Interspaces Exhibition Catalogue

Aleksander Ostrowski

Maryna Podolska Ryszard Pielesz

Jaros³aw Skutnik

Agata Sobczyk

Justyna Stefañczyk

Angelika Zajdlic

Hot Bed Press - Ground floor Gallery Space The Casket Works, Cow Lane, Salford. M5 4NB

Adam Czech

Tomasz Chudzik

Hanna Grzonka Karwacka

Janina Kotyœ Kublicka

Kamila Kasperowicz

Anna Krasnodêbska Okrêglicka

Krzysztof Kula

Ma³gorzata £uszczak

Ewa Mêdrek

Wojciech Osuchowski

Wies³awa Ostrowska

Aleksander Ostrowski

Ryszard Pielesz

Maryna Podolska

Jaros³aw Skutnik

Agata Sobczyk

Justyna Stefañczyk

Teresa Œlusarek

Angelika Zajdlic

Interspaces, the ground-breaking Polish print exhibition, is a captivating exploration of the interplay between print, design, and human perception. This showcase pushes the boundaries of traditional printmaking, unveiling a mesmerising collection that transcends conventional artistic genres.

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The exhibition features an array of contemporary Polish artists who employ various printmaking techniques to create stunning visual narratives. From etchings and litho-graphs to screenprints and woodcuts, each artwork resonates with a sense of experimentation and creative audacity. The artists skilfully manipulate the print medium, transforming it into a dynamic channel for expressing complex ideas and emotions.

Interspaces aims to challenge the viewers' perceptions by exploring the interconnections between physical spaces, virtual realms, and the human psyche. The exhibited prints invite contemplation on the intricate relationships between tangible and intangible dimensions, provoking introspection and stimulating intellectual engagement.

The exhibition space at Hot Bed Press is prepared to enhance the immersive experience. Carefully curated arrangements of prints, and interactive installations create an ambiance that encourages visitors to engage deeply with the artworks. This multi-sensory approach amplifies the impact of each print, fostering a profound connection between the observer and the artistic vision.

Interspaces is a testament to the thriving contemporary printmaking scene in Poland and its ability to reinvent itself while preserving traditional techniques. This new exhibition serves as a catalyst for dialogue, pushing the boundaries of what printmaking can achieve and inspiring a new generation of artists to explore uncharted artistic territories.

dr Kamila Kasperowicz

Adam Czech was born on 4th June 1976 inKatowice.

In 1996 he graduated from The Secondary School of Fine Arts in Katowice. Next, from 1996 to 2000 studied at University of Silesia, Art Institute.

Artist graduated with distinction from Graphic Department from prof. Delecta's class. This studying at University of Silesia made graphic passion. His works were presented at about 40 individual exhibitions and about 400 group exhibitions in Poland and abroad.

He won many awards in national and international art competitions. In creative work, he deals with issues related to graphic and techniques of flat printing,

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Adam Czech

The author is looking for connections between the graphic technique and new printing solutions, their mutual correlations.

Graphic experiments together with the use of printing technologies trigger cognitive desire, allow for experience, creating methods that contribute to the enrichment of the workshop.

Graphic materials and technologies used in the field of printing become, as a consequence, the basis for the creation of original graphic works. Thread of creative artistic search, visual research is related to the issue of meeting: with selected, meaningful places: close, known or just being met. Searching for values, anchored in specific places - architecture, landscape - is one of the possible paths of artistic journeys. Meetings with other people, places, spaces make Mind maps. The memories captured in the frames convince about the importance of spatial quality in the surrounding.

„Fiery”, 76,5 x 56 cm, serigrafia, print on handmade papier

„Streetwalkers”, 56 x 77 cm, algrafia

„S algrafia treetwalkers in the VIRES, 88,5 x 66 cm, „Calligraphic streetwalker”, 56 x 77 cm, algrafia

Tomasz Chudzik. Studied at the Academy of Fine Arts in Krakow (Faculty of Graphics in Katowice).

