Artist: TERESA RUCIŃSKA
Country: POLAND
Title: Carousel with Madonnas
Size: 49 x 49 x 25 cm
Technique: artist's own technique, montage
Year: 2016
Biography:
Teresa Rucińska graduated with honours from the Studio of prof. Jacek Sienicki, the Studio of prof. Marian Czapla and the Studio of prof. Stanisław Andrzejewski of the Academy of Fine Arts in Warsaw, Poland in 1992. Her most important awards and exhibitions include: the “Tkanina” exhibition in the Gallery of the President of Warsaw in 1994; distinction at the “Sacrum’96” 7th Sacral Art Biennial in the Bureau for Artistic Exhibitions in Gorzów Wielkopolski, Poland in 1996; the “Turbo’9” exhibition in the Gallery of the City of Wrocław in 1998; the 1st Prize at the “Tkanina inspirowana twórczością Moniuszki” exhibition in the Museum of Independence in Warsaw in 2002; the “Czas” International Festival of Book Art in Łódź in 2007; distinction at the “Z krosna do Krosna” 5th International Artistic Linen Cloth Biennial in the Museum of Crafts in Krosno, Poland in 2008; the 11th Polish National Exhibition of the Unique Textiles and the 9th Polish National Exhibition of Miniature Textile in the Central Museum of Textiles in Łódź, Poland in 2010; the “Materiał, Medium, Metafora” Festival of Textile Art in “Ostrołęka” Gallery in Ostrołęka, Poland in 2010; the “Z krosna do Krosna” International Artistic Linen Cloth Biennial in 2012 – 2nd Prize and in 2014 – nomination for the prize; the 12th Polish National Exhibition of the Unique Textiles and the 10th Polish National Exhibition of Miniature Textile in the Central Museum of Textiles in Łódź in 2013 – nomination for the prize; the “MUSE Art Contest 2015 – Magdalena Abakanowicz” in Warsaw in 2015 exhibition of the awarded works in the Culture Promotion Centre in Warsaw in 2015; the 13th Polish National Exhibition of the Unique Textiles and the 11th Polish National Exhibition of Miniature Textile in Łódź in 2016.
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