Artist: ALEKSANDRA ZUBA-BENN
Country: POLAND
Title: Vortex
Size: 30 x 30 x 28 cm
Technique: artist`s own technique
Year: 2014
Biography:

Aleksandra Zuba-Benn graduated from the State Higher School of Visual Arts in Poznań with a degree in the Studio of Gobelin Tapestry under the tuition of prof. Magdalena Abakanowicz in 1986. In 2010 she completed her doctorate at the Art Department of the Pedagogical University in Cracow, Poland. She presently works as a teacher in the Secondary School of Visual Arts Complex and as an academic teacher in the Art Department of the State Higher School of Vocational Education in Tarnów, Poland. Aleksandra has held over 30 solo exhibitions and participated in over 120 group exhibitions. She has been a recipient of numerous awards, including: the Agnieszka Sienkiewicz Prize at the “Kowary’97” International Open Air Exhibition in 1998; the President of the City of Tarnów Prize in 2001, 2004 and 2010; President of the City of Tarnów Special Award at the “Srebrny Czworokąt” International Triennial of the Carpathian Mountains Region Painting in Przemyśl, Poland; and the Director of the Bureau for Artistic Exhibitions in Tarnów Award in 2013. Her works can be found in: the “Dar Pomorza” Museum of Miniature Textile in Gdynia, Poland; the Museum of Crafts in Krosno, Poland; the L’Arsenal Galerie Kaysersberg in France; the County Museum in Tarnów; and the Central Museum of Textiles in Łódź, Poland.