Artist: HANNA WOJDAŁA-MARKOWSKA
Country: POLAND
Title: Field of Cocoons I
Size: 42 x 42 x 5 cm
Technique: weaving, hanging double-sided textile
Year: 2016
Biography:
Hanna was born in 1964 in Radom, Poland. She graduated from the Weaving Department of the State Higher School of Visual Arts in Łódź, Poland with an honours degree in the prof. Antoni Starczewski Studio of Gobelin Tapestry and Carpet and prof. Wiesław Garboliński Painting Studio in 1990. She works with painting, textiles, drawing and spatial objects. She has participated in over 180 international exhibitions, Polish national exhibitions and environmental exhibitions. She has held 25 solo exhibitions, including: the Rector’s Gallery of the Academy of Fine Arts in Warsaw, Poland in 2007; the “Elektrownia” Mazovian Centre of Contemporary Art in Radom, Poland in 2011; the Bureau for Artistic Exhibitions Gallery in Przemyśl, Poland in 2011; and the Bureau for Artistic Exhibitions Gallery in Rzeszów, Poland in 2014. She has been the recipient of 11 prizes for her paintings and textile works, including: distinction at the 2nd Polish National Biennial of Painting and Unique Textile – Tri-City 2003 in Gdańsk; medal at the “Struktury Powiązań” International Exhibition of Unique Textiles in Cracow, Poland in 2007; the prize at the ”Jesienne Konfrontacje” 2nd Polish National Contemporary Painting Triennial in the Bureau for Artistic Exhibitions in Rzeszów, Poland in 2010; and the prize at the “Z krosna do Krosna” 8th International Artistic Linen Cloth Biennial in 2014.
Motto: Fascynują mnie szlachetność i chropowatość płócien, ich sploty, faktury, odcienie - budowanie modułów, układanie, porządkowanie.