UPCOMING SOLO EXHIBITION
Przestrzenie namiętności
Galeria CENTRUM (Biała Galeria)
Aleja Jana Pawła II 232
31-913 Kraków, Poland
February 20–March 18, 2026
Open daily 8:00am–10:00pm
Admission free
Przestrzenie namiętności presents a sculptural cycle centered on the human figure as an expression of intimacy, desire, and the passage of time. The exhibition includes approximately thirty works in bronze, aluminum, steel, wood, and ceramics.
Developed within the European tradition of figurative sculpture, the works emphasize corporeality, disciplined form, and emotional authenticity. Rather than idealizing the body, the artist presents it as a bearer of memory, tenderness, maturity, and existential reflection. The exhibition also introduces reliefs inspired by Slavic mythological figures, underscoring themes of harmony with nature and continuity of cultural roots.
For additional information:
+48 12 644 02 66 ext. 25
nck.krakow.pl/galeriacentrum/iwona-lys-dobradin-przestrzenie-namietnosci-wystawa-rzezby/
CURRENT
XI Salon Vive l’Art ZPAP OK 2025
Palace of Art (Pałac Sztuki)
pl. Szczepański 4
Kraków, Poland
December 18, 2025 – February 22, 2026
Iwona Łyś-Dobradin presents one selected sculpture in the XI edition of Salon Vive l’Art, the annual exhibition of the Association of Polish Artists and Designers (ZPAP), Kraków Branch. Held at the historic Palace of Art, the exhibition brings together over 300 artists representing disciplines across the visual arts, offering a survey of contemporary artistic practice within Poland’s largest professional association of visual artists.
Continuing a tradition established in Kraków in the 1930s, the Salon provides an open forum for artistic exchange and intergenerational dialogue within the city’s cultural landscape.
PAST
Metamorphoses
Galeria STALOWA, Warsaw
September 5–19, 2024
Presented at Galeria STALOWA in Warsaw, Metamorphoses brought together a focused selection of recent sculptures by Iwona Łyś-Dobradin. Organized by gallery owner Krzysztof Fabijański and curated by Kama Zboralska, the exhibition examined themes of transformation and continuity within the artist’s evolving figurative language.
The exhibition was inaugurated with a vernissage on September 5, 2024 and remained on view through September 19, 2024 at Galeria STALOWA, ul. Stalowa 26, 03-426 Warsaw.
Above: “Subtelności Niecodzienności (The Subtlety of the Unusual),” Fabryczna 13, Kraków, Poland
Above: “Evanescence” exhibited at the 9th Christmas Salon of the ZPAP, Palace of Art, Kraków, Poland
Above: “The Top Shelf is Not for You” exhibited at the 8th Christmas Salon of the ZPAP, Palace of Art, Kraków, Poland
2025 11th Christmas Salon of the ZPAP, Palace of Art, Kraków, Poland
2024 Subtelności Niecodzienności (The Subtlety of the Unusual), Miejski Ośrodek Kultury Galeria Sztuki Współczesnej Łazienki III, Jastrzębie-Zdrój, Poland
2024 Subtelności Niecodzienności (The subtlety of the unusual), Fabryczna 13, Poland
2024 9th Christmas Salon of the ZPAP, Palace of Art, Kraków, Poland
2023 8th Christmas Salon of the ZPAP, Palace of Art, Kraków, Poland
2022 Playfully Artistic, Albin Polasek Museum and Sculpture Gardens, Winter Park, FL
2021 7th Christmas Salon of the ZPAP, Palace of Art, Kraków, Poland
2021 One World: International Women Artists of Florida, Crealdé School of Art, Winter Park, FL
2020 6th Christmas Salon of the ZPAP, virtual exhibition, Kraków, Poland
2020 70th Anniversary Exhibition of the Florida Artists Group (FLAG), Foosaner Art Museum, Melbourne, FL
2019 It’s Only Human: The Figure in Art, Crealdé School of Art, Winter Park, FL
2019 Tongue in Cheek: Humorous Sculpture, Albin Polasek Museum and Sculpture Gardens, Winter Park, FL
2019 5th Christmas Salon of the ZPAP Kraków District 2019, Painting Graphics Sculpture, Palace of Art, Kraków, Poland
2019 Kraków’s Artistic Meeting 2019 Dialogues: Painting, Sculpture, Drawing, Palace of Art, Kraków, Poland
2019 Third Dimension, solo show, Palace of Art, Kraków, Poland
2018 Third Dimension, solo show, House of Culture, Radomsko, Poland
2018 Metro Group Downtown, Orlando, FL
2018 Florida Artists Group 68th Annual Exhibition and Symposium, Webber Center Gallery, College of Central Florida, Ocala, FL
2017 Best of Florida Sculptors Guild, Casselberry Art House, Casselberry, FL
2017 Florida Artists Group 67th Annual Exhibition and Symposium, Coral Springs Museum of Art, Coral Springs, FL
2017 Florida Sculptors Guild, Harris House, New Smyrna, FL
2016 Florida Artists Group 66th Annual Exhibition and Symposium, Center for Visual Arts, Bonita Springs, FL
2015 La Creatura, Crealdé School of Art, Winter Park, FL
2015 Florida Artists Group 65th Annual Exhibition and Symposium, Leepa-Rattner Museum of Art, St. Petersburg College, Tarpon Springs, FL
2015 City of Casselberry Sculpture Show, Casselberry Art House, Casselberry, FL
2015 Florida Artists Group – Area 5, Art League of Daytona Beach Gallery, Daytona Beach, FL
2015 Sight Unseen: Touchable Sculpture, The Albin Polasek Museum and Sculpture Garden, Winter Park, FL
2014 Motion and Emotion, Love Artfully – Florida Sculptor’s Guild, Historic Sanford Welcome Center, Sanford, FL
2014 Florida Artists Group 64th Annual Exhibition and Symposium, St. Augustine, FL
2013 From Start to Finish: The Florida Sculptors Guild Exhibition, The Albin Polasek Museum and Sculpture Garden, Winter Park, FL
2013 Florida Artists Group 63rd Annual Exhibition and Symposium, LeMoyne Center for Visual Arts, Tallahassee, FL
1986 National Competition for the monument “Mother Poland,” Łódź, Poland
1985 Exhibition of Sacred Sculpture, Kraków, Poland
1984 Kraków Sculpture Biennial, Kraków, Poland
1983 Gallery of a One Creator, “Dziedziniec,” Kraków, Poland
Above: 2018 Third Dimension, solo show, House of Culture, Radomsko, Poland