Since 1993 teacher at the Faculty of Arts at the UJD in Czêstochowa. In 2007 he obtained the degree of doctor habilitated (ASP Katowice). In 2021 he was nominated as a professor. He is the head of the Department of Graphic Arts at the UJD. He practices workshop graphics and drawing. Author of 30 individual exhibitions.

He has participated in about 250 group exhibitions. He received awards and distinctions. In the evaluation he received category A.

2018 - 10th Polish Print Triennial in Katowice.

2019 -7th International Print Biennal, Guanlan, China; work in the collection.

2023 - 2nd prize at the Arte Grafica Italiana2022 competition.

Works in the field of graphics and drawing. The subject matter concerns the phenomenon of spatiality, fascination with nature, observation and analysis of the coexistence of art and science. The inspiration is also the way of writing the graphic language of your favorite thematic area: landscape. The carrier of artistic transformations is the play of light and shadow on the surface of the water, this fleeting record of the world around us. His realism is more and more often shaped in an abstract formula. These borderlands constitute the image and artistic form of the last cycles.

Tomasz Chudzik

„Memory limits”, 100 x 77 cm, kolografia, drawing

„Subiective area”, object I, 50 x 80 cm, gravure printing, drawing

„Subiective area”, object II, 50 x 80 cm, gravure printing, drawing

Hanna Grzonka-Karwacka.

In year 1999 she graduated from the University of Silesia, Institute of Art from Professor Krystyna Filipowska’s class in graphic art and from Anna Kowalczyk-Klus’ class in drawing. Since 2005 she has worked at the Art Institute in Cieszyn, in the Department of Drawing, where she runs the Drawing Studio. In 2009 she received her Ph.D in Fine Art. In 2019 She has been granted the title of associate professor.

She is interested in printmaking, drawing and animation. Her works were presented at several individual exhibitions and many collective ones in Poland and abroad. In her recent series she is mainly interested in the concept of a memory trace- engram, which despite having been created many times in childhood, did not fade, degrade or become deformed. Her works refer to identity, memory and traces.

I am primarily interested in a memory trace - engram, which, despite the fact that it was created in childhood, has not passed away, has not been degraded and has not succumbed to distortion.

My recent works refer to autobiographical memory, and its traces are images of my personal relationship with the past.

I realized that the recorded images and experiences from my childhood helped me understand and tame situations in adulthood.

Hanna Grzonka Karwacka

„Demon I”, 17,5 x 17,5 cm, digital print

„Demon II”, 17,5 x 17,5 cm, digital print

„Demon III”, 17,5 x 17,5 cm, digital print

„Travellers”, 70 x 100 cm, linocut

Janina Kotyœ-Kublicka, was born in October 23rd, 1942, in Kocilew near Wieluñ. She graduated with honors in workshop graphics in 1960. Since 1960 onwards, she was employed at the Academy of Fine Arts in Poznañ (currently UAP). She worked as an assistant to prof. Lucjan Mianowski in lithography and as an assistant to prof. Zbigniew Lutomski in woodcut. She later became the head of the 2nd Drawing Studio with the title of adjunct professor. Kotyœ-Kublicka created workshop graphics usingmetal techniques and lithography. She was a threetime scholarship holder of the Minister of Culture and Art and received a 3rd-degree award from the Minister of Culture and Art for her educational achievements.

Janina Kotyœ-Kublicka has made several national and international exhibitions, including Norway, Mexico, Liege, Brno, Bologna, Park Essen, Darmstadt, and Poland.

Janina Kotyœ-Kublicka’s artistic work has remained remarkably consistent andcohesive since the 1960s. It emerges from the fears and anxieties of thecontemporary world. The artist has consistently pursued the exploration of threats to the modern human condition, devoid of heroism and stripped of pathos. She has revealed the state of humanity in contemporary times, with an ancient value reminiscent of the futile efforts of Tantalus and Sisyphus.

