Artist: EMILIA CECYLIA DOMAŃSKA
Country: POLAND
Title: Bodies, NOMINATION FOR THE AWARDS
Size: 54 x23 x 9 cm
Technique: tapestry, material: linen
Year: 2022
Biography: She graduated from the Faculty of Interior Design of the Academy of Fine Arts in Poznań in Prof. Jan Węcławski’s Studio. She chose Industrial Forms and Applied Graphics as additional specializations. She studied painting with prof. Tadeusz Brzozowski. Since 1980, she has been working in the field of textile art. Since 1989, she has been dealing with watercolour painting. She has presented her works at 16 individual exhibitions, including: Wrocław, 1996 (textile); Görlitz, 1994 (textile and watercolour); Frankfurt on the Oder, 1995 (textile and watercolours); Gdynia, 1999 (textile); Warsaw, the “U” Gallery, Poznań, PGK Centrum, 2001 (textile and watercolour); the “Pod Schodami Gallery” PGK Centrum, 2005 (watercolour, soft sculptures); textiles (2007), watercolour (2008, 2009), textiles and watercolour (2011, 2016). She participated in over 200 collective exhibitions of weaving art, including: International Baltic Mini Textile Triennial, Gdynia (1995, 1997 – Grand Prix, 1999, 2001, 2004, 2007, 2010, 2013); National Exhibition of the Polish Tapestry, Łódź (1981 – Gold Medal of the Association of Polish Artists and Designers/Łódź District, 1985, 1992, 1998, 2004, 2007, 2010, 2013, 2016 – Nomination for the Award); National Exhibition of the Polish Miniature Textiles, Łódź (1981, 1985, 1992, 1998, 2004, 2007, 2010, 2013, 2016 - Nomination for the Award); International Triennial of Tapestry, Łódź (1988, 2001, 2010); International Biennial of Miniature Textiles, Szombathely (1984, 1986, 1988, 1990, 1992); International Exhibition of Miniature Art, Toronto (1989, 1990 – Awarded Mention, 1991, 1995, 1996 – Awarded Mention, 1997); Wystawa Tkaniny Polskiej „Konsument Art”, Norymberga (1988, 1990); International Exhibition of Miniature Art, Melbourne (1988); International Art Horizons, New York (1990); Międzynarodowa Wystawa Miniatury Tkackiej „Mexico – Polonia”, Mexico (1991); Ogólnopolska Wystawa Miniatury Tkackiej, Jelenia Góra (1996, 1998); Międzynarodowa Wystawa Sztuki Współczesnej, Barcelona (1998, 2001); International Textile Competition, Kyoto (1987, 1989); International Crafts Festival’92, Toyama-Takaoka (1992 – Award of Recognition); Międzynarodowa Wystawa Miniatury Tkackiej “Miniatures 2000” Museum of Art, Philadelphia (2000); „Z krosna do Krosna” International Artistic Linen Cloth Biennial, Krosno (2000 – Awarded Mention, 2002 – Awarded Mention, 2004, 2006 – Awarded Mention, 2010, 2016).