The volunteer responsible for curating this event is hosted in Greece in the framework of the European Erasmus+ programme, KA1/youth - European Voluntary Service. This project has been funded with support from the European Commission. This publication reflects the views only of the author, and the Commission cannot be held responsible for any use which may be made of the information contained therein.
23.04 -5.05 C U LT U R A L CENTER OF K A L A M ATA
SIMILARITIES IN DIFFERENCE DIFFERENCE POLISH AND GREEK CONTEMPORARY PRINTMAKING
PARTICIPANTS PARTICIPANTS Prof. Anna Janusz-Strzyż Prof. Xenis Sachinis Prof. Przemysław Tyszkiewicz Sp.Ed.S. Rania Fragkoulidou Asst. Prof. Agata Gertchen Asst. Prof. Mariusz Gorzelak Asst. Prof. Sebastian Łubiński
Manios Manolis Agathou Chrysa Marcinowska Weronika Ambatzis Stefanos Mpompou Marina Anastasiou Ioannis Mosoń Oliwia Chlebowska Anna Papatheodorou Antonia Czudżak Aleksandra Patecka-Lasek Justyna Dokudowicz Majka Perrou Katerina Domaradzka Malwina Politaki Eirini Dulska Anna Puzoń Anna Epa Klementyna Sobieska Daria Fedro Katarzyna Sochańska Monika Filipowicz Beata Stachowiak Magdalena Gramatyk Olena Szołtysek Sylwia Grobelka Alicja Tarali Nausika Hunczak Iraida Tasios Evangelos Kirkopoulos Ilios Tzara Anna Kinach Barbara Tyburczy Ada Koman Aleksandra Weber Magda Koromvoki Afroditi Ziober-Król Dominika Lach Kamil
IDEA IDEA Through this exhibition we would like to drive attention to the perception of Similarities in Difference - one of the key feature to coexist in the modern, constantly changing society. It’s not only about comparing or classifying, but it’s mostly about the ability to create metaphors and analogies. To see similarities in similar things or differences in different it’s not so hard as seeing Similarities in difference. It requires from us to start from the position of respect and equal treatment. The aim of this exhibition is not to point out here we are similar and here we are different. It’s not about creating more borders - it’s about building bridges, finding links, making connections. We created the open call for the Eugeniusz Geppert Academy of Fine Art and Design in Wrocław and for Aristotle University in Thessaloniki. We invited the artists to get inspired by the exhibition title and to create artworks that will be a creative respond to it, by means of printmaking techniques. The idea and the form this exhibition has is to be a preview, filed for research, study. It doesn’t deliver ready answers to the title, it’s giving us the hints. We are proud to say that the exhibition, as well as accompaing program (opening, family workshop, presentations of bookbinding and printmaking, curatorial walk, presentations for schools) was a full sucsess. In the Cultural Center of Kalamata I had the oportunity to share my knoledge and passion about printmaking with all the visitors. This exhibition was organized by KANE Κοινωνική Ανάπτυξη Νέων /Social Youth Development and co-funded by Erasmus+ program. It was a pleasure for me to create this event, and I would like to thank again all the people that got involved, Majka Dokudowicz, exhibition curator
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Prof. Anna Janusz-Strzyż, Poland Anxiety, drypoint Born in 1968. Wroclaw. Studies in 1989-94 at the State Academy of Fine Arts in Wroclaw (currently Eugeniusz Geppert Academy of Art and Design in Wrocław) . From 1995 works as a teacher in her native university. In 2014 she was nominated professor. Currently, the professor leading the Studio of Art Book in the Department of Printmaking at the Faculty of Graphics and Media Art the Eugeniusz Geppert Academy of Art and Design in Wrocław. In the years 2008 - 2016 she served as head of the Department of Graphic Art. She deals with printmaking, drawing, illustration, painting and art book.
