Models in clay and carves in wood and stone.  She also works with bronze.  Her sculptures belong to the tradition of the narrative and figurative.   Michelangelo, Rodin, Brancusi and Marino Marini are artists who fascinate her, but she is free from any direct influence.

In recent years a gradual transition towards abstraction is clearly visible.  She now renounces her earlier elaborate forms and attention to detail seeking to express the essence, the inner depth of the subject matter, using forms that are reduced to a bare minimum.  She remains sensitive to the material used, its structure, texture and colours.  The harmony of proportions and equilibrium of forms of her even non-representational works still
reflect her solid academic training.

Marysia was born in Poland but brought up and educated in England.  She studied at St. Martin's School of Art and Hornsey College of Art in London, as well as attending the Academie Julian in Paris.  She taught ceramics and sculpture to adults and art in schools in London, between 1965 and 1971.

The next ten years were spent in North and East Africa and Italy; during these years, she specialized in work for the theatre.  The cultures of different countries and their artistic riches proved to be a valuable experience.

On returning to England, she once again concentrated on her main interest - sculpture.  She has exhibited in mixed shows and open exhibitions in England and in France.  In 1997 she had a one man show in Poland, in 1999 and 2004 in England and in 2001 and 2004 in France.

The Awakening and Bather, two figures, carved in wood, of young nude girls playing with their hair, were awarded the 1993 and 1995 Chelsea Art Society Sculpture Award.   In 1998 she was presented with the Alec Ryman award for Wild Cat (cement) and the Prisoner (wood) and in 2001 Marysia was awarded the Sponsor’s prize for A Man and a Woman ( bronze) at the APA exhibition.  In 2003 she received the Countess Cadogan Art Prize for Wind in her Hair (opal stone).  Her work is in private collections in the U.K, Poland, Switzerland, France and the U.S.               

A man & a woman,  bronze, 48x36x23cm

The Wise One, serpentine,   35x18x15cm

Why?  Pink-grey alabaster   15x11x13cm

Serene, green opal stone,    2x22x26cm

Chelsea Art Society exhibition - July 2009