Margaret Bundzewicz, In sepia, 2020

Oil, canvas, 100 x 73 cm, signed p.d.

Artist painter set designer, art therapist, curator of exhibitions. She practices art in the field of painting, drawing and stage design. She studied at the Faculty of Law at the Jagiellonian University (graduated in 1976) and at the Faculty of Painting of the Academy of Fine Arts in Cracow (graduated in 1979), she is also a graduate of the Stage Design Studio of the Academy of Fine Arts in Cracow.
Since 1989, she has been teaching art therapy at the CMUJ Psychiatry Clinic (now the Association for the Development of Psychiatry and Community Care (member of the Association's Board). She founded and runs the Miodowa Gallery, (since 1996) where she exhibits works by professional artists and artists after mental crises. She has been a member of ZPAP since 1980. Since 2011 she has been a Member of the Board of the ZPAP District in Krakow. In the 1990s, she edited the magazine "Voice of the Artists" as Editor-in-Chief. She received the gold badge of ZPAP and the Pro Publico Bono award - a distinction of the Association for the Development of Psychiatry and Community Care. She is the author of the Association's logo and others. In 2019, she received the Gold Badge of the Friends of the Judaica Foundation. In 1992, 1997 and 1998, she was awarded an MKiS scholarship. Awarded by the Polish Psychiatric Society Best Art Therapist in Psychiatry 2021. She has participated in about 90 group exhibitions of painting and drawing in Poland, Norway, Germany, the USA and the Netherlands.