Bio:
Lives and works in Kraków. An honors graduate of the Krakow Academy of Fine Arts, she is a member of the Polish Artists and Designers Association, scholarship laureate of the Ministry of Culture and Art. She participates in a variety of symposia and outdoor sculpture workshops in Poland and abroad through scholarships and competitions. Her sculptures, ranging in size from small to monumental, crafted in a variety of materials (metal, stone, wood, clay, plaster or fabric), acquire new meaning in the process. She is very fond of the themes referring to existence and humanity.
She works in various media: geometry, ephemeral art, sculpture, installation and photography.
Statement:
I am interested in elite art that transcends reality, that is metaphorical and offers hope for a better world. I do not want to be limited to a purely sensual, aesthetic or artistic message, but to participate in a mystical relationship that transcends existence. The artistic language I use speaks of the joy of found soul harmony, the sanctity of life and the sense of being. I am drawing from life itself as an experiential process and the potential of our biology.
The varied matter in the sculpture sets to me the boundaries of art and allows me the possibility of confronting anthropological meanings. It is a confirmation of the logical structure of the cosmos. My art is an expression of a longing for the sacrum and a search for my own space, it is my private freedom. As an artist, I represent my own values in relation to the cultural complexity of the world. My works are created as a result of introspection, existential reflection and inner dialogue with transcendence. Using archetypal symbols, I create a space for dialogue between the creator and the spectator.
Selected exhibitions:
· „Diploma 94- 95”- Salon„Rover”, Cracow (Poland), 1996
· „Young Art of Cracow”- Lyon,(France), 1996
· Individual Exhibition „Metaphors”- Gallery Bracka, Cracow (Poland), 1999
· International Symposium on Wood Sculpture - Brienz (Switzerland), 2004
· VIII Autumn Art Salon - Ostrowiec Świętokrzyski (Poland), 2006
· Individual Exhibition „Angel Spaces”- WDK Gallery, Rzeszów (Poland), 2007
· FIDEM 2007 - Colorado Springs (USA), 2007
· "Mother of Eternity" - Center for Faith and Culture , Hebdów (Poland), 2014
· Krakow Artistic Presentations „Dialogi- Space of Meaning” - Cracow Planty (Poland), 2019
· "Forms and Numbers" - Pryzmat Gallery, Cracow (Poland), 2019
· "Territories" Krakow Artistic Meetings, 1- Palace of Art, 2-Nowohuckie Cultural Center, Kraków (Poland), 2022
· VI, VII, VIII, IX Christmas Salon, Palace of Art, Cracow (Poland), 2020, 2021, 2022, 2023
· International Triennial of Tapestry Łódź (Poland), 2022
· Arte Laguna Prize 16, Venice (Italy), 2023
Prizes:
· Scholarship of the Minister of Culture and Art 1994/95
· First prize at the International Symposium on Sculpture in Wood - Brienz (Switzerland), 2004.
· Honorable mention (2nd stage) in the National Competition for the Design of a Monument to Marian Rejewski, Jerzy Różycki and Henryk Żegalski of Poznań mathematicians - Poznań, 2004.
· Design and realization (team) of the Monument to Siberians Dedicated to the Memory of Deportees from the Augustów Land. - Augustów, 2006
· First prize and realization in the National Competition for the Concept of the Monument to John Paul II in Olecko - Olecko, 2006
· Honorable mention (team) in the National Architectural and Sculptural Competition for the Monument to the Poles Saving Jews - Warsaw, 2014.
· Second prize (team) in the National Competition for the Monument to Maritime Poland in Gdynia - Gdynia, 2016.
· Creative Scholarship of the City of Cracow, 2020
· Winner of the Arte Laguna Prize 16, Venice 2023
