Ewelina KOŁAKOWSKA (born 1993), 20120542, 2025

pencil on paper, 21 cm x 29.7 cm, signed lower left: Kołakowska 2025

Born on August 19, 1993, in Świnoujście (West Pomeranian Voivodeship, Poland). Ph.D. in Fine Arts and Art Conservation. Assistant professor in the Department of Technology and Techniques of Fine Arts at Nicolaus Copernicus University in Toruń. Academic instructor of drawing and painting; lecturer for the university-wide theoretical course “Printmaking around the World.” She works in the field of printmaking and is represented by Pragalerie in Warsaw. She has participated in approximately one hundred exhibitions in Poland and abroad. She has participated in international artist residencies and exhibitions in Asia, Europe, and the Americas. Her works are held in private and public collections in Poland, China, Malaysia, Thailand, Japan, Vietnam, the U.S., Mexico, Denmark, North Macedonia, Romania, Bulgaria, Croatia, Portugal, and Spain.

Education:

2009–2013
Constantin Brancusi High School of Fine Arts in Szczecin, Poland.
Specialization: graphic techniques/visual advertising

2013–2018
Nicolaus Copernicus University in Toruń, Poland. Faculty of Fine Arts,
, Major: Graphic Arts, Bachelor’s degree with honors

2018–2023
International Interdisciplinary Doctoral Program “Academia
Copernicana,” Nicolaus Copernicus University in Toruń, Poland.

Employment:

since 2019
Assistant (M.A.) in the Department of Painting Technologies and Techniques, Faculty
Fine Arts, Nicolaus Copernicus University in Toruń, Poland.

Since 2024
Assistant Professor (Ph.D.) in a research and teaching position at the Department
of Painting Technologies and Techniques, Faculty of Fine Arts,
Nicolaus Copernicus University in Toruń, Poland.

Internships, lectures with demonstrations, conferences, symposia:

2025
2nd Sarawak International Art Camp, Kuching, Malaysia

2024
International Exchange Art Exhibition & Workshop in Hat Yai, Thailand

2023
The 6th Hanoi Art Connecting – International Art Workshop & Exhibition,
Hanoi University of Architecture, Asia Art Link – Vietnam, and Vietnam Fine
Arts Association (VFAA), Vietnam

2022
Residency at the Carlos Olachea Graphic Production and Research
Workshop, FAD Facultad de Artes y Diseño UNAM, CDMX, Mexico

2020
Artlab Kettinge Graphic Symposium, Heike Arndt Gallery, Denmark

I Am Too Old in Longhua - International Print Art Theme Salon, individual lecture
titled: The Use of Modern Technologies in Creating
new types of graphic matrices in printmaking and the development of
interdisciplinary graphic forms, Guanlan Museum and Graphic
Base, China

2019
Internship at Technology Applied, Białystok Science and Technology Park,
Białystok, Poland

Dec. 2019 – Jan. 2020
International Artist Village of Guanlan Original Printmaking Base - China
Printmaking Museum, Shenzhen, China

2017
17th Science and Art Festival, printmaking workshops, Faculty of Fine Arts,
Nicolaus Copernicus University in Toruń, Poland “Join us in making a Printmaking Elixir! Take: water from
the Vistula, a duck feather, mutton fat, a ladleful of soot from Wawel Castle, and
Syrian asphalt. We invite all young people to let their imaginations run wild in
printmaking workshops”

2016
16th Science and Art Festival, printmaking workshops, Faculty of Fine Arts,
Nicolaus Copernicus University in Toruń, Poland “Can a bark beetle be a printmaker? Why
does a printmaker need a rabbit’s foot? Can a gutter be used to make a
printing plate? Answers to these and other questions important to young minds
at demonstrations in the Printmaking Studio”

2015
15th Science and Art Festival, printmaking workshops, Faculty of Fine Arts,
Nicolaus Copernicus University in Toruń, Poland “The Secrets of Hand Printing in
. Planographic, intaglio, and relief printing”

Jury, curator:

2025
International Art Exhibition and Competition 2025 Earth’s Whispers -
Trails Of Culture, Sosnowiec Art Center, Sielecki Castle,
Berryboy Art Gallery, Poland

