Ewelina KOŁAKOWSKA (b. 1993), Bodylent II, 2017

intaglio, paper, 70 x 100 cm, 2/30, signed p.d.: Kolakowska '17

Born 19.08.1993, in Swinoujscie (Zachodniopomorskie province, Poland). Graduated from: Constantin Brancusi State High School of Fine Arts in Szczecin, specialization: visual advertising (2009-2013); Nicolaus Copernicus University in Torun, Faculty of Fine Arts, specialization: graphic design (2013-2018). Interdisciplinary Doctoral Studies Academia Copernicana at Nicolaus Copernicus University in Torun (2018-2023). Doctor in the field of Art in the discipline of Fine Arts and Conservation of Works of Art. Assistant Professor in the Department of Technology and Techniques of Fine Arts at the parent University. Represented by Pragaleria Gallery in Warsaw. She has participated in about a hundred exhibitions at home and abroad. Her works are in private and public Polish and foreign collections.

ARTISTIC SCHOLARSHIPS:
2010-2013 - Scholarship of the President of the City of Szczecin.
2011 - Scholarship of the President of the Board of Neptun Developer - Jolanta Drąszkowska.
2012 - Scholarship of the Minister of Culture and National Heritage.
2014/15-2018/19 - Scholarship of the Rector of the University of Nicolaus Copernicus for the best students - Toruń
2017 - Scholarship of the Minister of Education and Higher Education
2018/19 - Scholarship of the Rector of UMK for the best doctoral students - Toruń

INDIVIDUAL EXHIBITIONS:
2010 - Individual exhibition of drawing "Mt 27; 46" - Academic Gallery "Ode in the Heart" - Szczecin.
2012 - Individual exhibition of drawing "Love will tear us apart" - Gallery 111 - Szczecin
2013 - Individual exhibition of drawing "Delirium" - ND Gallery - Szczecin
2014 - Exhibition of lithographs by Ewelina Kolakowska, Klubokawiarnia Ahoj! Cafe; September-October - Torun
2015 - Exhibition of lithographs by Ewelina Kolakowska, Zezowate Szczęście; July-September - Torun
2016 - Individual exhibition of prints and paintings "Darkness visible" - Gallery of the Cultural Center, Artus Court - Torun.
2017 - Individual exhibition of graphic art "Body/chaos of desires and angers". - Dom Muz Gallery - Toruń
2017 - Individual exhibition of graphic art "Reverberations of yesterday". - Western Station Gallery, ACKiS OD NOWA - Toruń
2017 - Individual exhibition of prints and paintings "Bodyscape" - PRAGALERIA Gallery - Warsaw.

EXHIBITS & AWARDS:
2013 - Post-exhibition "Polish-German art meetings Wolin-Usedom" Gallery Kaleidoscope - Usedom, Germany.
2013/14 - "Jasinski&Friends II - painting, graphics, photography, sculpture, gilding" Gallery Przy Teatrze AMARISTO - Warsaw, Poland
2014 - "NOTO-Notebook of an artist" - ZNACZY SIĘ New Art Foundation Gallery - Krakow, Poland.
2014, 2016, 2019 - "Biennale of Small Graphic Form and Exlibris"; July - Ostrów Wielkopolski
2016 - 1st International Biennale of Printmaking - Lodz, Poland.
2017 - 1st International Biennale of Graphic Arts - Cieszyn
2017 - 16th International Triennial of Small Graphic Forms - Lodz.
2017 - Prof. Edmund Piotrowicz Award in the 2016/17 academic year in the discipline: Graphic Arts, awarded by the Dean of the Faculty of Fine Arts at the Nicolaus Copernicus University in Toruń, Ms. Prof.dr. Elżbieta Basiul
2017 - Honorable Mention - 2nd International Print Biennial - Łódź, Poland.
2018 - 3rd International Painting Competition of the Three Bridges Foundation, participation in the exhibition and honorable mention - Warsaw, Poland
2018 - "Exhibit yourself!" Post-competition photography exhibition, Center for Contemporary Art - Torun, Poland
2018 - International Print Center New York, "2018/Summer" - New York, USA.
2018 - Graphic Art Biennial of Szeklerland - Romania.
2018 - II International exhibition and exchange of erotic graphics "69" - Spain
2018 - Title of the best Graduate of the Faculty of Fine Arts of Nicolaus Copernicus University in Torun 2017/18
2018 - Third Prize of the President of the City of Gdansk Paweł Adamowicz, 47th Pomeranian Graphics of the Year 2017 - GTPS Gallery - Gdansk, Poland
2019 - "Japan & Poland - Exhibition commemorating the 100th anniversary of the establishment of diplomatic relations", Department of Information and Culture of the Embassy of Japan - Warsaw, Poland and Tokyo, Japan
2019 - Honorary Work Award, Guanlan International Print Biennial - China.
2019 - 10th Polish Print Triennial - Katowice, Poland
2019 - "Sexta Bienal Nacional De Artes Graficas "Shinzaburo Takeda - Pais invitato de honor Polonia" - Museo de Los Pintores Oaxaquenos Mupo - Oaxaca, Mexico
2019 - The 5th Bangkok Triennale International Print and Drawing - Thailand
2019 - Brita Prinz Arte - Print Award Carmen Arozena "Espacio Canario de Creacion y Cultura", Madrid - Spain.
2019 - The International Graphic Art Festival UNI Graphica - Krasnodar, Russia.
2019 - Eight International Print Art Triennial SOFIA 2019 - Bulgaria.
2019 - Mini Maxi Prints - Berlin, Germany.