Monika Lukowska
STATEMENT
As Mark Rothko said art is an adventure into an unknown world.
For me, art is an unlimited field. This is a way of measuring distance between myself and the world around me. I try to define myself by examining society, relationships and symbols which I see. I see an artwork as the concentration of an idea into a physical entity.
During my travels through different cultures (like India, Nepal,USA) I had an opportunity look inside myself. I am inspired by all the contradictions which I saw, by unpredictable adventures which I experienced by meeting people from different cultures and listening to theirs stories.
Travel, for me, is like touching mystery, exploring the unknown and a way to understand the contemporary world. At this time, I become a part of a global society. It is a process of embodying my feelings and afterthoughts. The use of a medium such as lithography, digital print, video gives me creative freedom.
My goal is to achieve new value of printmaking.
I try to make art which induces meditation and contemplation of hidden meaning. This is my search for order, which is so often vulnerable to the power of chaos in societies.
STATEMENT
As Mark Rothko said art is an adventure into an unknown world.
For me, art is an unlimited field. This is a way of measuring distance between myself and the world around me. I try to define myself by examining society, relationships and symbols which I see. I see an artwork as the concentration of an idea into a physical entity.
During my travels through different cultures (like India, Nepal,USA) I had an opportunity look inside myself. I am inspired by all the contradictions which I saw, by unpredictable adventures which I experienced by meeting people from different cultures and listening to theirs stories.
Travel, for me, is like touching mystery, exploring the unknown and a way to understand the contemporary world. At this time, I become a part of a global society. It is a process of embodying my feelings and afterthoughts. The use of a medium such as lithography, digital print, video gives me creative freedom.
My goal is to achieve new value of printmaking.
I try to make art which induces meditation and contemplation of hidden meaning. This is my search for order, which is so often vulnerable to the power of chaos in societies.
EXHIBITIONS
2011
> IFF - Interdisciplinary Fringe Festival, TRUE LOVE STORIES, Gallery Impart, Wrocław
> The Best Graduate of the Academy of Fine Arts in Poland 2011 exhibition, Gdansk
> IMPRINT 2011, Second Kulisiewicz International Triennial of Graphic Arts in Warsaw, Warsaw, Poland
> TRUE LOVE STORIES, sound installation (project in collaboration with Lucja Grodzicka), SURVIVAL Art Festival Tołpa Park, Wroclaw, Poland
> CHAOS AND ORDER, Gallery Miejska, Wroclaw, Poland
> Face the Place, Place the Face, Podwodny Wroclaw Art Festival, GAllery U, Wroclaw
> Face the Place, Place the Face, Gallery Entropia, Wrocław, Poland
> I Biennal of Young Art, Impart Gallery, Wrocław, Poland
> XIV Biennale of Mini Print and Exlibris, Ostrów Wielkopolski, Poland
> 31MINI PRINT INTERNATIONAL OF CADAQUES, Spain
> FROM A WHISPER TO A SCREAM, PAIiIZ , Warsaw, Poland
> VII Biennale of Student’s Graphics, Poznan, Poland
> Gallery 3 Ra-my, Lithography, Wroclaw, Poland
2010
> POLISHED, Gallery 1010, Knoxville,Tennessee, USA
> Face the Place, Place the Face (project in collaboration with Malgorzata Sprawka), University of Tennessee, Knoxville, USA
> 3rd L. Meidner’s Graphic Competition, Olesnica, Poland
> The 6th International Lithographic Symposium, Tidaholm Sweden
> 30th Mini Print International Cadaques, Spain
