Artist: LIDIA KUK
Country: POLAND
Title: Aoteaora_Land of Gigantic White Clouds
Size: 30 x 27 x 6 cm
Technique: starched linen, formed, sewed with linen strand
Year: 2016
Biography:
Lidia graduated from the Strzemiński Academy of Art in Łódź, Poland in 2000. Her group exhibitions include: the Nemzetközi Miniatűrtextil Biennálé in Szombathely – Képtár, Hungary in 2000, 2003 and 2006; the 5th Baltic Biennial of Miniature Textile in Gdynia, Poland in 2001; the Baltic Triennial of Miniature Textile in Gdynia in 2001, 2004, 2007 and 2010; the Textile Collection of the Szombathely in Polish Institute in Budapest, Hungary in 2004; the 6th “Atviras laiskas” International Biennial of Miniature Textiles in the ARKA Gallery in Vilnius, Lithuania in 2005; the Mostra Internationale d’Arte Tessile, Miniartextil in Como, Italy in 2007 and 2015; the Polish National Exhibition of Miniature Textile in the Central Museum of Textiles in Łódź, Poland in 2004, 2007, 2010, 2013 and 2016; the 13th Polish National Exhibition of the Unique Textiles in the Central Museum of Textiles in Łódź in 2016. Lidia has held many solo exhibitions, including: the “Miniature textiles” exhibition at the 11th International Triennial of Tapestry; the “526” Gallery in the Polesian Art Centre in Łódź in 2014; the “małe i Duże. Tkanina unikatowa i obiekty” exhibition at the 14th International Triennial of Tapestry in the “526” Gallery in the Polesian Art Centre in Łódź in 2013. Her works can be found in: the Central Museum of Textiles in Łódź, the Museum of the City of Gdynia, and the Savaria Museum in Szombathely, Hungary.
Motto: Idź własną drogą, gdy wybierasz drogę innych, dochodzisz tylko tam, gdzie oni docierają, a nie gdzie ty pragniesz.