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Prof. Xenis Sachinis, Greece The hangman 1, woodcut Born in 1954, in Thessaloniki. From 1973 to 1978 he studied Printmaking and Stage Design at the Athens School of Fine Arts. From 1981 to 1985 he continued his studies at the Ecole Nationale Superieure des Beaux-Arts in Paris. Since May 1997 he has been an Associate Professor and Head of the Printmaking workshop in the Department of Fine Arts of the Aristotle University in Thessaloniki. His work can be found in the Greek National Gallery, the Tellogleio Foundation in Thessaloniki, the Vorres Museum in Athens, and in the Municipal Galleries of Athens and Thessaloniki, as well as in the Antoniou collection, the Institute of Macedonian Studies collection, the Thessaloniki French Institute collection. He has also shown his work in several solo and group exhibitions, in Greece and abroad.
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Prof. Przemysław Tyszkiewicz, Poland Electrics of desires, etching, aquatint He was born in 1964 in Wrocław. Since 1992, he has been working at the Eugenuisz Geppert Academy of Fine Arts in Wrocław. On the professor’s grounds he practices the graphic arts „Intaglio”. From 2010, he is a member of the City Museum Council in Wrocław. From 2008, the vice-president of the Council of the Museum of Papermaking in Duszniki Zdrój Works in the field of printmaking. He is most willing to use copper engraving, etching and accessories. He took part in many individual and collective exhibitions in Poland and abroad in: Italy, Belgium, the Netherlands, Denmark, Japan, Australia, USA, China, Korea, India, Belarus, Lithuania, Ukraine, Bulgaria, Germany, Greece, Spain Czech Republic.
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Sp.Ed.S. Rania Fragkoulidou, Greece In God we trust, linocut Born in Katerini in 1972. She works as Îą Special Educational Stuff in the Printmaking Faculty, Department of Visual & Applied Arts, School of Fine Arts ,Aristotle University in Thessaloniki. 1999-2009:Studies in Painting Faculty & in Printmaking Faculty in the Department of Visual & Applied Arts School of Fine Arts , Aristotle University of Thessaloniki. 2002-03: National Scholar for Painting, State Scholarships Foundation,Greece. She was awarded 5 times for her artwork in Greece,Portugal, Romania and Serbia. She has participated almost in 70 group exhibitions and art festivals in Greece and abroad and attended 4 individual ones.
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Asst. Prof. Agata Gertchen, Poland GM, linocut Agata Gertchen was born in Rawicz (Poland) in 1985. She graduated with an MA in Graphic Arts and Graphic Design from the Eugeniusz Geppert Academy of Art and Design in Wroclaw, Poland. In 2016 she obtained a PhD degree. Currently she is employed at the position of an Assistant Professor in the Studio of Intaglio Printing provided by Prof. Przemyslaw Tyszkiewicz. Since 2017 she has been Head of the Department of Printmaking. Her favourite techniques are linocut, mezzotint and drawing. She is the winner of over twenty awards and distinctions.
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Asst. Prof. Mariusz Gorzelak, Poland Vivat Polonia, linocut Mariusz Gorzelak was born in 1979. In the years 2000–2005 he studied at the Academy of Art and Design in Wrocław. He was granted a diploma in printmaking, having completed a program supervised by Prof. Andrzej Basaj and Prof. Anna JanuszStrzyż, and in graphic design, having completed a program supervised by Prof. Roman Kowalik. Since 2009 he have started to work as an assistant of prof. Anna JanuszStrzyż Studio of Intaglio and Relief Printing. In 2013he received a title of PhD. He have worked as an adiunct since 2014.
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Asst. Prof. Sebastian Łubiński, Poland Event Horizon - novum ens II, intaglio I was born in Wroclaw, Poland in 1984. In 2015 I graduated with honors The Eugeniusz Geppert Academy of Fine Arts and Design in Wroclaw in printmaking. I was awarded the title of Best Diploma of the Academy. In 2014 I was awarded a scholarship to attend the University of Tennessee in Knoxville, TN, USA where I worked with Beauvais Lyons and Koichi Yamamoto. Between 2012 and 2017 I worked as laboratory technician at The Eugeniusz Geppert Academy of Fine Arts and Design. Since October 2017 I become an assistant in Creative Drawing Studio at the same Academy. I’ve participated in over 50 group exhibitions all over the world. Mainly I’m working with intaglio techniques (mostly aquatint, etching and dry point) and with large size drawing (especially charcoal on paper).