Joanna Kotyœ Kublicka

„Dialogue”, 32,4 x 49,8 cm, metal, combined technique

„Dissonance”, 29,7 x 49,7 cm, metal, combined technique

„Meadows I”, 32,4 x 49,8 cm, metal, combined technique

„Contemplations”, 32,4 x 49,8 cm, metal, combined technique

Kamila is a Graphic Designer with a PhD from the University of Silesia in Poland and First Class Honours Degree in MA Design LAB from Manchester School of Art. Kamila is currently a Marketing Director at UAP Ltd and she is a member of Hot Bed Press in Salford, Manchester.

Her primary focus is communicating complex subject matter in visually effective ways.

Kamila is particularly interested in letterpress, poster design, typography and graphic design for various publications. Her posters have received a distinction by the Taipei International Design Awards and has been shortlisted for exhibit at Shenzhen Guan Shanyue Art Museum, and Moscow Museum in Russia with her Typography Posters.

She has published 3 books; ‘British Stuff,’ the first edition in 2013, the second in 2016 and illustrated children’s book in 2018.

Kamila is showcasing a typographic posters and art installation. Typography on the streets of Manchester shows the city’s industrial history and its various intertwining cultures. Artist asked what people think about Manchester, and more precisely, If they could describe Manchester in a one word, what would it be? As a result Kamila created a series of posters inspired by the Typography in the city. Next based on the designed posters she created the art installation. Installation consists of ten fabric prints, printed on a sheer fabric. Thanks to the transparent properties of the material used a new image quality is obtained. Multi-layered installation is associated with the dynamics of the city in the context of its typography. The city can give you a visual pleasure. The typosphere of the city is constantly changing. The lively character of the city inspired the creation of the installation City Type.

Kamila Kasperowicz

„Modern II”, 70 x 100 cm, digital print

„Beton”, 100 x 70 cm, digital print

„Katowice - transformation”, 100 x 70 cm, digital print

„City type - installation”, fragment

„Katowice - transformation”, 100 x 70 cm, digital print

Graduate of the Academy of Fine Arts in Krakow, Graphic Arts Department in Katowice. Master's degree in art in 2001, main diploma in the Department of Graphic Arts and additional one in painting. Works with painting, printmaking and graphic design, ceramics. She is an art teacher working with children and young people. She has participated in exhibitions at home and abroad, 12.2022-02.2023 individual painting exhibition at the Galeria Intymna, Dom Oœwiatowy Biblioteki Œl¹skiej in Katowice.

Anna Krasnodêbska Okrêglicka

Whichever medium I use, whether it is a printmaking or painting, my inspiration lately has been the passing of time, dying and rebirth. I mostly create figurative compositions; symbolism and colour are important to me. In the presented prints the form of diptychs emphasises the duality of the world.

The matrix is not used to reproduce the image, but to change it. Used in various juxtapositions, it allows to develop the cycle of the graphic story or to build a different narrative.

„No title 1”, 100 x 70 cm, own technique

„No title 2”, 100 x 70 cm, own technique

„No title 3”, 100 x 70 cm, own technique

Born in 1960 in Chorzów. Graduate of the Academy of Fine Arts in Cracow (Department of Printmaking in Katowice). His degree show, developed in 1993, within the Printmaking Studio of prof. Stanis³aw Kluska and the Drawing & Painting Studio of prof. Maciej Bieniasz was awarded with a medal. Between 1996 and 2011 he was a curator of the ENGRAM Gallery in the Krystyna Bochenek Cultural Centre in Katowice. Since 2009, he has been involved with the Bieguny [Poles] art. project - a laboratory of ideas and exchange of experiences, in view of the expanding territory of new forms of graphic image. Academic tutor since 1997, obtained a status of a titular professor in 2020. Currently runs a Drawing and Performative Actions Studio at the Institute of Visual Arts at the Faculty of Art and Education in Cieszyn.Member of ZPAP in Katowice and the Association of the International Triennial of Graphic Arts in Kraków. His practice incorporates elements of drawing, printmaking and performance. Author of numerous individual exhibitions and participant of many national and international presentations and collective shows.Lives and works in Katowice and Koszarawa Bystra.

