Zofia Janina Maria Baltarowicz-Dzielińska[1] née Baltarowicz (1894–1970) was a Polish sculptor and the first woman to study at the Academy of Fine Arts in Kraków, Poland, after almost a century of its existence.

[4] In 1912, Baltarowicz began attending private art classes of painter Stanisław Batowski[2] and later sculptor Zygmunt Kurczyński in Lviv.

[1] In 1916, she enrolled at the Kunstschule für Frauen in Vienna, but she was forced to abandon the studies after only a year, at the request of her mother, who wanted her to move closer to the family.

[4] Left without any other option, young Baltarowicz decided to try to enrol at the Academy of Fine Arts in Kraków, even though the institution did not accept women.

[3] After gaining a positive review of her work from the professors Jacek Malczewski and Konstanty Laszczka,[2][3] rector of the academy Józef Mehoffer accepted her for a trial period, during which she was to create a sculpture to be then judged by the whole teaching staff.

[3] She returned to complete her degree after World War II, when she was in her early fifties; the academy then recognised the years 1917–1920 as part of her official studies.