BIOGRAPHY

I graduated with distinction from the State College of Fine Arts in Wrocław, Printmaking Department.

My areas of artistic interest:
printmaking, theatre costumes, drawings, stage design, art fashion collections – fashion shows.

Individual exhibitions:
1995 - Outskirts, postgraduate exhibition of prints and drawings, Museum of Medallic Art, Wrocław
1996 - Ex Libris, Pod Gryfami Cafe, Wrocław
1996 - Prints, Wrocław Days in Berlin, Free University of Berlin
1997 - Prints, Bureau for Art Exhibitions, Sieradz
1998 - Ex Libris and Other, Small Graphic Forms Gallery, Wrocław
1998 - Ex Libris and Prints, Ex Libris Gallery, D. K. Podgórze, Kraków
2004 - Prints, Łykend Music Club, Wrocław
2004 - Prints, Impart Gallery, Impart Art Centre, Wrocław
2006 - Prints, College Gallery, College of Eastern Europe, Wrocław
2007 - Futek paradny, prints, Lower Silesian Science Days, the Ossolinski National Institute, Wrocław
2007 - Prints, Pralnia Gallery, International Meeting Centre, Krzyżowa
2009 - Prints, Academy of Art and Design, Wrocław
2009 - Prints and new art fashion collection, Bente Kahan Foundation, Wrocław
2012 - Ghost Cities, prints, Krzyżowa Palace, Wrocław
2013 - Prints, linoleum prints, Academy of Art and Design, Wrocław
2014 - Cities and Dreams, prints, Impart Gallery, Wrocław
2014 - Fashion Theatre, costumes and photographs, Copperplate Engraver’s House, Wrocław
2015 - City-portrait, prints, Copperplate Engraver’s House, Wrocław
2016 - City-portrait, exhibition was part of the inauguration of the European Capital of Culture Wroclaw 2016
2016-2017 - PROJECT: CITY, Museum History Center Depot Wrocław

Scholarships:
2008 - Art scholarship from the Marshall’s Office of Dolnośląskie Province
2011 - Scholarship from the Minister of Culture and National Heritage

Awards, honorary mentions:
1994 - 2nd Place, Me Today Schwan Stabilo National Drawing Competition, Urban Gallery in Łódź
1997 - Medal, Polish Ex Libris Biennial, Kraków
1998 - Main Award, Film Motifs in Ex Libris, IV OFAFA (National Festival of Author’s Animated Films), Temporary Contemporary Gallery, Kraków
2003 - Honorary mention, City and Man Graphic Art Competition, Garbary Gallery, Art Promotion Association in Poznań
2003 - Honorary mention, House of Colours Competition, graphic design for clothing

My works can be found in:
Poland: the Ossoliński National Institute, Wrocław; POLIN Museum of the History of Polish Jews in Warsaw; Museum of Copper in Lubin; Provincial Gallery in Głuchołazy; Vatican Museum; Belgium: European Parliment; Sweden: Galleri Astley; and in private collections in Poland, Australia, Albania, Germany, China, Switzerland, Portugal, Gran Canaria, Israel, France, Republic of South Africa, Sweden.

