Artist: ANNA MICHNIEWICZ
Country: POLAND
Title: Wandering - cross-stitch I
Size: 60 x 50 cm
Technique: mixed technique, material: linen fabric (100%), linen thread, cotton, interlining, silkworm cocoon, horsehair
Year: 2022
Biography: Anna Michniewicz graduated with honours at the Academy of Fine Arts in Warsaw in the Experimental Textile Studio under the tuition of Prof. Wojciech Sadley with the Annex in Painting in the Studio of prof. Tadeusz Dominik (1978). Her selected individual exhibitions include: The “Test” Gallery, Warsaw (1992, 2009, 2019); The Artistic Weaving Gallery “Na Jatkach”, Wrocław (2010); The Gallery “Apteka Sztuki”, Warsaw (2012, 2014, 2018); The “Stara Prochownia” Gallery, Warsaw (2018); Casino Gallery, Podkowa Leśna (2021). Her selected group exhibitions include: The National Exhibition of the Polish Tapestry, Central Museum of Textiles, Łódź (1981, 1985, 1992, 2010); National Exhibition of the Polish Miniature Textile, Central Museum of Textiles, Łódź (1985, 1988, 1995, 1998, 2004, 2007, 2010, 2013); International Triennial of Tapestry, Central Museum of Textiles, Łódź (1988); “Z krosna do Krosna” International Artistic Linen Cloth Biennial, The Museum of Crafts in Krosno (2000, 2010, 2012, 2014); Międzynarodowy Festiwal Sztuki Włókna “Struktury powiązań”, Cracow (2010); “Pracownia Tkaniny Eksperymentalnej” prof. Wojciecha Sadleya, Centrum Olimpijskie, Warsaw (2020). Her works are in the collections of: Central Museum of Textiles in Łódź, Museum of Sport and Tourism in Warsaw, Museum of Crafts in Krosno, BWA in Warsaw and in the collections of Citi Bank, Warsaw.
Motto: Wędrowanie - czas i przestrzeń. Opowieści zapisane haftem krzyżykowym