Adam Molenda commented in the catalogue of the exhibition "Graphic Polyptych" by Krzysztof Kula, presented at the ENGRAM Gallery in Katowice in 2000: "Distance. Above all, distance. Printmaking? What kind of printmaking? Only on the surface (...) ".

In his reflections, Adam Molenda called the printmaker's workshop "a safe haven of norms", suggesting that beneath its surface "a truly open and free nature can survive. The nature of the performer (...)". And he concluded: "Reality is being fulfilled before our eyes. Performance..."

The undersigned had a chance to witness the "Graphic Polyptych" at the University Gallery of the Art Institute in Cieszyn, where the author of the "Polyptych" is still currently employed. The large-format prints were displayed on the walls of the Cieszyn Gallery in an unconventional manner. My reading of these works at the time was focused mainly on their structure. In the elegant, classical intaglio prints, I found the fractal nature of their matrices, as well as in the compositional arrangements of the prints on the Gallery walls. I recognized the process and foreshadowing of Infinity.

A little later I became acquainted with the ENGRAM Gallery in Katowice, of which Krzysztof Kula was the animator, curator and a host. In the author's project "Poles", he organised meetings of artistic graphic duos at Engram and curated accompanying exhibitions. Since 2010, I have participated in various stages of this long-standing project. Consequently, on several occasions I have taken part in "polar" meetings with other printmakers, and I was able to experience successive transformations of Krzysztof’s Polyptych. In 2017, as I recall, I assisted in the graphic 'reincarnation' of the burned Polyptych matrices in the open air. At the 113 IP Gallery in Czêstochowa, in an installation on an ellipse plan, among the remains of these matrices, the stereoscopic animations "Ignis" and "Elevation" testified to the magical rites I had participated in and documented in Koszarawa-Bystraja.

Krzysztof Kula returns to Gallery 113 in March 2023. In the next rotation of his graphic galaxy, he will present the results of its evolution and transmutation of his Polyptych. Nothing is lost in Krzysztof's graphic cosmos. Therefore we might witness how his Polyptych resists entropy. Likewise life itself.

Thank you, Krzysztof.

Grzegorz Banaszkiewicz Kraków 2023

Ma³gorzata £uszczak

Graphics entitled "City-Perspective" from the series "Field of View" is an element of a larger whole urban layout, arranged in any composition depending on the space.

Maùgorzata Ùuszczak forIndependent many years she has beenresearching the possibilities of perception and the impact of digital media on the creative process, the starting point being the observation of natural, urban and cultural landscapes.

The dominant subjects in Maùgorzata Ùuszczak’s works are:landscape as space shared by different users who either adapt to it or adjust the landscape to their own needs, light – as an element of communication and a source of the meanders of perception, , and the four elements. More at: www.malgorzata.luszczak.com

Ma³gorzat £uszczak’s artistic work includes: drawings, graphic, animation, open-air activities and digital media. The artist mixes traditional media with digital print and Augmented Reality (AR).

Author of serval articles and editor pf 20 monographs on contemporary art published in Poland and internationally. Populariser of digital culture, organizer of workshops game jams and hackathons. Curator of exhibitions, juror, creative director of Festiwal of Art. and Independent - Games LAG in Cieszyn. Director and participant of several art projects popularizing digital media and their use in art education.

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„City - Perspective”, 100 x 70 cm, serigraphy

„City perspective”, fragments, 100 x 70 cm, serigraphy

My name is Ewa Mêdrek.

I’ m a linocut artist

I live and work in Paris.

In 2000 I graduated from the Academy of Fine Art in Krakow branch in Katowice at the Faculty of Graphics and Sculoture.

