Dorota Taranek has graduated from the Public Academy of Arts in Łódź (now the Academy of Fine Arts). She has worked at the Institute of Architecture of Textiles at the Faculty of Textile Technologies and Textile Design of the Lodz University of Technology. Her passion is making fabrics with the jacquard technique, not only for the needs of industry, but also unique and artistic. Weaving tapestries is one of her favourite activities. The artist's latest exhibitions include: “Sztuka Włókna 2022”, Galeria Domu Artysty Plastyka, Warsaw – Awarded Mention (2022); 8th International Biennial of Contemporary Textile Art WTA “Small Format Salon”, Museo del Traje, Madrid, Spain (2019); “100 Years of Bauhaus. Bauhaus fiber art exhibition”, Art Ventures Gallery, USA (2019); 11th Baltic Mini Textile, Gdynia City Museum, Gdynia (2019); “ARTAPESTRY5” European Tapestry Triennial Exhibition, Kunstcenter Silkeborg Bad, Gjessøvej, Denmark –  the exhibition also presented in Ronneby – Sweden, Daugavspils in Latvia and Arad in Romania (2018); 10th International Artistic Linen Cloth Biennial “Z krosna do Krosna”, Museum of Crafts in Krosno, exhibition presented at the BWA Gallery in Krosno (2018); “Scythia” 8th International Biennial Exhibition of Mini Textile Art, Kherson, Ukraine (2017); “TEXTURA: A Polish Touch” – London Design Fair, London, Great Britain (2017); “ŻAKARDY. Dzieła sztuki użytkowej XIX-XXI wieku”, Muzeum Historii Przemysłu, Opatówek (2017); 11th National Exhibition of the Polish Miniature Textiles, Central Museum of Textiles, Łódź (2016); 13th National Exhibition of the Polish Tapestry – Nomination for the Award, Central Museum of Textiles, Łódź (2016); 5th Riga International Textile and Fibre Art Triennial, The Latvian National Museum of Art, Riga, Latvia (2015); “From Lausanne to Beijing” 8th International Fiber Art Biennale – Awarded Mention, Cultural and Creative Industry Park, Nantong, China (2014).

Motto:
W prezentowanych pracach korzystam z lnianych przędz o różnych strukturach i numeracji, w naturalnych kolorach. Ideą kompozycji plastycznej jest znalezienie zasady, która gwarantuje współistnienie przeciwieństw. Grafy są przykładem obecności matematyki w codziennym życiu. Bez niej trudno jest dostrzec piękno przyrody.