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Chrysoula Agathou, Greece Pairs, intaglio/collage Born in Patra, Greece. Studies in School of Visual and Applied Arts, Faculty of Fine Arts, AUTh in Thessaloniki, Greece in the fifth (diploma) year. Studies in Printmaking Department, Faculty of Graphic Arts and Media Art, Eugeniusz Geppert Academy of Art and Design in Wroclaw, Poland for a year as an Erasmus+ student.
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Stefanos Ambatzis, Greece The Mirror, mixed media He was born in Thessaloniki. He is a student in the 3rd year of studies in Printmaking Faculty, Department of Applied & Visual Arts, School of Fine Arts, Aristotle University Thessaloniki. 2017: Group exhibition of Department of Applied & Visual Arts, School of Fine Arts aboard the battleship “G. Averof�,Thessaloniki. 2018: Group exhibition of Pr. X. Sahinis printmaking studio Department of Applied & Visual Arts, in Gonnoi town, District of Larissa.
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Ioannis Anastasiou, Greece Serotonin Syndrome (Homage to R.M.), lithography/silkscreen Born in 1995 in Athens, Greece. Currently studying Printmaking in the Aristotle University of Thessaloniki, School of Visual and Applied Arts under the supervision of Professor Xenophon Sachinis. Studied in Poland by acquiring an Erasmus+ Scholarship for the academic year 2016-2017. Selected Exhibitions: Points of Equilibrium, Oko Gallery - OĹ‚awa Cultural Center, OĹ‚awa, Poland, April 1st 2017, Solo exhibition, International Print Biennial Varna, City Art Gallery Boris Georgiev, Varna, Bulgaria, August 11th 2017, Osten International Biennial of Drawing, Osten Gallery, Skopje, Macedonia, October 6th 2016. nternational Print Biennale Yerevan, Armenian Center for Contemporary Experimental Art (NPAK), Armenia, Yerevan, October 25th - December 15th 2017
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Anna Chlebowska, Poland No title, etching/aquatint Second year student of Graphic Arts at Academy of Art and Design in Wrocław. Most comfortable in drawing and printmaking in intaglio techniques. Participant of several exhibitions, recently group exhibition of Reja 17 studio, Polish-Ukrainian printmaking workshop „Migrartion” in Poland and group exhibition „Zimejumi Steiga” in Riga, Lativa. Recipient of Rectors Scholarship for most talented students in 2017/18.
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Aleksandra Czudżak,Poland September, etching Born in 1994, Wrocław, Poland. Graphic student in Eugeniusz Geppert’s Academy of Fine Arts and Design in Wrocław. She works in illustration, printmaking and drawing. https://www.behance.net/czudzak
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Majka Dokudowicz, Poland Only when I sleep..., linocut Born in 1990 in Warsaw, bachelor degree at the Adam Mickiewicz University in Poznań (culture studies), and the master of art degree in Printmaking and Graphic Desing at the Eugeniusz Geppert Academy of Fine Arts in Wroclaw (2017), Poland. I obtain several times the Rector’s scholoarships or the best student, President of Wrocław Scholarships for young artists and the Erasmus+ scholarship for studies and spent a year studying printmaking at Professor Xenofon Sachinis studio at the Aristotle University of Thessaloniki (AUTh) for the academic year 2015/2016. I took part in more than 50 exhibitions worldwide (USA, Mexico, Greece, Bulgaria, Macedonia, Romania, UK, Spain, Egypt and Poland) and I had 5 solo exhibitions. https://www.facebook.com/majkadokudowicz/
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Malwina Domaradzka, Poland N02, intaglio I was born in 1994 in Wroclaw. I study graphic at the Academy of FIne Arts in Wroclaw, Poland mostly focused on Intaglio printmaking, books and posters design and illustrations. I received a honourable mention in the 2nd International Triennial of Student Drawing in Katowice and I was honored Rector’s award in the graphic competition for the presentation of Academy’s buildings. I took part in the 16th International Biennale of Small Graphic Form and Exlibris exhibition.
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Anna Dulska, Poland Trapezius, etching/aquatint Anna Dulska is curently studying graphic at the Eugeniusz Geppert Academy of Art and Design in Wrocław, Poland. She is a student of pritmaking on Intaglio Studio.