Illustrations:

”Kotka Brygidy”

“Kuferek Adama Mickiewicza”

“Muchomor”

Guide to the Polish Library in Paris. “Pratiquer la gravure en relief” Editions Eyrolles.

Solo exhibition:

2022 Labruguiére, France

Participation:

Junge Kunst aus Katowitz, 1999 Ratingen, 22 Triennial Grenchen 2021, Switzerland,

1st Internetional GCBMini Print

2022, Berlin

Distinction in the competition

TRZY / MAM / KSI¥¯KI 2016

About my linocuts:

My works are on the border of abstraction and figurativeness, they show movement, the passage of time, tension and deconstruction of shapes. In linocutr i look for delicacy and expressiveness, optical illusions and new meanings through the multiplication of forms.

I haven’t shown my work publicly of many years. I started again 3 years ago. @ewamedrekgraphiques

„Shells”, 49 x 433 cm, linocut

„Erosion 1”, 21 x 14,8 cm, linocut

„Erosion 2”, 21 x 14,8 cm, linocut

„Tera incognitta 1”, 40 x 30 cm, linocut

Graphic designer, art. director, pre-press specialist, university lecturer, and art. doctor.

Graduate of the Institute of Art. at the University of Silesia in Cieszyn - diploma in graphic design under prof. Artur Starczewski, annex in drawing under prof. Anna Kowalczyk-Klus. He is currently working as a professor at the university in the field of Game and Virtual Space Design. His creative interest is digital and traditional graphics, photography, animation, multimedia, and graphic design. His works have been shown in over 400 solo and group exhibitions in Poland, Europe, Asia, and the Americas.

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A sphere in Euclidean space is a part of space bounded by a sphere, considered an ideal shape by the Pythagoreans. We live in spheres whose boundaries are defined by spheres, horizonsranges of physical or metaphysical possibilities. We describe the world closest to us as the reality around us. The series "Spheres" is a form of the visual experience of collapsing a classically constructed image into closed spheres, a transcription on their surfaces of flat graphical images that are fragments of reality. The works combine traditional graphics with digital graphics and photography, generated in 3D space with selectively used elements of generative graphics. It is inspired by the post-industrial landscape and the modern urbanism replacing it. The rapid changes in this area provoke a discourse on transience.

From the cycle: sphere „Sphere”, 100 x 70 cm

A graduate of the University of Arts in Poznañ.

The artist completed her diploma in workshop graphics and drawing. In 2015 she completed her PhD in the Academy of Fine Arts in Katowice.

Since 2015, she been associated with the Academy of Applied Sciences, where she teaches art education in fine arts. She deals with drawing, graphics, artistic textiles and mosaics. Author of 22 indyvidual and 77 group exhibitions in Poland and abroad.

Passionate about healthy life and spiritual development.

A series of graphics, "Structures of Thoughts."

The presented works show my passion for experimentation, the use of chance and the lengthy creation process. Touch, trace, matrix, and layering for discoveries - new graphics.

„Structures of thoughts”, part 1, 75 x 54 cm, colagrafia

„Structures of thoughts”, part 2, 75 x 54 cm, colagrafia

„Structures of thoughts”, part 3, 75 x 54 cm, colagrafia

Aleksander is a graduate of the University of Silesia in Katowice. He completed his diploma in the field of workshop graphics. In 2001, he completed his PhD in the socjology of culture at the Faculty of Social Scientes of the Uniwersity of Silesia in Katowice. In 2004, he completed his habilitation in fine arts at the Academy of Fine Arts in Warsaw. In 2015 he obtained the title of professor of fine arts at the Academy of Fine Arts in Katowice. Science 1988 he has been associated with his alma mater the Faculty of Arts and Science of Education. He deals with drawing, graphics, graphuc design and photography. Supervisor of four doctoral theses: Karolina Stanieczek / graphics/, Justyna Stefañczyk / illustration, picture book/, Kamila Kasperowicz / poster, installation/, Wojciech Osuchowski . poster/.

