I am a Polish visual artist and glass designer based in Wrocław. My practice focuses on creating contemporary sculptural objects using traditional glassmaking techniques. I am interested in the dialogue between material, form, and craftsmanship, and in exploring how traditional techniques can be reinterpreted through a contemporary artistic language.
I graduated from the Academy of Fine Arts in Wrocław. My work has been featured twice in the prestigious New Glass Review, published by the Corning Museum of Glass in New York.
I am a recipient of the Creative Scholarship of the Polish Minister of Culture and National Heritage (2024), the Creative Industries Institute, and a multiple recipient of the Adam Mickiewicz Institute's Polish Culture Worldwide grant.
My work has been presented internationally at venues and events including The Venice Glass Week, Milan Design Week, Collect Art Fair in London, the London Festival of Architecture, and the Shanghai Art Collection Museum.
Alongside my artistic practice, I serve on the Advisory Board of EXPECT_Art, a European research project within the Horizon Europe programme, exploring new perspectives on art, research, and education.

Awards and Honors:

2025
Member of the Advisory Board of the European research project EXPECT_Art (Exploring and Educating Cultural Literacy Through Art), within the Horizon Europe programme

2025
Scholarship of the Polish Minister of Culture and National Heritage, Adam Mickiewicz Institute - Polish Culture Worldwide

2024
Creative Scholarship from the Polish Minister of Culture and National Heritage

2023
Finalist of the International Horbowy Glass Competition, Karkonosze Museum, Jelenia Góra

2023
Jury member for the "2023 GAS Green Exhibition" competition organized by the Glass Art Society, Seattle, USA

2005
New Glass Review 26, The Corning Museum, New York

2003
Sokrates/Erasmus Scholarship, Staatliche Akademie der Bildenden Künste, Stuttgart, Germany, Department of Painting and Glass Design, studio of Prof. Johannes Hewel.

2003
New Glass Review 24, The Corning Museum, New York.

2002-2004
Artistic Scholarship from the Mayor of Wrocław

2002-2004
Artistic Scholarship from the Mayor of Sosnowiec

1996-1999
Artistic Scholarship from the Mayor of Sosnowiec


Exhibitions:

2026
"Common Ground: Curated Connections", London Festival of Architecture (LFA), Fletcher Priest Architects, London, UK
"Traces of Existence", Solo exhibition, Krakowska Huta Szkła, Kraków, Poland
"Metamorphosis. Craft from Poland", Collect Art Fair 2026, Somerset House, London, UK.
"Living Forms", Milan Design Week (5VIE district), Milan, Italy.
"Living Forms" (post-Milan exhibition), Concordia Design, Wrocław, Poland.
"Foreign Body", Solo exhibition, Strefa Gallery, Kraków, Poland.
"Foreign Body", Solo exhibition, Gallery M, Wrocław, Poland.

2025
"The Female Side of Art" ("Kobieca Strona Sztuki"), Defabryka, Warsaw
"Embodiment" ("Ucieleśnienie"), Academy of Fine Arts, Wrocław
"Spuren des Daseins", solo exhibition, Kunstverein Kronach, Germany (exhibition funded by the Ministry of Culture and National Heritage and the Adam Mickiewicz Institute)
Performance "Conjuring Rain", Nancy, France (performance created with Barbara Idzikowska, Kamila Mróz and Paweł Romańczuk; supported by the Ministry of Culture and National Heritage and the Adam Mickiewicz Institute)
"Universes" ("Wszech-Światy"), Nicolaus Copernicus University, Toruń
"NEUERWERBUNGEN 2024", Glasmuseum Lette, Coesfeld-Lette, Germany
"In the Heat of the Night", Continuum Gallery, Germany

2024
"Born in Flames", Mathematical Tower, University Museum of Wrocław
"Glass and Voice" ZAS Performance, The Venice Glass Week 2024, Italy
"FUZJON", Biot, France
"Female Perspectives in Glass," Continuum Gallery, Germany
"Poland's Vibrant Glass Scene", Glasmuseum Lette, Coesfeld-Lette, Germany
"Glass Creators Festival," Fabryka Pełna Życia, Dąbrowa Górnicza
"At the Intersection of Generations X and Z: Katarzyna Krej and Anna Jura", Municipal Museum, Dąbrowa Górnicza
"Experiment", Krakow Glassworks, Łukasiewicz Institute, Kraków

2023
"Glass and fire" Solo exhibition, M Gallery, Wrocław
"Glass and Voice" Performance by the Glass Artists Association, The Venice Glass Week 2023, Scala Contarini del Bovolo, Italy
"Competition Exhibition I International Horbowy Glass Competition" Geppert Gallery, Wrocław
"Competition Exhibition I International Horbowy Glass Competition" Karkonosze Museum, Jelenia Góra
"Polish Glass Review" - Academy of Fine Arts, Wrocław
"Before the Setting Moon" Exhibition accompanying the Journées Européennes des Métiers d'Art, Katarzyna Krej and Natalia Komorowska, Katarzyna Krej Atelier, Wrocław

2022
"TRACE 2022: GAS Green Exhibition" - https://www.glassart.org/trace-2022/ - Glass Art Society
"Presentations" "Od Nowa" Cultural and Art Center, Toruń, Exhibition by the Glass Artists Association, 1st Festival of Artistic Glass - Toruń 2022
"Close-up on Glass" Wrocław, Browar Mieszczański, Exhibition accompanying the European Glass Festival
"GlassArt2022", "Manifesto of Fragility", 25, rue du Plat, 69002 Lyon, France
"Glass is Biotiful III" Municipal Exhibition Halls - Rue Saint Sébastien, Biot Village, France
Biot International Glass Festival, "Fusion", Biot, France - fashion show
"Art Diversity" - https://flbook.com.cn/c/OSJE8Cllx9 The 12th International Exhibition of Traditional Fine Arts, Shanghai, Art Collection Museum, China
"Torch Plus Glass" - Atelier Si, Pb..., Wrocław

2005
"Young Design" - Design Gallery, Wrocław

2004
"Glass Sculptures, Ceramic Objects, Graphics" Natalia Offermanns Gallery, Mannheim, Germany - solo exhibition
"La Transparence" - Musée De La Folie Marco, Barr, France
"Unknown Glass Artists" - Sielecki Castle Art Center, Sosnowiec
Exhibition of Diploma Works by Students of the Academy of Fine Arts in Wrocław, Glass and Ceramics Gallery, Wrocław

2003
"Glass and Ceramics by Katarzyna Krej" Sielecki Castle Art Center, Sosnowiec - solo exhibition
"Young Glass" - BWA Wroclaw
"Summer Exhibition" - SABK, Stuttgart, Germany
"Attention Glass" - Wapiennik Museum, Stronie Śląskie - solo exhibition

2001
"Wratislavia Cantans Statuette" - Museum of the Academy of Fine Arts, Wrocław