International Competition and Exhibition: Image of the Year 2025,
Stacja Biblioteka in Ruda Śląska & Berryboy Art Gallery, Poland

2021
Pełna Pomysłów Foundation, art competition (painting, music, writing
“Szczecin Through My Eyes,” Szczecin, Poland

2020
Exhibition of works by students of Art Conservation and Restoration, Dom Muz Gallery
Dom Muz, Artus Court Cultural Center, Toruń, Poland

Scholarships:

2010, 2011, 2012, 2013
Scholarship from the Mayor of Szczecin, Poland

2011
Scholarship from Jolanta Drąszkowska, President of the Board of Neptun Developer,
Szczecin, Poland

2012
Scholarship from the Minister of Culture and National Heritage, Poland

2014–15, 2015–16, 2016–17, 2017–18, 2018–19
Scholarship from the Rector of Nicolaus Copernicus University for the best students—Toruń, Poland

2017
Scholarship from the Minister of Science and Higher Education, Poland

2018/19, 2019/20, 2020/21, 2022/23
UMK Rector’s Scholarship for the Best Doctoral Students – Toruń, Poland

Solo Exhibitions:

2023
3DM – Transcoding the Matrix in Artistic Graphics Using
modern 3D printing technologies—doctoral exhibition, Center
for Contemporary Art “Znaki Czasu,” Toruń, Poland

2021
Divertimento, Prints and Paintings, BWA Gallery—Rzeszów, Poland

2019
Interludium / Niente, Second Edition, prints and paintings, 6th Floor Theater,
Palace of Culture and Science – Warsaw, Poland

Interludium / Niente, printmaking and painting, Pragaleria Gallery – Warsaw,
Poland


2018
Individuum / Prelude, prints and paintings, Center for
Znaki Czasu, Toruń, Poland

2017
Figures, painting, Odessa Gallery Space, Toruń, Poland

Bodyscape, prints and paintings, Pragaleria Gallery—Warsaw, Poland

Echoes of Yesterday, prints, Dworzec Zachodni Gallery,
ACKiS OD NOWA, Toruń, Poland

Body / Chaos of Desires and Anger, Dom Muz Gallery, Toruń, Poland

2016
“Darkness Visible,” prints and paintings, Artus Court Cultural Center,
Toruń, Poland

2015
Exhibition of lithographs by Ewelina Kołakowska, Zezowate Szczęście, Toruń,
Poland

2014
Exhibition of lithographs by Ewelina Kołakowska, Ahoj! Cafe—Toruń, Poland

2013
*Delirium*, drawing, ND Gallery – Szczecin, Poland

2012
“Love Will Tear Us Apart,” drawing, Gallery 111, Szczecin, Poland

2010
Matthew 27:46, drawing, “Oda w Sercu” Academic Gallery, Szczecin, Poland

Exhibitions, awards, artistic activities:

2025
Parallel - Invitational Exhibition of Guanlan International Prints. Longhua
Library, Guanlan, Shenzhen, China

International Art Exhibition and Competition 2025 Earth’s Whispers -
Trails of Culture, Sosnowiec Art Center, Sielecki Castle,
Berryboy Art Gallery, Poland

34th “Big Heart” Auction to Benefit the Jan Matejko Special Educational Center
No. 1, named after Jan Matejko, Kraków, Poland

Vision of Interaction - International Contemporary Printmaking
Ecosystem, Lian Yun Gang Art Museum, China

2024
11th Bitola International Print Triennial, North Macedonia
International Exchange Art Exhibition & Workshop in Hat Yai, Thailand
OSTEN Biennial, Skopje, North Macedonia

IN MEMORIAM Exhibition, Muzeul de Arta Cluj-Napoca, Romania

2023
CIEC Foundation Award, Ninth International Print Triennial
SOFIA, Union of Bulgarian Artists (UBA), Sofia, Bulgaria

Summer Exhibition in Kettinge, Gallery Heike Arndt, Kettinge, Denmark

11th International Printmaking Douro Biennial, CÔA MUSEUM, Alijó,
Portugal

Young Art Compass 2022, Bolesław Biegas Foundation, Warsaw,
Poland

Vision of Interaction - International Contemporary Printmaking
Ecosystem Section 3: The Coexistence of Civilization, China Printmaking
Museum, Shenzhen, China