A matrix, a print, and a trace inspired him to create "seals" and "stamps" in the linocut technique, with specific shapes reflected on a prepared substrate, allowing me to create various compositions. The works were created from 9 matrices. The matrices were reflected in black and white, which gave an additional effect of strong contrasts. The assumption of multiple reflections allows me to create unique works.

„Moment”, 100 x 70 cm, linocut, monotype

„Types”, part 1, 100 x 70 cm, linocut, monotype

„Types”, part 2, 100 x 70 cm, linocut, monotype

„Types”, part 3, 100 x 70 cm, linocut, monotype

Ryszard Pielesz was born in 1961. He lives in Bielsko-Bia³a. He is a graduate of the Graphics Department of the Academy of Fine Arts in Katowice. Furthermore, he graduated with honours in 1990. After graduation, he dealt with workshop graphics, producing the cycles: “Requiem” and “Bitter Regrets”. His works have been awarded at graphic competitions, including the International Print Triennial in Krakow, the Polish Print Triennial in Katowice, the International Print Triennial, the Copper Engraving Center in Lubin and the International Art Triennial at Majdanek. The years 1991-1997 are the period of cooperation with the "Lisse Bruun" gallery in Copenhagen. At that time, the author produces the series of paintings: “Ecological letters”, “Objects”, “Remembered landscapes”. In the years 1992-1997, he was a member of the International Art Salon in Tokyo. Since 1998, he has been working at the Institute of Fine Arts at the Faculty of Arts and Educational Sciences in Cieszyn University of Silesia in Katowice In 2005, he finalized his habilitation thesis, the subject of which was a series of graphics entitled: “Travers”, “Spaces” and “Light”.

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Ryszard Pielesz

In the years 2000–2019, he dealt with digital graphics. Currently, the author has returned to painting. Creates pictures on paper. He developed his own painting technique consisting in layering tempera paint and scratching it with sharp tools, thanks to which the paintings gain more spatiality.

In the years 2020-2021, he produced a series of paintings entitled “The Sanctuary of Nature”, presented at the Polish Institute in Manchester. In 2022, I started a series entitled “Illustrations for the Book of Mountains”.

The author exhibited his works in galleries in Japan, Great Britain, Germany, the Netherlands, Belgium, France, and the United States.

Ryszard Pielesz's painting can be classified as informel abstraction. Allusions to mountain landscape motifs are visible in his works. The author draws his inspiration from climbing in the Dolomites and the Tatras.

From the cycle: sphere „Books of mountains”, 100 x 70 cm

She lives in Poland. She was born in Nikopol, Dnipro area,Ukraina. In 1990 she graduated from the Odessa Art College. Grekova M. B. Teacher: Udovichenko S. In 2016 she graduated from the Odessa State Pedagogical University named after. K. D. Ushinsky. Teacher: I. Oros. She begans her creative activity in 2004 as a stage designer at the Odessa Opera and Ballet Theatre.

2016 teacher drawing, painting, composition, in Odessa.

2022 Faculty of Arts and Pedagogical Sciences of the University of Silesia in Katowice in Cieszyn - teaching assistant drawing 20216 She works as a graphic artist, in ex-libris.

Member of the Union of Artists of Ukraine and the Czech Republic.

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International Festival of Contemporary Engraving of Trento 2023

22nd international print biennal Varna 2023

Exlibris Collection Museum in Malbork 2023

International Festival of Contemporary Engraving of Trento 2022

Grafein foundation fluitekruid 13 purmerend 2023

“Il Bisonte” in Florence 2023

Ninth International Mini Print Biennale Exhibition 2023

"Changing Worlds" Australia project 2023

„Woler Flows”, 2022, 12,5 x 9,0 cm silcpronting

Jaros³aw Skutnik was born in 1963 in Kropiwnica /Podlaskie Voivodeship/.

Studies:

1985-1990 – University of Silesia in Katowice, Art Institute in Cieszyn, 1988-1993 - State Higher School of Fine Arts in Poznañ.