Exhibitions:
1993 - 6th National Art Students Drawing Festival, Academy of Art and Design in Katowice
1993 - Wrocław Academy of Art and Design Prints, Polish Culture Days in Volkovysk and Grodno, Belarus
1994 - The School of Fine Arts in Wrocław - Tradition and Present Day, National Museum in Brunswick, Germany
1994 - Prints by Teachers and Students of the Academy of Art and Design in Wrocław, Academy of Art and Design in Warsaw
1994 - 2nd Triennial of Polish Graphic Arts, Contemporary Art Gallery, BWA Katowice
1994 - 2nd Triennial of Polish Graphic Arts, Xylon-Museum in Schwetzingen, Germany
1994 - Troisieme Triennale Mondiale d’Estampes Petit Format AMAC, Chamalieres, France
1994 - Congress Centre Gallery, Clermont-Ferrand; Musee des Beaux-Arts Le Locle, Switzerland
1994 - Me Today Schwan Stabilo Fine Arts Competition, Urban Gallery in Łódź
1995 - Wrocław’s Young Graphic Artists, Garbary Gallery, Poznań
1995 - 1st National Graphic Arts Competition, Tczew Triennial, Small-Town Graphic Arts, Tczew
1995 - International Ex Libris Workshop, Youth Meeting Centre, Krzyżowa
1996 - Exhibition of Graphic Arts Students of the Academy of Art and Design in Wrocław, Academy of Art and Design in Kraków
1997 - Graphic Art of the Year, Academy of Art and Design in Kraków
1997 - Polish Ex Libris Biennial, Kraków
1998 - Faculty of Graphic Arts Exhibition, Academy of Art and Design in Wrocław
1998 - Wrocław Ex Libris and Small Graphic Forms, Pod Plafonem Gallery, Wrocław
1998 - Small Forms Gallery, Public Library in Jelenia Góra, Ex Libris Gallery, Kraków
1998 - Film Motifs in Ex Libris, IV OFAFA (National Festival of Author’s Animated Films), Temporary – Contemporary Gallery, Kraków
1998 - Prof. Roman Kowalik Printmaking Studio at the Academy of Art and Design in Wrocław, Regional Museum, Środa Śląska
1998 - After 50, Regional Exhibition of ZPAP (The Association of Polish Artists and Designers), Armoury, Wrocław
1998 - Autumn Salon of Fine Arts, Ostrowiec Świętokrzyski
1998 - Ex Libris by Wisława Szymborska and Czesław Miłosz, Ex Libris Gallery, Kraków
1998 - Open Print Contest, Urban Gallery, Łódź
1998 - Faculty of Graphic Arts Exhibition, Academy of Art and Design in Wrocław, Academy of Art and Design in Wrocław
1999 - Wrocław Academy of Art and Design Prints, Academy of Art and Design in Kiev, Ukraine
1999 - Museum of Ethnography in Lviv, Ukraine
1999 - Academy of Art and Design in Wrocław, Akademija Gallery, Vilnius, Lithuania
1999 - Exhibition from Krzyżowa, M. K. Čiurlionis Secondary School of Art, Vilnius, Lithuania
1999 - 3rd International Graphic Competition for Ex Libris, Gliwice
1999 - Wrocław Ex Libris and Small Graphic Forms, Pod Plafonem Gallery, Wrocław
1999 - 50 Years of the State College of Fine Arts in Wrocław, Academy of Art and Design in Wrocław
1999 - 8th International Biennial of Small Graphic Forms and Ex Libris, Ostrów Wielkopolski
1999 - Gift for Aleksiun, Museum of the Academy of Art and Design in Wrocław
1999 - 1st International Drawing Competition, Museum of Architecture, Wrocław
2000 - 6th Artwork Auction in Lubin, Wzgórze Zamkowe Gallery, Lubin
2000 - 10th J. Gielniak Graphic Arts Competition, Jelenia Góra
2000 - International Exhibition of Small Graphic Forms, Catalonia, Spain
2001 - “Master” International Exhibition, Palace of Arts, Minsk, Belarus
2001 - Armoury of Art, prints, Armoury, Wrocław
2003 - Prints, Polski Theatre, Świebodzki Train Station Stage, Wrocław
2003 - Nomination, 11th J. Gielniak Graphic Arts Competition, Jelenia Góra
2003 - City and Man Graphic Arts Competition, Garbary Gallery, Art Promotion Association in Poznań
2003 - 8th Quadrennial of Polish Woodcuts and Linoleum Prints, Contemporary Art Gallery BWA Olsztyn
2003 - “Master” International Exhibition, Palace of Arts, Minsk, Belarus
2004 - 12th National Fine Arts, Salon Egeria, Ostrów Wielkopolski
2004 - Wrocław’s Dwarfs, College Gallery, Wrocław
2004 - International Graphic Arts Competition, Ufa, Russia
2004 - Polish Printmaking, Bad Schwartau Museum, Germany
2005 - Wrocław’s Dwarfs, Satyrykon, Regional Museum in Legnica
2005 - Eastern European Printmaking, College Gallery, Wrocław
2006 - Fine Arts, Salon Egeria, Ostrowiec Świętokrzyski
2006 - Hahnemühle Prints Exhibition, Germany
2006 - The 12th International Biennial Print and Drawing Exhibition ROC, Taiwan
2006 - Other Media, Opus CD Vermiculatum costume collection; BWA, Wrocław
2007 - Treasure Island Gdańsk Culture Archipelago, Small Graphic Form Exhibition, Gdańsk
2009 - 20 Artists, an international exhibition commemorating 20 years of the Krzyżowa Foundation, Palace, Krzyżowa
2010 - National Unique Fabric Exhibition, copper installation, Museum of Textiles, Łódź
2011 - After 100, 100 Years of ZPAP, curated exhibition, BWA, Wrocław
2011 - Premio Acqui X International Biennial of Engraving, Italy
2012 - Imprint 2012 Kulisiewicz International Triennial of Graphic Arts, Royal Castle, Warsaw
2012 - 12th J. Gielniak Graphic Arts Competition, Karkonosze Museum, Jelenia Góra
2012 - About a Pipe, National Museum of Przemyski Region, Przemyśl
2014 - International Graphic Arts Competition, Brugge, Belgium
2014 - 3rd International Szekler’s Graphic Art Biennial, Romania
2015 - XIII Graphic Competition them. Joseph Gielniak - nomination;
2015 - 16 INTERBIFEP, - Međunarodna Galerija Portreta, Tuzla, Bośnia i Hercegovina
2015 - 18th International Print Biennial Varna 2015, Boris Goeorgiev Art Gallery, Varna, Bułgaria
2016 - IV International Szekler’s Graphic Art Biennial, Rumunia
2016 - Biennale di Grafica Contemporanea Premio Diego Donati 2016-2017
2017 - XIII Biennale Internazionale per I'Incisione - Premio Acqui 2017

