Gabriela Gorączko Neofolk inspired by nature
supervisor:
dr. hab. Aleksandra Janik
Academy of Fine Arts in Wroclaw
Faculty of Graphic and Media Art
Faculty of Graphic and Media Art
biography
born in Sanok (Poland) in 1993. She is a graduate of The Stanisław Wyspiański secondary school in Jarosław. She graduate of the Eugeniusz Geppert Academy of Fine Art in Wroclaw at the Studio of Digital and Experimental Print lead by professor Aleksandra Janik.
She has participated in several group exhibitions in Poland and abroad.
She is a recipient of the Adam Mickiewicz Institute stipend, the Mayor of Wrocław stipend and of the Rector of the Academy of Fine Arts in Wrocław stipend.
In 2017 she participated in collective international printmaking project ずれた – Zureta – The Misprint, at the Chinretsukan Gallery, Tokyo University of the Arts in Japan.
In 2018 she participated in SGC International Conference, Altered Landscapes in Las Vegas, USA.
Currently, she’s working on graphics in a broad sense, artistic digital print, experimental design graphics, branding and illustrations.
The project puts forward the place of Polish folklore within the modern world of art. Its mission is to show national cultural heritage by a means of a new visual language, as well as to enrich it with current technological possibilities. These activities were named Neofolk and are popularized through Social Media under the name #neofolkdesign, where the author exchanges experiences with other creators. Graphics includes floral, animal, musical and geometric forms referring to the Bieszczady and Subcarpathia regions in Poland.
