Najlepszy Dyplom

biography

Anna Świerkosz – born in 1990. Graduated from Academy of Fine Arts in Katowice. Diploma at the intaglio studio of Professor Jan Szmatloch in 2017, awarded with a medal. Additional diploma in Relief Printing Studio of Professor Mariusz Pałka. Creates graphics, paintings, drawings and text. Interested in the relationship between humans and nature, makes attempts to involve nature itself in her works and work methods. 

Solo exhibitions:

• W moich żyłach żywica/Resin in my veins – Galeria Pojedyńcza, Katowice, 2017

• Wystawa grafik - Kluboczajownia Teoria, Katowice 2017

Group exhibitions: 

• Spojrzenia na naturę – Stacja Artystyczna Rynek, Gliwice, 2018

• Najlepsze Dyplomy 2017/The best diplomas 2017 (wyróżnienie/honours) – Gdańsk 2017, 

• Ludzie z metalu – Toruń, 2017

• Ludzie z gumy, Rondo Sztuki – Katowice 2017 

• Błąd w grafice, Galeria Engram – Katowice 2016 

• Chorzów, miasto bluesa – Chorzów, 2016

• Rysunki z ksiąg użytecznych – Miejska Biblioteka Publiczna, Jastrzębie Zdrój, 2016

• Oko Judasza, Wieże KWK – Świętochłowice, 2016

The subject of my diploma work is the influence, that humans have on nature and environment, and the relations between them. Our attitude towards nature is in fact our attitude towards ourselves, as every human being is a part of nature and undergoes its laws. The technique in which I created my works is intaglio.The trees presented on my graphics are the very special ones. They are damaged, cut down, intended to be removed, or transported to a sawmill. Each of them has its own story, that is represented by the mark located on their bark. I preceive those marks as scars, the remainings form an encounter with a human. Their meaing becomes universal, thus it turns into a metaphor of experiencing and living. My project is based on a direct contact with forest and nature, on thoughts and memories connected with it. An important part of the whole work is an experiment, which involved the nature itslef and the processes that occur within the change of seasons. I left the objects made of linoleum, gypsum, clay and metal in special places in the forest, the places that were damaged or affected by humans. The objects were slowly merging into the forest structure. I was obsering this phenomenon througout the whole year, and documented it in four artistic books, named after four seasons of the year. Those books contain photos, maps and short texts, reffering to various stories, my personal thoughts and memories. Each book is presented with a sound postcard, where the voice of my grandmother, talking about her life and work in a forest is recorded.