MARCELINA
AMELIA
Multidisciplinary Artist & Founder of Grupa Łono
Marcelina Amelia (b. 1989) is a multidisciplinary artist born in Częstochowa, Poland, and based in Brighton, UK. Her practice spans painting, print, textile, photography, installation, video, and performance. Drawing from her Polish heritage, Marcelina explores themes of migration, motherhood, mental health, feminism, spirituality, personal rituals, dreams, and the complexities of the human experience. Her work blends folklore with contemporary narratives, childhood memories with emotional rawness, and sacred symbols with a deep sensitivity to the cycles of life and nature.
Her visual language plays with the tension between desire and innocence, creating a poetic unease that invites emotional reflection. At the heart of her practice lies a fascination with memory both personal and collective and the transformative power of storytelling. Whether through performances or intimate artworks, she creates space for shared vulnerability, empathy, and healing.
Educated at the Jacek Malczewski School of Fine Arts in Częstochowa and the University of Westminster in London, Marcelina has exhibited internationally from New York to Milan, and her work has been featured in The New York Times, Art Maze, Create Magazine, Der Spiegel, and Booooooom.
In response to Poland’s shifting political climate and the ongoing fight for bodily autonomy, Marcelina founded Grupa Łono (Womb Collective) with fellow artist Marta Borkowska. The collective, born from a shared dream, acts as a feminist incubator for artistic and community-based expression. Their work explores emotional blockages, the female body, and our connection to nature and each other, always with a commitment to sensitivity and joy. Through the collective, Marcelina curates exhibitions, leads workshops, and organises ritual-based gatherings that honour shared experience and radical care.
In 2024, she self-published Mamalia, a deeply personal book a book that explores the transformative terrain of matrescence and the rites of motherhood. A studio member at Phoenix Art Space and part of the Rethinking Eastern Europe Collective, Marcelina’s practice is rooted in the belief that art holds the power to transform and to heal a way to reclaim narratives, honour memory, and gently reimagine the past as a source of strength, reflection, and connection.
“Marcelina Amelia’s art is an extension of herself—a deeply personal journey through transformation, from womanhood to motherhood. Her pieces are imbued with symbols, objects, and a body, reflecting her healing process, self-acceptance, and the nurturing love for her inner child. “
Sophie Nowakowska aka Art Bullshitter
Education
2008–2011
University of Westminster, London, UK
BA (Hons) in Illustration and Visual Communication
Graduated with First Class Honours
Received a Progression Scholarship for consistent high grades and artistic achievements
2008
Schule Für Farbe und Gestaltung, Stuttgart, Germany
Printmaking and Graphic Design
Secured a scholarship as part of a European Union Program - Leonardo Da Vinci
Obtained a Europass and a Printmaking and Graphic Design Certificate
2002–2008
Jacek Malczewski School of Fine Arts, Częstochowa, Poland
Earned a distinction in Graphic Design and Fine Art
2014
London Print Studio, London, UK
Intermediate Screen-printing Course
2013
Print Club London, London, UK
Screen-printing Course
Exhibitions
2025
Who wants flowers when they are dead? Group Show: artists, including Ana Mendieta, Jasleen Kaur, Mercedes Lucy, at Williamson Museum and Art Gallery, curated by Lizz Brady of Broken Grey Wires, part of Independents Biennial Liverpool. Supported by Arts Council
Art on a Postcard: Summer Auction, curators The Tagli, Alice Amati, Gemma Peppe, at Berntson Bhattacharjee Gallery, 45 Berners St, London W1T 3NE
Good Vibrations, Group Show including Grayson Perry, Michael Craig Martin, Gary Hume, CCA Galleries International, Jersey, Channel Islands
