Dagmara Rudkin

Born in Poland, lives and works in the UK since 1991. Painter, illustrator and mixed media artist.
My work is often inspired by Catholic imagery and European mythology, folk art, Feminist Art and Expressionism. I often combine semiprecious materials like gold and silver leaf with scraps of old dried- up paint, roughly sewn fabric, chicken wire, plastic gems and found objects to create sensual delicate lace-like areas of paintings and darker, roughly- handled broody passages that are reminiscent of nests, wombs, doorways, caves or cocoons. They are poetic and gaudy, witty and richly embellished. They are a contemplation and a celebration of the rites of passage told by European mythology.

MA in Sequential Design and Illustration, University of Brighton
PGCE in Art and Design, University of Brighton
BA (Fine Art and Glass), University of Wolverhampton

Many Ways to Tell a Story, Hove Museum , December 2016 till May 2017
Stories about Stories, Phoenix Brighton, May-June 2016
MA Graduation Show, Brighton University Gallery, September 2015