Artist: TAMARA MAJ
Country: POLAND
Title: 12 Maya's Months
Size: 60 x 50 cm
Technique: artist's own technique
Year: 2016
Biography:
Tamara Maj has collaborated with the “Zielona” Bureau for Artistic Exhibitions Gallery in Busko-Zdrój, Poland since 1993. She works with painting, textile and wicker. She is a member of the Association of Polish Artists and Designers, the PSSP and the “Wiklina” Polish National Association of Artists. She has presented her artworks in 61 solo exhibitions in Poland, including Kielce, Olkusz, Puławy, Radom, Sandomierz, Tarnów, Warszawa, Wilanów and Wrocław. She has participated in over 200 competitions, group exhibitions and open air exhibitions in Poland and abroad, including Norway, Italy and Crimea. Tamara has also taken part in numerous charity events. She has been a recipient of numerous awards and distinctions, including: H. Czarnecki Medal awarded by the State Secondary School of Visual Arts in Kielce, Poland; 2nd Prize at the 13th Polish National Artist Teacher Exhibition in Rzeszów, Poland in 1997; 1st Prize at the Polish National Miniature Biennial in Pińczów, Poland in 1997 and distinction in 1999; the “Przedwiośnie” exhibition in Kielce – prizes in 2005 and 2009, distinction in 2015; Tamara has participated in the open air exhibition in front of the European Parliament building on the 1st of May 2004 on the occasion of Polish Day in Brussels. She has presented her wicker artworks and textile artworks in the Salone delle Autonomie Locali EuroPA in Rimini, Italy in 2005. Tamara has also participated in the Contemporary Artwork Between Meaning and Cultural Identity exhibition in Specchia, Italy in 2009. Her works can be found in museum collections in Poland (Bureau for Artistic Exhibitions in Kielce, Bureau for Artistic Exhibitions in Olkusz, and in the Wickerwork Centre in Rudnik-on-San) and in private collections in Poland and abroad (England, Australia, France, Germany, Italy, the USA, and Canada).
Motto: ...W moich tkaninach obdarzam nowym życiem to, co było już nikomu niepotrzebne - bo stare i zniszczone. Korzystam też z natury i przedłużam jej trwanie w czasie poprzez moją sztukę.