Robert
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"Małgosia's work warms and brightens the soul" Kasia
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