"ETHOS, PATHOS" Painting

A graduate of the Strzeminski Academy of Fine Arts Łódź. In 1986 she obtained a diploma honored with the scholarship of the Minister of Culture and Art. Active in the fields of painting, installation, video, set design and costume, she received the 1st degree Minister of Culture and Art Prize for her achievements in the field of stage design. She presented her paintings and set design installations connected with the expressionist trends of the 1980’s and 1990’s at group and individual exhibitions in Poland, France, Germany, the USA and Great Britain – e.g. an exhibition of 50 artists in Monchengladbach, presenting works of Andy Warhol, Denis Oppenheim and Italo Scanga. In the years 2005 – 2011 she created two cycles of paintings KSIĘGA KRONIK XX (The Book of Chronicles XX) and IDEE I MASKI (Ideas and Masks). The works, which were inspired by screen reality, are painterly reflection on media (film and photographic) codification of crime and terror. The connection with film and the role of the screen in creating and copying a message are also reflected in her video realization: Krąg czyli kto ma urojone lęki zasługuje na prawdziwe (Ring. Whoever has imaginary fears deserves to have real ones)/2009, Kolor płonie (Colour is burning)/2010 and multichannel video installation Taniec sw. Wita (Saint Vitus’ Dance)/ 2010/2011. Since 2009 she has been the head of the Set and Costume Design Studio at the Strzeminski Academy of Fine Arts Łódź where she implements her authorial programme of classes and lectures. She obtained her PhD title in the area of ine arts at the Faculty of Graphics and Painting of the Strzeminski Academy of Fine Arts Łódź in December 2011, presenting a work entitle ŚWIĘTE ZŁO (Sacred Evil) which consists of a cycle of paintings, a set design sketch for Sarah Kane’s Cleansed, a video film and dissertation. Since 2012, she has been cooperating with the Polish National Film, Television and Theatre School in Łódź, where she is the head of an authorial Studio of Virtual Set Design.