Płaczki Performance by Grupa Łono at Fale / Waves, Group exhibition curated by Michał Żesławski, Baltic Gallery of Contemporary Art / CAT, Ustka, Poland
Exhale Workshop by Grupa Łono at Fale / Waves, Group exhibition curated by Michał Żesławski, Baltic Gallery of Contemporary Art / CAT, Ustka, Poland
Fale / Waves, Group exhibition with Grupa Łono, Patryk Różycki, Karina Marusińska curated by Michał Żesławski, Baltic Gallery of Contemporary Art / CAT, Ustka, Poland
London Original Print Fair, CCA Gallery, Somerset House, London
FORMAT 25 Photobook Market, Format Festival, Quad, Derby
Affordable Art Fair, Liberty Gallery, Battersea Park, London
Cut Off Group Show including Paweł Czekański, Iwona Ogrodzka/ DOK, Dzierżoniów, Poland
In The Space Between Words, Rethinking Eastern Europe Collective, group show at Copeland Gallery, Peckham, London
Placzki Performance, Copeland Gallery, Peckham, London
Keepsakers, Group show by Marcelina Amelia, Anna Pakosz, Anna Samoylova, and Karolina Zgłobicka curated by Sophie Nowakowska ( professional art bulshitter ) at Three Rooms Gallery, London
In/Visible: The Changing Shape of Womanhood, curator Alisa Lisovskaia, Galerie De l’Est, Compiègne, France
2024
Płaczki ( Weepers ) exhibition curated by Grupa Łono (Marcelina Amelia and Marta Borkowska), as part of Wroclaw Gallery Weekend, Galeria Nicponiej, Wroclaw
The Other Art Fair, Truman Brewery, London
Group exhibition by the Rethinking Eastern Europe collective as part of the Photo Fringe festival, Collective Hub, Phoenix Art Space, Brighton, UK
Group exhibition Rethinking Eastern Europe accompanying the Les Rencontres d’Arles Photography Festival, France
Group exhibition Summer Print Show, Hancock Gallery, Newcastle upon Tyne, UK
Group exhibition Brighton Salon, Tichborne Gallery, Brighton, UK
Group exhibition Open Call Gallery Lock In, Brighton, UK
Group exhibition Mothers Creators, Rotational Cultural House Jazdów, Warsaw
Group exhibition Rethinking Eastern Europe, Photo Book Cafe, London
Group exhibition Letters to R. vol.2, OKP Water Tower, Kalisz
Group exhibition We are Family, Electro Studios Project Space, St. Leonards, UK
Solo exhibition Milky Tears Run in Threes, Phoenix Art Space, Brighton, UK
Group exhibition LOOSTRO, Autumn Art Saloon, BWA Ostrowiec, Poland
Art Yard Sale, Group Exhibition, Enter Gallery, Brighton, UK
Open Studios, Phoenix Art Space, Brighton, UK
Affordable Art Fair, Liberty Gallery, Hampstead Heath, London, UK
Kids Club, Workshop at Enter Gallery, Brighton, UK
Affordable Art Fair, Liberty Gallery, Battersea, London, UK
2023
Art Yard Sale, Group Exhibition, Enter Gallery, Brighton, UK
Oink Gallery x Relish Art, Solo presentation at Gateway Cafe, Cotswolds, UK
Bouquet of Hope and Hopelessness, Group Exhibition curated by Turnusik, Turnus na Wolskiej, Warsaw, Poland
Under no circumstances, Group exhibition, curated by Rytmy Movement, B-Stok, Poland
Affordable Art Fair Battersea, Liberty Gallery, London
Art Yard Sale, Enter Gallery, Brighton
Feminism, Women’s Art, Desa Unicum, Warsaw, Poland
How to remember yourself. On Art, Feminism and Motherhood. Talk by Marcelina Amelia. Dom Norymberski, in collaboration with the Museum of Art Herstory, Krakow, Poland
Make it Reign, Group Exhibition, Enter Gallery Pop Up, Shoreditch, London
I will anoint myself with ashes and dance on the table. Curators Milena Lubach, Michał Sikorski, Exit Gallery, Wrocław
Drawings from the gut. Art therapy workshop led by Grupa Łono (Marcelina Amelia and Marta Borkowska) Exit Gallery
Group exhibition Letters to R, curated by Zia-Ziu Collective, Krakers (Cracow Art Week) Laboratory Section, Kraków
Vagina Monologues Group Exhibition for Women's Rights Center Foundation in Kraków
2022
Start Art Global, Saatchi Gallery, London, UK
Water Rituals. Hydrofeminist art festival, KMWTW, Kraków, Poland
Wydechy / Exhales, Self-initiated and self-curated group charity exhibition, Galeria Karowa, Warszawa, Poland
