Dominika WOJTYLAK(b. 1979), Presence from the series: Own Places; 2018

acrylic, canvas; 80 x 80 cm
signed p. d.: DW
Signed, dated on back: Dominika Wojtylak 2018

Studied at the Faculty of Graphic Arts of the Academy of Fine Arts in Cracow and at the Faculty of Monumental Painting at UAD in Cluj-Napoca, Transylvania, Romania. She earned her diploma in the Drawing Studio of Prof. Włodzimierz Kotkowski. An artist with a wide range of interests and rich experience in the most diverse techniques and fields of visual arts. In her easel paintings and drawings she observes ephemeral phenomena and micro-events at the interface of matter and mind. Among other things, she created "Fantastic Herbarium," which is a series of illustrations inspired by the work of Catalan poet Mercè Rodoreda. She is interested in painting as a form of contemplation and intense presence in reality. Her paintings, murals and reconstructions of historic polychromes can be found at home and abroad. She has had a number of solo and group exhibitions.
"This painting accompanied me during the general reconstruction of my space both physically and mentally. It is a trace and a witness of rearranging myself, balancing my focus and searching for an attitude towards my own destiny. Despite its rather abstract form, it is very personal. I called the series of paintings created at that time "A Place of One's Own"."
Dominika Wojtylak