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Dr hab. Aleksandra Toborowicz is a visual artist working in the media of painting, drawing, installation, murals, typography and graphic design. Dean of the Faculty of Graphic Arts at the Jan Matejko Academy of Fine Arts in Cracow, Poland. Professor and Head of the Lettering and Typography Studio. Aleksandra's art is abstract, expressionistic, surreal and spontaneous. She paints usually using papers, acrylic and pastel. Her works are a combination of painting and drawing. Winner of national and international awards in competitions: the European Design Awards, Communication Arts, A' Design Award and Competition, Hiii Typography, 50 Books | 50 Covers – Design Observer and AIGA, The Most Beautiful Books of the Year – PTWK, the Trnava Triennial, Transvizualia, the 2+3D Magazine Review of Best Graduation Works for her website Virtual Museum of Erotic Art in 2009. Scholarships received from the Polish Ministry of Culture and National Heritage (2015, 2020), Young Poland Scholarship (2010) founded by the Polish Ministry of Culture and National Heritage, from the Ministry of Culture and National Heritage in 2002 and from the Mayor of the City of Czestochowa in 2002. Winner of the National Education Committee Medal, Poland (2015) and the "Ars Quaerendi" Award in "Master" category, Cracow, Poland (2015) Member of the IAD: International Association of Designers. Member of a board at the New Art Foundation ZNACZY SIE in Cracow (2012–2013). PORFTOLIO: TYPOGRAPHIC INSTALLATION: