Bartosz Beda is a Polish

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living and working in the

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Work

Beda has been showing nationally and internationally. He has participated in many group shows in

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and

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. He had his solo exhibitions in Poland, United Kingdom, Spain and Colombia and forthcoming in United States. He is also a founder of Execute Magazine. Beda was selected for the 2012 Catlin Art Guide as one of the promising emerging artists in the UK. In 2012, Beda was short-listed for Saatchi New Sensations, and won the esteemed Towry Award for the Best of North of England as well as a six-month scholarship to

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. Beda had solo exhibitions at Galeria Liebre, Spain (2013), BAC Gallery, Colombia (2015), Jackson-Teed, England (2016), and received a fellowship from Fondazione per l'Arte in Rome, Italy in 2016.

Education

Bartosz Beda relocated to

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in 2008. After graduating with a MA in Fine Art in 2012 from

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, he was awarded a six-month scholarship to the

Books

*''Hear My Voice'' by Bartosz Beda (May 2017)

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Beda, Bartosz Polish contemporary artists Living people Year of birth missing (living people) Alumni of Manchester Metropolitan University