Dorota Taranek comes from Żyrardów, Poland. She graduated from the State Higher School of Visual Arts in Łódź with a degree under the tuition of prof. Antoni Starczewski. She is an adjunct professor at the Textiles Architecture Institute of the Łódź University of Technology. Dorota is an author of artistic textiles, specialized in creating jacquards. She paints on silk and felts wool manually. She has been the recipient of numerous awards, including: the Silver Medal during the 14^th International Textile Triennial in the Central Museum of Textiles in Łódź in 2013; the Marshal of Pomerenian Voivodeship Prize the 8^th International Baltic Triennial of Miniature Textiles in the Museum of the City of Gdynia in 2010; distinction at the “Tkanina Wraca” Competition in 2012; a distinction at the “Pamiątka z Polski” Competition in 2009; and the AKAPI Foundation Prize for the best debut at the 12^th International Textile Triennial in the Central Museum of Textiles in Łódź in 2007.