I design and make unique clothes collections using metal, plastic, CDs, leather, paper, etc. Fashion Theatre involves projects that combine fashion and happening.
I have participated in over 120 fashion shows and presentations.
The most important ones include the following:
1994 - Copper Theatre - Calendar, Wratislavia Cantans Festival, Armoury, Wrocław, Poland
1994 - Fashion show at the Centre for Polish Stage Design at the Silesian Museum in Katowice
1995 - Park der Sinne, copper collection show, Music Centre, Dresden, Germany
1995 - Copper collection, Leipzig Opera, Germany
1996 - Copper and the Translucent as part of Wrocław Days, Polish Culture Institute, Berlin, Germany
1996 - Venice Biennial, copper collection show at the opening of the Polish Pavilion, Venice, Italy
1996 - International Biennial of Architecture, show at the Armoury of the Czartoryski Foundation, Kraków, Poland
1997 - Show at Sippa 1997 Trade Fair in Paris, Parc des Expositions, France
1998 - Silver with a Touch of Feathers, Museum of Architecture, Wrocław, Poland
1998 - Silver with a Touch of Feathers, Supreme Court Building, Wrocław Days in Poitiers, France
1998 - Silver with a Touch of Feathers, National Museum, Wrocław
1999 - Fashion Theatre, Town Hall, Wrocław
2000 - Fashion Theatre, Lavka Club, Wrocław Days in Prague, Czech Republic
2000 - Fashion Theatre, EXPO, Hanover, Germany
2000 - Fashion Theatre, Street Theatre Festival, Brno, Czech Republic
2000 - Fashion Theatre, Chanson Festival in Cologne, Foyer Deutschlandfunk, Germany
2000 - Representation of Dolnośląskie Province, EXPO 2000 Gala, Grand Theatre, Warsaw, Poland
2001 - Fashion Theatre, Podbanske, High Tatra Mountains, Slovakia
2001 - Silver with a Touch of Feathers, Porto, Portugal
2002 - Silver with a Touch of Feathers for the International Expo Office, Polish Embassy, Paris, France
2003 - Fashion Theatre, Centre for Polish Stage Design, Katowice, Poland
2004 - Costume design, Anioły Europy (Angels of Europe) Concert on the day of Poland’s accessionto the European Union, Wrocław, Poland
2004 - OstEuropa Woche, show at an antiquarian bookstore in Munich, Germany
2005 - Fashion Theatre, ITB Fair Berlin, Germany
2005 - Fashion Theatre, Grand Theatre, Lubeck, Germany
2005 - Fashion Theatre, European Parliament, Brussels, Belgium
2005 - Design and preparation of costumes for the Ocelot Theatre, Poland
2005 - Costumes for H. Kajzar’s Star play for Agata Zubel, Świebodzki Train Station Stage, Wrocław, Poland
2006 - Fashion Theatre, BMW plant, Leipzig, Germany
2006 - Political and Economic Forum, copper collection, Krynica, Poland
2006 - Fashion Theatre, European Summit of Regions and Cities, Town Hall, Wrocław, Poland
2007 - Fashion Theatre, Castle, Lubiąż, Poland
2007 - Fashion Theatre, Town Hall, Wrocław, Poland
2010 - Museums at Night, copper collection at the Copper Museum in Legnica, Poland
2013 - Museums at Night, copper collection at the Copper Museum in Legnica, Poland
2014 - Political and Economic Forum, copper collection, Krynica, Poland”