Since 1994 he has been working at the Art Institute at the Faculty of Arts in Cieszyn at the University of Silesia in Katowice. Currently, he runs classes in classical and experimental graphics and multimedia.

In his artistic work, he focuses on graphic arts, computer graphics, drawing, painting, and he also creates installations using experimental graphic techniques. In his creative activity, he looks for opportunities to combine traditional graphic techniques with new media. In the philosophy of artistic exploration, Skutnik focuses on the category of the matrix as the original idea, the beginning and the source of creation.

He is the author of classic graphic works and experimental activities presented at many domestic and foreign exhibitions.

The presented graphic works are a kind of artist's game with the matrix, which sometimes defines the reflected image; other times, it is a pretext to modify the print until it finally disappears, is destroyed, or obliterated, as in the graphics entitled In Memoriam.

In the In Memoriam works, on a piece of paper with dimensions corresponding to the format of catalogs dedicated to the work of deceased artists, the author reprinted the contents of individual catalogs page by page. The layered text and the reproductions of works permeating it created abstract compositions - specific forms of epitaphs.

Triptychs entitled City and Leaf-Letter are examples of using one matrix to make three different prints/images. This process is an attempt at an artistic break with the model meaning of the matrix and its classical use. Other works include classic relief prints and gravure prints.

„Berds - signs” , 39 x 59 cm, aquatint, etching

„In memoriam A. Starczewski”, 21 x 29 cm, own technique

„In memoriam A. Biedrawa”, 21 x 29 cm, own technique

„In memoriam J. Wroñski”, 21 x 29 cm, own technique

Painter and graphic artist. Studied at Faculty of Graphics at the Jan Matejko Academy of Fine Arts in Cracow, graphics department in Katowice, graduated in 2000, under supervision of professor Marian Oslislo from studio of graphic design and professor Roman Nowotarski, studio of painting.

Participant of exhibitions at home and abroad, incl.:

- FESTIWAL MALARSTWA

WSPÓ£CZESNEGO, Pomeranian

Dukes' Castle, Szczecin

- GRAND PRIX M£ODEJ GRAFIKI

POLSKIEJ, Contemporary Art Gallery Bunkier Sztuki, Kraków

- INTERNATIONAL TRIENNIAL OF GRAPHIC ART, NI Institute and Museum, Bitola

- TRIENNALE GRAFIKI POLSKIEJ, BWA

Contemporary Art Gallery, Katowice

- POLISH EAGLES 2006, Young Polish Print in Seoul, Seoul

- Biennale Painting BIELSKA JESIEÑ, Galeria Bielska BWA, Bielsko-Bia³a

MEMORIES FADE SLOWLY

Our memories are like colourful postcards. With time, however, what was lively and vivid, starts fading away... It is getting harder to bring back details, places and times get confused. Everything dissolved in the haze. Soon, you can only go back to those wonderful moments, supposedly unforgettable, when watching old photos. My cycle represents just that. The starting point for each work is a colourful landscape, which is “destroyed” by subsequent layers of print. With progress of work the details vanish, colours fade away, and the original meaning disappears. New quality is created.

„Memories fade slowly VIII”, 70 x 100 cm , own technique

„Memories fade slowly IX”, 70 x 100 cm , own technique

„Memories fade slowly I”, 70 x 100 cm , own technique

„Memories fade slowly II”, 70 x 100 cm , own technique

Graduated from the Academy of Fine Arts in Kraków, Faculty of Graphic Arts in Katowice. She received a diploma with distinction in graphic design in 2000. In 2018, she defended her doctorate in the discipline of fine arts at the Institute of Art., University of Silesia in Katowice. Since 2017, she has been affiliated with the field of Game Design and Virtual Space in Cieszyn, University of Silesia, where she currently serves as the head of the department. She specializes in creating original picture books for children. In 2018, she founded the publishing house Dzika Ma³pa, which promotes the idea of picture books. Additionally, she is involved in poster design, typography, animation, and artistic graphics, particularly color linocut.