Bloom, Group Exhibition curated by Skye Victoria, Colours Hoxton, London
Affordable Art Fair, Hampstead Heath, London
Don’t Look Back. Drawing Triennale, Museum of Contemporary Art, Wrocław, Poland
Dreaming Rituals, Solo display at Oink Gallery, Swindon, UK
The Other Art Fair, Truman Brewery, London, UK
Art on a Postcard, Women’s Day Charity Auction, The Bomb Factory Art Foundation, London, UK
2021
Your Time is Up Group, Performance during an exhibition at Przyszła Niedoszła Gallery, Warsaw, Poland
VIII Salon BWA Tarnów, Tarnów, Polska
Campari x Affordable Art Fair, Outdoor Campaign across London
Domesticity and The Feminine, Group Show by Procrastinarting, London, UK
The Other Art Fair, Virtual Edition
2020
Affordable Art Fair, Virtual Edition
Art Yard Sale at Enter Gallery, Brighton, UK
Exhibition of the Hotel Zena Permanent Art Collection, Washington, DC
Affordable Art Fair Battersea, London, UK
Affordable Art Fair, Milan, Italy
2019
Nówka Sztuka Galeria, Bunkier Sztuki, Kraków, Polska
Affordable Art Fair Amsterdam, Amsterdam, Netherlands
Affordable Art Fair, Battersea, London
Affordable Art Fair Stockholm, Exhibiting and participating in Live art event, Stockholm, Sweden
The Other Art Fair LA, Barker Hangar, Santa Monica, Los Angeles
Phoenix Gallery Residency Exhibition, Brighton, UK
Seat Group Show, Echale Guindas Gallery, Madrid, Spain
Affordable Art Fair Hampstead, Liberty Gallery, Live Art Event, London
The Other Art Fair, Brooklyn Expo Centre, New York, USA
The Other Art Fair x Saatchi Art, Truman Brewery, London
Marcelina Amelia solo exhibition, Oink Gallery, Swindon, UK
Affordable Art Fair Milano, represented by Liberty Gallery, Superstudio Più, Milan, Italy
2018
Live art event at the Affordable Art Fair Milano sponsored by Rum Diplomatico
Marcelina Amelia exhibition, Boxpark Shoreditch, London
Pop Art Femmes, Group Show curated by Gina Cross of Gas Gallery, supported by Gucci, presented by Artsy
Art on a Postcard Secret Auction, We work, Devonshire Square, London
I Only Want Everything, Solo Exhibition, Brush, 84 Gloucester Road, Brighton
Affordable Art Fair Battersea, Liberty Gallery Booth J9, London
Affordable Art Fair Stockholm, Liberty Gallery Booth, Nacka Strandsmassan, Sweden
The Other Art Fair London, Victoria House, London
Boxpark Croydon, Mood Swings Solo exhibition
The Other Art Fair Bristol, Featured Artist of the Fair in the Saatchi Art Lounge
Marcelina Amelia screen print exhibition, Tidy print, Brighton
Affordable Art Fair Hampstead, Liberty Gallery Booth, Hampstead Heath, London
The Other Art Fair, Victoria House, London
Women Unlimited, Group exhibition at Unlimited Brighton
Hope is Strong, Skull & Heart Gallery, Sheffield, UK
2017
Deptford does art x LIF pop up, Deptford high street, London
The London Illustration Fair, Featured artist of LIF, OXO Tower Wharf, Southbank, London
Stylist Live, Event with Of Cabbages and Kings Gallery, Olympia, London
Affordable Art Fair Hamburg, Hamburg Messe u. Congress, Germany
Brighton Illustration Fair, University of Brighton, Brighton, UK
Not Today Snake, Solo Exhibition, Jam Factory Arts Centre, Oxford
Abstract Expressions - Today at Apple X Marcelina Amelia Talk and Sketch Walk, Apple Store, Regent Street, London
Affordable Art Fair, Nacka Strandsmässan, Stockholm, Sweden
Brighton Print Fair, Phoenix Brighton, Brighton
The New York Affordable Art Fair, Booth 1.3, Retrospect Galleries, Metropolitan Pavilion, New York, USA
Official Mesh Studio by Marcelina Amelia, Of Cabbages And Kings Shop & Gallery, Stoke Newington, London
Art Of Being Out, Group Exhibition, D Contemporary Gallery, Mayfair, London
Dziewuchy - Grafika, Mito Gallery, Warszawa, Polska
Cass Art X Aoi Illustration Exhibition, Wild And Civilised, Cass Art, Islington, London
Wallbeing, Burakowska 14, Warsaw, Poland
Be Bold For A Change, Adam And Eve Ddb Agency, Bishops Bridge Road, London
2016
Bizarre Bazaar, The Vaults, Waterloo, London
Geffrye Museum Night Market, Hoxton, London