Third Prize, 3rd Grafiteka 2022 National Printmaking Competition,
Warsaw, Poland

2022
2nd International Online Exhibition 2022, Kolkata, West Bengal, India

Focalization - 2022 Beijing Winter Olympics International Printmaking
Exchange Exhibition, China

2021
Compass of Young Art, Warsaw, Poland

Honorable Special Mention for the Development of World Contemporary Art
, 10th Bitola International Printmaking Triennial 2021, Bitola,
North Macedonia

6th Piotrków Art Biennial, ODA Gallery, Piotrków Trybunalski,
Poland

Tribuna Graphic 2020, Art Museum, Cluj-Napoca, Romania

10th Splitgraphic International Graphic Art Biennial, Rector’s Exhibition/
by invitation, biennial curator Yoshio Imamura (Japan), Split,
Croatia

2nd International Graphic Arts Triennial 2021, Cieszyn, Poland

TWILIGHT PROCESSION Exhibition, Royal Society of American Art,
curators: Amelia Biewald, Barry Hazard, Katie Hector, Yizhe Huang, and
Jason Clay Lewis, New York, USA

5 GLOBAL PRINT, personal invitation from the Douro Biennial, Alijó,
Portugal

BEST IN SHOW AWARD from Ginger Cochran, Envision Arts—Director /
Founder, Black + White IV exhibition

“HOLOCAUST” at the Palace of Culture in Iași, Iași, Romania

2020
6th Graphic Art Biennial of Szeklerland, Romania

4th International Printmaking Triennial, online exhibition, Belgrade, Serbia

Artist in the Focus—online presentation, Galleri Heike Arndt, Berlin,
Germany/Copenhagen, Denmark

Artist of the Week, online catalog of the artist’s academic and creative work,
Pragaleria, Warsaw, Poland

Compass of Young Art, Bolesław Biegas Foundation, Warsaw,
Poland

Exhibition and Charity Auction of the Great Orchestra of Christmas Charity,
Desa Unicum Gallery, Warsaw, Poland

2019
Prints of the World – Informel, Nakagawamura Village Museum, curated by
Yoshio Imamura, Japan

On the Edge—International Print Exhibition, Stubel Gallery, Sofia,
Bulgaria

HOLOCAUST—International Print Exhibition, Cluj-Napoca Art Museum
, National Museum of Art of Moldova, Chișinău, curator Ovidiu
Petca, Chișinău, Moldova

Mini Maxi Prints Berlin—Germany

Honorable Mention, 8th International Print Triennial Sofia 2019,
Bulgaria

Compass of Young Art, Warsaw, Poland

3rd Prize, UNI Graphica International Print Festival—Krasnodar,
Russia
Brita Prinz Arte—Carmen Arozena Prize in Printmaking
“Espacio Canario de Creación y Cultura,” Madrid, Spain

Honorable Mention, Pomeranian Print of the Year 2018, Gdańsk, Poland

The 5th Bangkok Triennale International Print and Drawing, Thailand

6th National Biennial of Graphic Arts “Shinzaburo Takeda” – Guest Country
Honorary Guest: Poland, Museo de Los Pintores Oaxaquenos (MUPO), Oaxaca
Mexico


Japan & Poland—Exhibition commemorating the 100th anniversary of the establishment of
diplomatic relations, Information and Culture Department of the Embassy
of Japan, Warsaw, Poland

Honorable Mention, Guanlan International Print Biennial,
Guanlan, China

The Power of Small Forms, WuBePe Gallery, Provincial Public Library,
Opole, Poland

5X Prints, Janusz Korczak Youth Cultural Center, Chodzież, Poland

Printmaking / 16, Exhibition of the UMK Intaglio Printmaking Studio, Dom Muz Gallery,
Toruń, Poland

17th Small Graphic Forms and Ex-Libris Competition 2019, Ostrów
Wielkopolska, Poland

Energy-Tensions, “Elektrownia” Contemporary Art Gallery, Czeladź,
Poland

AHOJ! Artistic Printmaking of the Faculty of Fine Arts at the
Nicolaus Copernicus University in Toruń, Ostrava, Czech Republic

