About me
artist
Artist statement
Art is my search for the essence of life.
In this quest, I balance realistic and abstract art, often intertwining one with the other. I use traditional techniques, oil and water paints on canvas or paper. Recently I have devoted my work to the hidden aspects of Nature. I paint in the forest. The longer I spend in the bosom of nature, the more natural my creations become. I paint in partnership with the More Than Human World, in partnership with trees, animals, plants and the elements. I believe that their healing power and multidimensional beauty will be transferred through my paintings to the interiors of homes, public spaces, clinics, and offices, to give people a moment of relief, a moment of reflection, and a moment of insight.
My background
Motyl - which means "Butterfly" - is the name of a tiny Polish village.
That's where the forest raised me.
Collecting my life experience in art schools, therapeutic education, and working with a variety of wonderful people in different countries,
I made it to the beginning.
I'm back in the woods now, creating good art in the forest studio.
Why signature A+Y?
A trivial reason, although it caused me many existential questions.
My intended name was meant to be dagnY, after Dagny Przybyszewska. To the amazement of my family, I was also a redhead. Fortunately, I didn't die at her age :) So my official name is dagnA. In Poland, at that time the female name had to end with A.
Y + A symbolises me as a whole.
Art education
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Academy of Fine Arts in Lodz, Poland, Department of Graphic design and painting / MA (2000)
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Film School, department of animation, Poland (not completed) (1998)
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Interior design in Warsaw, Poland. (2001)
Innovative art projects
2022
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Marionettes in public space
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Me time - visual metaphors of competencies
2021
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Cards of feeling and needs
2020
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The article about visual language and education
Recent exhibitions
2022
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Secrets of the Nature - Chrom Gallery project Berlin
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Group exhibition and studio exhibition ID Studios, Berlin. Lange Nacht der Bilder Lichtenberg
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Live painting performance for Ukraine during Festival Mahma for Ukraine Berlin
2021
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Live painting performance for ANAKA TRIBE Berlin - donation for Brasil
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UNBLOCK Fair Art Fair, individual and collective exhibition. Berlin
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Group exhibition and studio exhibition ID Studios, Berlin. Lange Nacht der Bilder Lichtenberg
2020
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Kulturschöpfer, Berlin – Women- Art exhibition
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Group exhibition and studio exhibition ID Studios, Berlin. Lange Nacht der Bilder Lichtenberg
2019
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Group exhibition and studio exhibition ID Studios, Berlin. Lange Nacht der Bilder Lichtenberg,
2018
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Werkschau Lange Nacht der Bilder Lichtenberg, Berlin, collective and open studio/individual. Berlin, Germany.
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- LOS INSOMNES collective PERFORMANCE in Gijon, Spain
- LOS INSOMNES collective PERFORMANCE and exhibition in Łódź, Poland
- Individual exhibition combined with live performance in collective LosInsomnes , HB55
2017
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WILDLIFE ARTIST OF THE YEAR EXHIBITION Mall Galleries, London Highly Commended
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Werkschau Lange Nacht der Bilder Lichtenberg, Berlin, collective and open studio/individual. Berlin, Germany.