The theme of the matrix, imprint, print, and trace served as inspiration for creating a series of graphics that utilize geometric elements cut from a matrix, through which I created unique, one-time-only traces. I somewhat deconstructed the process of creating and printing graphics, where multiple similar but not identical prints are obtained from a single matrix. This time, the elements of the "matrix" change, and the final result in the form of the print is unique. I will employ the technique of color linocut to create three cycles of graphics, in which the main roles are played by the circle, triangle, and square. The theme of my works revolves around confinement and the attempt at liberation. I aimed to depict, in a symbolic manner, the emotions accompanying this process.

Justyna Stefañczyk

„Encirclement II/3”, 21 x 29 cm , linocut

„Encirclement I/4”, 21 x 29 cm , linocut

Born in Kielce. Studied in the Art. Teaching Institute at the Jan D³ugosz University in Czêstochowa. Postdoctoral degree of the Academy of Fine Arts in £odŸ, 2016. Has been running graphic arts studio in the Arts Institute at the J. Kochanowski University in Kielce. Took part in numerous collectiva and competitive exhibitions in Poland and abroad including: The 3 Bangkok Triennale International. Print & Drawing Exhibition, 2012; International Print Biennale Yerevan, Armenia,2017; 8th International Print Art Triennial of Sofia, Bulgaria, 2019; The Bucharest International Print Biennale, “Crossing borders”, Romania, 2019; 11th Polish Print Triennial, Silesian Museum in Katowice, Poland, 2021;

International Print Triennial 2021 : Dissonant Futures in Kraków, Poland. She does graphic arts, photography and drawing.

The language of the Universe consists of traditional geometrical shapes which possess complex meanings and fragments of the nature closed in a visual sign, yet still bearing some resemblance to the reality. The geometrical structure makes a regular rhythm and organizes the surface, it visualizes the relationship between the physical presence in space and the inner world which encompasses a plethora of experiences, emotions, feelings, events and situations. The presence of fictional objects indicates the duality of nature, its objective and transcendent dimension.

„Monster 21, 50 x 140 cm, own technique

„Monster”, 50 x 140 cm, own technique

„Monster 20, 50 x 140 cm, own technique

„Monster Migrations I, 50 x 140 cm, own technique

In 2020, she graduated with honors from the University of Silesia in Katowice, the Art Institute in Cieszyn, majoring in: Art Education in the Field of Fine Arts and Painting and Interdisciplinary Projects. Immediately after graduation, she assumed the position of an assistant at her alma mater (in the Workshop of Stained Glass and Artistic Glass).

From 2021 she has been continuing her education at the Academy of Fine Arts Eugeniusz Geppert in Wrocùaw in the field of Artistic Disciplines in Architecture. Her works have been displayed on numerous exhibitions in Poland and abroad including The Czech Republic, Germany, Croatia, Bulgaria, Cyprus, Turkey, Iran, The United States, Australia.

Angelika Zajdlic

Angelika Zajdlic (1995) is a Cieszyn based ambitious young glass artist and graphic designer. She mainly creates stained glass, abstract geometric graphics, paintings, graphic design, and illustration; she is experienced in visual identities. Angelika's visual trademark style is a result of combining handmade graphics with well-thought-out shapes; old papers, cut&paste and illustrative elements with digital design. Her works, whether figurative or geometric-based, are very plastic and alert to the medium's specificities. She claims to seek inspiration in human anatomy, fashion magazines, architectures, nature and in the art of chance. She is interested in the world of nature (flora and fauna), focusing on the in-depth analysis of form and matter. Using the language of forms and shapes, she strives for synthesis and visual minimalism. Zajdlic cares about the ambiguity of reading her works, opening the space for their own interpretation.

„Established identity”, 70 x 300 cm, linocut

Special thanks to Kamila Kasperowicz from the artists