Swallows II: 2018 Graduation Works, ZPAP Gallery, Toruń, Poland

2018
Small Form 2, Academic Art Space—Gallery of the
of Mathematics and Computer Science, Nicolaus Copernicus University, Toruń, Poland

10th Polish Graphic Arts Triennial – Katowice, Poland

Compass of Young Art, Warsaw, Poland

Toruń Printmaking at the Humbert Gallery, Faculty of Printmaking, Academy of Fine Arts
— Kraków, Poland

O!świecenie II, Jan Feliks Piwarski Competition,
University Library in Warsaw, Poland

Art to Go—Young Painting and Printmaking at PERS, Pers Cafe,
Studio M6 Foundation, Toruń, Poland

3rd Prize from Gdańsk Mayor Paweł Adamowicz,
47th Pomeranian Print of the Year 2017, GTPS Gallery, Gdańsk, Poland

Title of Best Graduate of the Faculty of Fine Arts at the
in Toruń, 2017/18, Poland

2nd International Erotic Print Exhibition “69,” Spain

5th Graphic Art Biennial of Szeklerland, Romania

Small Format Graphics Competition – Robot Fairy Tales – Cieszyn, Poland

“2018 / Summer” International Print Center New York, USA

Exhibit Yourself! Post-Competition Photography Exhibition, Center for Contemporary Art
“Signs of the Times” Contemporary Art Center, Toruń, Poland

Printmaking Workshop, Faculty of Fine Arts in Toruń, Municipal Center
Culture, Bydgoszcz, Poland

The Power of Small-Scale Prints, Vol. 2, Small-Scale Print Exhibition, Municipal
Cultural Center, Bydgoszcz, Poland

Toruń Printmaking in Gdańsk, Exhibition of faculty and students
of the Printmaking Department at the Faculty of Fine Arts, Nicolaus Copernicus University in Toruń, Gallery
Academy of Fine Arts, Gdańsk, Poland

3rd International Painting Competition of the Three Bridges Foundation, participation in
exhibition and an honorable mention, Warsaw, Poland

2017
Open House at the Department of Graphic Arts, collaboration, Faculty of Fine Arts, Nicolaus Copernicus University,
Toruń, Poland

17th Art Encounters, Mogilno, Poland

The Power of Small Forms, Gallery 011, ACKiS Od Nowa, Toruń, Poland

Expo Internationale Exlibris-en Kleingrafiekwedstrijd, Musea Sint-Niklaas
International Exlibris Center, Belgium

International Open-Air Workshop “Inspirations—Interpretations.” Independent
European Association of Artists Ewa Dąbrowska, Trzebież, Poland
10th Student Printmaking Biennial, Poznań, Poland

6th Guanlan International Print Biennial – Guanlan, China

45th Pomeranian Print of the Year, Printmaking Department Gallery, Faculty of Fine Arts
, Nicolaus Copernicus University in Toruń, Poland

1st International Print Triennial, Cieszyn, Poland

45th Pomeranian Print of the Year, Jan Nowak-
Jeziorański Information Center, Warsaw, Poland

The Power of Small-Scale Prints, New Palace, Ostromecko, Poland

16th International Triennial of Small-Format Prints, Łódź, Poland

Support and personal contribution to the organization of the 4th Edition of the
“Natalka Innym,” Światło Hospice Association,
Toruń, Poland

“Nowalijki,” Exhibition of the Faculty of Fine Arts, Regional Museum, Toruń,
Poland

Prof. Edmund Piotrowicz Award for the 2016/17 academic year in
the field of graphic arts, Faculty of Fine Arts, Nicolaus Copernicus University, Toruń,
Poland

"Wizytówka 2017," an exhibition of the best students from the Faculty of Fine Arts
, Dworzec Zachodni Gallery, ACKiS Od Nowa, Toruń, Poland

Honorable Mention, 2nd International Printmaking Biennial, Łódź,
Poland

"5 Studios," an exhibition of the 5 studios of the Department of Graphic Arts, Faculty of Fine Arts
, Nicolaus Copernicus University, Koszarowa Gallery, Katowice, Poland