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Klementyna Epa, Poland Vacation, etching From 2016 a student of Faculty of Graphic Arts and Media Art at Academy of Art and Design in Wrocław, Poland. The thing she likes the most is illustrating a surrounding reality in a witty, somewhat absurd way. That’s why her biggest dream is to follow a career path of an illustrator. She likes to experiment with techniques by combining a drawing with a cut-out and digital processing as well as traditional intaglio printing techniques, especially etching. Portfolio: https://klementynaepa.tumblr.com/
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Katarzyna Fedro, Poland Contractual Landscape, etching/drypoint Geppert Academy of Art and Design in Wrocław. Currently on IV year of Graphics. Due to the interest in painting mostly creates in aquatint and drypoint technique. Also deals with graphic design.
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Beata Filipowicz, Poland Beyond the chance, etching/chine-colle/gold leaf (b. 1992, Poland). She received her MA in Printmaking at prof. Przemysław Tyszkiewicz’ s Intaglio Studio and graphic design at ad. Tomasz Broda’s Illustration studio in The Eugeniusz Geppert Academy of Fine Art and Design in Wroclaw, where she works as an lab assistant. In 2017 she participated in collective national and international printmaking projects and exhibitions: Zureta -The Misprint, Tokyo University of the Arts in Japan, 6th Guanlan International Print Biennal, China; 2017 Splitgraphic International Graphic Art Biennial, Split, Croatia; Kochi International Printmaking Triennal, Japan; 19th International Printmaking Biennal, Varna, Bulgaria.
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Olena Gramatyk, Poland Dominican Cathedral, intaglio Student The Eugeniusz Geppert Academy of Fine Arts in Wroclaw. Ukranian artist and printmaker living and studying in Wrocław, Poland. Was Born in Odessa, Ukraine 09/09/1989. Art Education: Art Colleges. by M.B. Grekov 2005-2010, the artist designer (junior specialist) Kharkiv State Academy of Design and Arts 2010-2015, the artist-designer of graphic works (Bachelor) The Eugeniusz Geppert Academy of Fine Arts in Wroclaw 2016 Until now.
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Alicja Grobelka, Poland NY - glass walls, intaglio I was born in 1994 in Świętochłowice. I am studying Graphic at the Academy of Fine Arts in Wrocław. During my studies I was on two student exchanges in France - Orleans from graphic design and in the USA - Knoxville from printmaking. I aminterested in intaglio pintmaking techniques, mainly aquatint and etching, and artistic book and illustrations. Main collective exhibitions of printmaking: 2015 -,,printmaking spring 2015” in Maribor (Slovenia) and 2017 - ,,čerstvý tisky” in Ostrava (Czech Republic);”elusive events” in Gallery 1010 in Knoxville (USA); 4th International Printmaking Workshop - XPIW (China); „konfrontacje sztuki” in Warszawa (Poland)
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Iraida Hunczak, Poland Self portrait, mixed media I am artist from Poland. I am studying in Academy of Fine Arts in Wroclaw. I am involved in design and artistic graphics. Currently, my main subject is artistic graphics. I’m inspired by folklore and nature. In art I like truth, aesthetics and harmony.
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Ilios Kirkopoulos, Greece Mood Swings, colored etching Born in Florina, Greece and currently living in Thessaloniki. Undergraduate student of Aristotle University of Thessaloniki, School of Fine Arts. In search of ways to express the inner views of the world through the multiple techniques of engraving.
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Barbara Kinach, Poland Glaces composition, intaglio Barbara Kinach was born in 1995 in Legnica. In 2014 she was studying printmaking and graphic design on University of Nicolaus Copernicus in Torun. Now she continue study on the Eugeniusz Geppert Academy of Art and Design in Wrocław.
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Aleksandra Koman, Poland Space 1, aquatint I am a student of Graphic Design and Printmaking in Academy of Art and Design in Wrocław. Love creating in aquatint technique, particularly I am fascinated in structures and textures in every department of art.