Museum Of London Night Market, Docklands, London
The London Illustration Fair, Oxo Tower Wharf, Southbank, London
On Paper Festival, Norwich, Norfolk
Debaser Cultivate, Bsmt Space, Dalston, London
2015
Marcelina Amelia and Jane Sampson Prints, 31 Gallery, Brighton, UK
Brighton Art Fair, Brighton Dome Corn Exchange, Brighton
Open Sesame! Group exhibition, Atom Gallery, London
Loop Dreams Group exhibition, Stour Space, Hackney Wick, London
It's The Dogs Group exhibition, Ben Oakley Gallery, London
Flower-Faced Exhibition by Marcelina Amelia, Of Cabbages & Kings Gallery, Stoke Newington, London
London Lap Exhibition, Look Mum no Hands, Mare Street, London
Roasted Gallery, Hatch Homerton Screen-prints Display, London
Group exhibition, Bohema Nowa Sztuka Gallery and Auction House, Warszawa, Polska
2014
Booooooom x Herschel Supply, Drawing On The Past, Burrard Arts Foundation, Vancouver, Canada
Duszno Zbiornik Kultury, Kraków, Polska
Cultivate Evolved, Vyner Street Gallery, London
Somewhere to Summer Of Group, Pop up Gallery, Peckham, London
London Illustration Fair, Hoxton Arches, London
Influence, Lucy Sparrow and Marcelina Amelia, Contemporary Visual Arts Exhibition, Marburae Gallery, Macclesfield
Elevated Artfair 7, Pop Up Gallery, Leadenhall Market, London
Bibeloty, Solo Exhibition, Centrum Promocji Młodych, Częstochowa, Poland
2013
Mad Girl's Love Songs, Window Display, Pop up Solo Show, Old Street, London
2012
The Big Egg Hunt presented by Fabergé, Central London
Secret Wars, Marcelina vs Hicks, Big Egg Hunt x Conde Nast Publications Exhibition, See Gallery, Hackney Wick, London
2011
Monorex Peep Show, Designersblock, Secret Wars Presentation, part of London Design Festival, Farringdon, London
New Designers, Design Business Centre, London
D&AD New Blood, Truman Brewery, Brick Lane, London
Graduate Exhibition, P3 Gallery, Baker Street, London
Heterogenic, Etcetera Gallery, Hackney, London
2008
Printmaking - Group Show, Schule Für Farbe und Gestaltung, Stuttgart, Germany
2006–2010
The Interdisciplinary Artistic Project "Inspired by Jewish Culture," spanning various locations, including Kraków and Warsaw, Poland, and the United States and Canada
Clients / Seen in
Create Magazine, Der Spiegel, The New York Times, BOMB Magazine, Polish Poster Gallery, Digital Arts Magazine, Ballad Of Magazine, High Rise Murals, BOOOOOOOM, Herschel Supplies, Arc Publications, Celeste Magazine, SEE Gallery, Somewhere to_, Old Tat Magazine, MTV, Amelia's Magazine, NYLON Magazine, Ilu Ilu Illustration Agency, Monorex Creative Agency, John Lewis, Art Republic, Debenhams, Topshop, Urban Outfitters, Tidy Print Brighton, Artmaze Magazine, Apple, The Other Art Fair, Retrospect Galleries, Tictail Market NYC, Psychologist magazine UK, Lodzka Szkola Filmowa, Metro Films, writer Wioletta Greg, Print Club London
Teaching
2025 Exhales, painting and meditation workshop, BGSW CAT, Ustka, Poland
2024 BHASVIC Visual Arts Talk, Guest Lecturer, Brighton, UK
2024 Make Your Own Book Workshop, Kids Club Art Workshop, Enter Gallery, Brighton, UK
2023 How to Remember Yourself. On Art, Feminism, and Motherhood. Talk by Marcelina Amelia, Dom Norymberski, in collaboration with the Museum of Art Herstory, Krakow, Poland
2023 Drawings from the Belly: Painting on Fabric and Guided Meditation Workshop, Exit Gallery, Wrocław, Poland
2022 Spotkanie w Kręgu Kobiet (Women’s Circle Tradition Workshop ), as part of the Wydechy ( Exhales ) exhibition, Karowa Gallery, Warsaw, Poland
2022 Exhales, Painting community workshop, as part of the Wydechy ( Exhales ) exhibition, Karowa Gallery, Warsaw, Poland
2017 Abstract Expressions - Today at Apple X Marcelina Amelia Talk and Sketch Walk Workshop, Apple Store, Regent Street, London
Residencies
2019 Artist Residency, Phoenix Art Space, Main Gallery, Brighton, UK
Public Collections
Hotel Zena Feminist Art Collection, Washington, DC, United States.
Artworks are in private collections in the UK, Germany, Poland, the USA, France, Sweden, and Italy.
