Beata Szajna

Graduated from the State High School of Fine Arts in Rzeszów, 1989. Graduated at the Faculty of Art at the University of Rzeszów, 2012.

Since 1998 she has been employed as a specialist designer at Krosno’s Glassworks (currently KrosnoGlass S.A.). She designs glass, and creates her own collections and designs for clients from all over the world.

Her works have been presented at roughly 30 group exhibitions and fairs in Poland, Germany, Austria, Italy, France, the United States, the UK, Israel and the United Arab Emirates. They are also part of the permanent exhibition of the Glass Heritage Centre in Krosno; in 2019, she presented her projects there at a solo exhibition.

Winner of numerous awards and distinctions, including “Złote Ville” for the Molly art glass set, 2014; Laur Klienta, 2011; Dobry Design for the Vinoteca carafe, 2015. Her Samara vase, designed for the Frankfurt Fair in 2005, was one of the most-bought products of Krosno Glassworks in the  rst decade of the 21st century – over 25,000 vases were produced and sold.

She also works in the  eld of visual arts (including painting and drawing). A common theme in her work are birds. She belongs to the Ornithological Group, with which she travels round numerous areas of Poland in search of the rarest and most interesting species of birds.