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Afroditi Koromvoki, Greece Eyes allover, mixed media born in Athens. graduated from pierce college 2011- design and color in Mpeltekos and Saracitis 2012- studies in fine arts of Aristotle university of Thessalonikh 2016- participation in the group exhibition of Aristotle Univesity of Thessaloniki 2017-attending the student week with the eikon team 2018- participation in the group exhibition of Gonnvn gallery
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Kamil Lach, Poland Tiger, silkscreen I was born in 1993 in Świdnica, Poland. After finishing high school, I moved to Wrocław, where I started studying graphics art on Eugeniusz Geppert Academy of Art and Design. This year is my last on the academy. Now I’m working on my MA diploma. Except that, I’m co-founder of graphic design and communication studio—Odra. I’m interested mostly in illustration, posters, editorial design and graffiti.
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Manolis Manios, Greece Shaping the roots, woodcut I am studying fine arts in Aristoteleio University of Thessaloniki.
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Weronika Marcinowska, Poland No title, linocut Student of Graphic Arts at Academy of Fine Arts in Wrocław. Best feeling in designing and drawing images.
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Marina Bobou, Greece Self portrait, etching Born in Nafplio , Greece. Stydies in School of Visual and Applied Arts. Faculty of Fine Arts AUTH in Thessaloniki, Greece . Last three collective exhibitons: - Exhibition in honnor of the Averof battleship , Averof battleship, Thessaloniki 2017 - Language and visual arts , Modern Art Gallery in Gonnus, Gonni 2018. - Conteporary art supports Down Syndrome, ArtNoise Gallery, Thessaloniki 2018.
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Oliwia Mosoń, Poland Lymphatic System, etching My name is Oliwia Mosoń. I am from Poland. I study graphic. I am on my fourth year at The Eugeniusz Geppert Academy of Art and Design in Wrocław. I develop myself in design and art. With curiosity, I look in the future. I like sketching and I often go to the zoo to do this. I explore different graphic techniques. I constantly look for my artistic path. I like experimenting a lot.
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Antonia Papatheodorou & Nausika Tarali, Greece All the sadness can be tolerable if you said a story for them, etching/relief printing We are Antonia and Nausika, two emerging artists/printmaker students, from Greece, in their third year of studies at the printmaking department of visual arts University in Thessaloniki. Its the first time we are collaborating in the creation of a single art piece. So far we have taken part in a small number collective exhibitions.
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Justyna Patecka-Lasek, Poland Arkona, etching I was born in 1990 in Krakow, Poland. In 2014 I graduated The Eugeniusz Geppert Academy of Fine Arts and Design in Wroclaw in Mediation of Art. I am currently working towards the masters degree in printmaking. I have been actively participating in many art exibitions, both as a curator and an artist. I have been coordinating International Prints Exchange “PrintCard”. I was awarded a scholarship of Chancellor’s Scholarship, as well as the Scholarship of the President of Wroclaw City.
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Katerina Perrou, Greece Mirrored, Mixed Media (Colored Linocut, Collage) She was born in 1996 in Greece. She passed to the Department of Visual Arts and Applied Arts in 2015 and is in the third year of her studies at the Printmaking Studio run by Professor Xenis Sachinis.
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Irene Politaki, Greece Contact, linocut Born in Eleusis, (seaside industrial area near Athens) in December 1995. I begun externalizing my perception of the world and my self and its constant fluctuation at an early age. My way of presenting myself and subsequently my art has always been quite performative, probably as a way to claim my own space and freedom of expression in a society that seeks to suppress. This eventually affected how I created art, making my work mostly instinctual, establishing emotional associations with visual stimuli. A manifestation of the archetypes that lay inside the subconscious mind, a method of exploring the inner workings of the human psyche. I currently am an undergraduate student at The School of Visual and Applied Arts of the Aristotle University of Thessaloniki, in my 6th semester.
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Anna Puzoń, Poland Sazae Oni, etching My name is Anna Puzoń. I was born in Poland. My hometown is Ustroń. I am in last year in the Academy of Art and Design in Wrocław city in faculty of Graphic. I used to draw ever since I was a child. But I gain a lot of knowledge by study in the polish Academy. I’m doing printmaking in studio from professor Anna Janusz Strzyż. I am in the begging of my journey as an artist.
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Daria Sobieska, Poland Calm 2, etching I was born in 1995 in Wrocław, Poland. After spending four years in art school in Warsaw, my education continued in the Academy of Fine Arts in Wrocław. I am a third year student of printmaking and graphic design.
