Artist: EWA MARIA PORADOWSKA-WERSZLER
Country: POLAND
Title: Blue Horizon
Size: 40 x 50 cm
Technique: artist`s own experimental technique: linen combings; colorful, cut, linen yarn; stiffing
Year: 2014
Biography:

Ewa Maria Poradowska-Werszler graduated from the Higher School of Visual Arts (currently the Academy of Fine Arts) in Wrocław in 1967. Since 2008 she has been an honourable citizen of Kowary, Poland. Ewa Maria is a full professor at the Pedagogical and Artistic Department of the Adam Mickiewicz University in Poznań and has completed the “Dyscypliny Plastyczne w Architekturze” Vocational Training Programme. She was awarded the Order of Polonia Restituta and the Medal for Merit to Culture – Gloria Artis – in 2013. Since 1968 she has been a member of the Association of Polish Artists and Designers and since 2005 she has been a member of POLART. From 1972 she has been an initiator and chairperson of the “10 x TAK” Weaving Group in Wrocław, Poland. Ewa Maria has been a general curator of the “Na Jatkach” Weaving Gallery in Wrocław since 1978. She has organized 70 solo exhibitions and participated in 380 group exhibitions in Poland and abroad, including (in 2013): the “Współbrzmienie”exhibition in the Polish Institute in Prague, Czech Republic; the ”Splendor tkaniny” exhibition in Zachęta Gallery in Warsaw, Poland; XVI Art Salon in POLART Gallery in Polish Community Abroad House in Cracow, Poland; the “Łaska wiary” Polish National Exhibition in the “Na Jatkach” Weaving Gallery in Wrocław; and the “Das Kleine Format” exhibition in Ottenthal, Austria. Ewa Maria has participated in many group exhibitions in 2014: the “Wieloznaczność lnu…” exhibition in the Polish Institute in Bratislava, Slovakia; the XVII Art Salon in the Wieliczka Salt Mine; the “Na fali zdumień” Polish National Exhibition in the “Na Jatkach” Weaving Gallery in Wrocław; XI International Exhibition of Textile Art in the Lower Silesia, the Central Museum of Textiles in Łódź; the “W hołdzie…” exhibition in the Holy Cross Church in Wrocław; and the “Das Klaine Format” exhibition in the Galerie Süd in Magdeburg, Germany. Ewa Maria is the recipient of numerous awards and distinctions. Her works can be found in museum collections in Poland and abroad.

Motto: Metamorfoza lnu Nasionka brunatne w ziemię rzucone kiełkują szybko deszczem zroszone Niebieskie kwiatki pejzaż rysują błękitem nieba horyzont malują Słońce sierpniowe len zamienia w złoto, by w październiku zmiędlić łodygi i nitkę prząść złotą.