> KOAEAHN GALLERY, exhibition of students of Academy of Fine Arts and Design, Thessalonica, Greece
2009
> 4th International Drawing Competition,
> International Print Triennale Cracow Poland - Grand Prix of Young Polish Print, Krakow, Poland
> VI Biennale of Student’s Graphic Arts, Poznan, Poland
> FORMY, Group Exhibition of Graphics, Gallery II Floor, Wroclaw, Poland
> XIII Biennale of Mini Print and Exlibris, Ostrów Wielkopolski, Poland
> 29th Mini Print International of Cadaques, Spain
> Workshop Exhibition in Dolsk, Gallery “Za Szkłem”, Academy of Fine Arts and Design, Wrocław, Poland
image: acrylic on canvas, 150 x 130 cm, 2010
2011
> IFF - Interdisciplinary Fringe Festival, TRUE LOVE STORIES, Gallery Impart, Wrocław
> The Best Graduate of the Academy of Fine Arts in Poland 2011 exhibition, Gdansk
> IMPRINT 2011, Second Kulisiewicz International Triennial of Graphic Arts in Warsaw, Warsaw, Poland
> TRUE LOVE STORIES, sound installation (project in collaboration with Lucja Grodzicka), SURVIVAL Art Festival Tołpa Park, Wroclaw, Poland
> CHAOS AND ORDER, Gallery Miejska, Wroclaw, Poland
> Face the Place, Place the Face, Podwodny Wroclaw Art Festival, GAllery U, Wroclaw
> Face the Place, Place the Face, Gallery Entropia, Wrocław, Poland
> I Biennal of Young Art, Impart Gallery, Wrocław, Poland
> XIV Biennale of Mini Print and Exlibris, Ostrów Wielkopolski, Poland
> 31MINI PRINT INTERNATIONAL OF CADAQUES, Spain
> FROM A WHISPER TO A SCREAM, PAIiIZ , Warsaw, Poland
> VII Biennale of Student’s Graphics, Poznan, Poland
> Gallery 3 Ra-my, Lithography, Wroclaw, Poland
2010
> POLISHED, Gallery 1010, Knoxville,Tennessee, USA
> Face the Place, Place the Face (project in collaboration with Malgorzata Sprawka), University of Tennessee, Knoxville, USA
> 3rd L. Meidner’s Graphic Competition, Olesnica, Poland
> The 6th International Lithographic Symposium, Tidaholm Sweden
> 30th Mini Print International Cadaques, Spain
> KOAEAHN GALLERY, exhibition of students of Academy of Fine Arts and Design, Thessalonica, Greece
2009
> 4th International Drawing Competition,
> International Print Triennale Cracow Poland - Grand Prix of Young Polish Print, Krakow, Poland
> VI Biennale of Student’s Graphic Arts, Poznan, Poland
> FORMY, Group Exhibition of Graphics, Gallery II Floor, Wroclaw, Poland
> XIII Biennale of Mini Print and Exlibris, Ostrów Wielkopolski, Poland
> 29th Mini Print International of Cadaques, Spain
> Workshop Exhibition in Dolsk, Gallery “Za Szkłem”, Academy of Fine Arts and Design, Wrocław, Poland
image: acrylic on canvas, 150 x 130 cm, 2010
AWARDS AND SCHOLARSHIP
22. 07. 2011 - Minister of Culture and National Heritage Award for the Best Art Diplomas Academies of Fine Arts 2011, Gdansk
19. 11. 2009 - Rector of the Academy of Fine Arts and Design Award for Beginning Artists, Wroclaw, Poland
2010 - Scholarship of Town Council City of Wroclaw for one - time project, Poland
image: chaos and order, uv print on dibond plate, 100 x 140 cm, 2011
22. 07. 2011 - Minister of Culture and National Heritage Award for the Best Art Diplomas Academies of Fine Arts 2011, Gdansk
19. 11. 2009 - Rector of the Academy of Fine Arts and Design Award for Beginning Artists, Wroclaw, Poland
2010 - Scholarship of Town Council City of Wroclaw for one - time project, Poland
image: chaos and order, uv print on dibond plate, 100 x 140 cm, 2011
LINKS AND CONTACTS
http://monikalukowskaa.blogspot.com/
monia.0086[@]gmail.com
image: chaos and order, uv print on dibond plate, 100 x 140 cm, 2011
http://monikalukowskaa.blogspot.com/
monia.0086[@]gmail.com
image: chaos and order, uv print on dibond plate, 100 x 140 cm, 2011
