prof. Alina Jackiewicz-Kaczmarek Academy of Fine Arts in Gdańsk -> Faculty of Graphic Arts

 

Painting studies in State Higher School of Fine Arts in Gdansk at the Faculty of Painting and Graphic Arts. She defended Her M.A. in 1979. Currently a professor at the Academy of Fine Arts in Gdansk. She runs Her own Etching Workshop in the Graphic Arts Department of the Academy. Her Fields of artistic creation are printmaking, drawing and painting. Laureate of 33 awards and distinctions, four-time holder of the scholarship of Ministry of Culture and Art. Jury member of many printmaking competitions. Her Works have been presented in more than 140 group exhibitions in Poland and Germany, Denmark, Norway, Sweden, Finland, France, Spain, Portugal, Monaco, the Netherlands, Italy, Japan, Korea, Canada and the USA. She also had 36 solo exhibitions, among other things:

  • 2014      ARCTIC … it’s MAGIC – Paul Watkins Gallery, Winona State University, Art Department, Winona, Minnesota, USA
  • 2013      FASCINATION – Galerie haus 23, Cottbus, Germany
  • 2010      EXPEDITION into another dimension – Svalbard Gallery, Longyearbyen, Spitsbergen, Norway

 

The essential theme of the artist’s work is the nature, not damaged by the effects of civilization. The graphic works are effects of inspiration brought to the author by sailing in the sea and traveling. Nature is the main motive of her works, in which she shows the magic and beauty of the natural world. Throughout the artistic period, the author’s compositions there are recurrent scenes of extensive coasts, mountain ranges, fjords, Arctic glaciers and mysterious islands.