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Monika Sochańska, Poland Destruct, digital print Student at the Academy of Fine Arts in Wrocław. In my work I try to combine different fields of art. Music, visual and theatrical experiences allow me to discover more.
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Magdalena Stachowiak, Poland Metaphysical Landscape, silkscreen/gold leaf Born in August 24, 1988 in Strzelin, Poland. Student of last year of Graphic Design at the Eugeniusz Geppert Academy of Fine Art and Design in Wrocław. Member of the popular Fine Art Atelier ‘Reja 17’. Currently preparing diploma project in the Creative Drawing Studio of Prof. Jacek Szewczyk. She works in drawing, collage and printmaking. Fascinated in experiments, technical drawing, impossible constructions and theoretical theories.
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Sylwia Szołtysek, Poland AAA, etching/aquatint Second year student of Graphic Arts at The Eugeniusz Geppert Academy of Art and Design in Wrocław, Poland. Interested in typography and layout, she combines her scientific mind and an analytical way of thinking with a sense of humour and absurd. Printmaking is for her the way to relax and boost creativity by the means of experimenting with different intaglio techniques, most frequently an etching.
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Evangelos Tasios, Greece No tittle, linocut Evangelos Tasios was born in 1996, in the small city of Xanthi located in northern Greece.In 2013, at the age of 18 he got accepted into the School of Visual and Applied Arts of Aristotle University of Thessaloniki, where he is currently studying in his 4th year. He chose to specialise in the department of printmaking with the assistance of his teacher Xenis Sachinis. He loves linocut and woodcut but he also experiments with other processes like lithography, digital printing, screenprinting and printing with offset plates. Furthermore, many of his other interests include painting, doing experimental videos and playing music.
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Anna Tzara, Greece Wheel to live, linocut Student at Aristotle University of Thessaloniki / Faculty of Fine Arts / Visual and Applied Arts Department
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Adrianna Tyburczy, Poland 10211, etching I was born in 1994 in Kielce. I am studying graphic at the Academy of Art and Design in Wrocław. I have multidysciplinary mindset. I use different medium and techniques according what I want to express. Currently I am working with my diploma projects in Intaglio Workshop (printmaking part) and Visual Identity (graphic design part).
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Magdalena Weber, Poland Pareidolia, linocut 2008 - 2014 - Jacek Malczewski High School of Fine Arts in Częstochowa. Graduation with the title of artist - jeweler from 2015 - The Eugeniusz Geppert Academy od Art and Design in Wrocław Department of Painting and Sculpture, Faculty of Art Mediation Scholarships: 2012 - Artistic scholarship of the Mayor of Częstochowa 2016 - Rector’s scholarship for the best students The Eugeniusz Geppert Academy of Art and Design in Wrocław 2017 - Rector’s scholarship for the best students The Eugeniusz Geppert Academy of Art and Design in Wrocław
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Dominika Ziober-Król, Poland Humanomalia II, drypoint/linocut Graduate the Wrocław Academy of Fine Arts on the Department of Graphics and Art of Media, also Department of Art Education. Winner of many prizes, among others Rector’s Awards in the Best Diploma of the Year 2016 Competition at the Wrocław Academy of Fine Arts. A multiple scholarship holder of the Rector’s Scholarship for the Best Students of the Academy of Fine Arts.
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One of the events during the exhibition period was the presentation of the printmaking workshop held by Majka Dokudowicz in the Youth Center of Kalamata Kentro Neon Kalamatas - fully independent, voluntary based organisation supported on a self-funded basis. It is open to everybody who wishes to participate in the existing workshops or propose their own. In general, it’s inspired by the idea of active citizens exchanging knowledge for common personal and social development.
The workshop took place from February to May and it had it’s final exhibition at 30th of May 2018. The participants have the chance to get to know the history of printmaking, try the suminagashi technique, monotypes and practice linocuts. For all of the participants it was the first contact with printmaking and it was a pleasure to see how from very basic designs they were moving to more and more intricate patterns and sketches. On 23rd and 30th of April the workshop took place in Cultural Center, alongside with the exhibition, which gave the visitors the chance to see how printmaking process looks like ‘from behind the curtain’ and to the participant of workshop it gave the opportunity to practice their theoretical knowledge by explaining and presenting the process and tools to the audience.
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