Compass of Young Art, Warsaw, Poland

2016
16th Biennial of Small-Format Prints and Ex-Libris, Ostrów Wielkopolski,
Poland

1st International Print Biennial, Łódź, Poland

The Power of Small-Scale Prints, Gallery of the Faculty of the Pedagogical University,
Kraków, Poland

“Young Artists—Experimental Program” Workshops, Faculty of Fine Arts
, Nicolaus Copernicus University, Toruń, Poland
“Nowalijki,” Exhibition of the Faculty of Fine Arts, Regional Museum, Toruń,
Poland

2015
“Nowalijki,” Faculty of Fine Arts Exhibition, Regional Museum, Toruń,
Poland

16th Art Encounters, Mogilno, Poland

International Open-Air Workshop “Inspirations, Interpretations,” Independent
European Association of Artists Ewa Dąbrowska, Trzebież, Poland

2014

15th Biennial of Small-Format Prints and Ex-Libris, Ostrów Wielkopolski,
Poland NOTO—The Artist’s Notebook, Znaczy się New Art Foundation Gallery,
Kraków, Poland

Jasiński & Friends II—Painting, Printmaking, Photography, Sculpture, Gilding,
Przy Teatrze Gallery, AMARISTO, Warsaw, Poland

“Nowalijki,” Exhibition of the Faculty of Fine Arts, Regional Museum, Toruń,
Poland

International Open-Air Workshop “And the Birds in the Forest Sing Forever,” Independent
European Association of Artists Ewa Dąbrowska, Trzebież, Poland

2013

Exhibition “Time of Angels…,” Centrum Gallery, Dworek, Wolin, Poland
Post-workshop exhibition “Polish-German Art Encounters: Wolin
Usedom,” Centrum Gallery, Dworek, Wolin, Poland

LOGO Exhibition at ND Gallery, Szczecin, Poland

Post-workshop exhibition “Polish-German Art Encounters: Wolin
– Usedom,” Kalejdoskop Gallery, Usedom, Germany

Poster design for the concert “Between the World of Sound and the World of Image”
Master Antonio Vivaldi for the Ballet Center, Szczecin, Poland

2012

Post-workshop exhibition “Dobrzany” — ND Gallery — Szczecin, Poland

Post-workshop exhibition “Bieszczady 2012” at the ND Gallery and
“Tkacz Towarzyski” Café, Szczecin, Poland

Variations on the Work of Tadeusz Makowski, the
named after Jacek Malczewski, Częstochowa, Poland

9th Biennial of Printmaking by High School Art Students, Pomeranian Dukes’ Castle
, Szczecin, Poland

Art Workshops in Orleans (France), Dr.
Henryk Jordan Youth Center in Kraków, Poland

First Prize in the “Beauty of Nature and
Architecture in Szczecin and the Surrounding Area,” Poland

BEASTWORK 4: Guild Generator, Słowianin Community Center, Szczecin,
Poland

2011

Drawing—a midterm exhibition of works by students of the Graphic Arts Studio, ND Gallery,
Szczecin, Poland

1. Exhibition of prints by students of the Printmaking Studio at the Art High School,
ND Gallery, Szczecin, Poland

“Fall 2011” Post-Workshop Exhibition, ND Gallery, Szczecin, Poland

“Winter” Post-Workshop Exhibition, Presidential Gallery, Szczecin, Poland

Post-workshop exhibition “Niemojów,” ND Gallery, Szczecin, Poland

Post-workshop exhibition “Dobrzany,” ND Gallery, Szczecin, Poland

International Post-Competition Exhibition “Remember the Gardens,”
Płock, Poland

Charity Auction to Benefit the Pediatrics Clinic at SPSK 1, Lion Club
Rainbow Bridge, Szczecin, Poland

2010

“Dobrzany 2010”—Exhibition inaugurating the ND Gallery, Szczecin,
Poland

“Fall 2010” Post-Workshop Painting Exhibition, ND Gallery, Szczecin,
Poland

Post-workshop exhibition “Zamość, Pearl of the Renaissance,” Bernardo Morando High School
Bernardo Morando High School of Fine Arts, Zamość, Poland

Assistance in organizing the traditional “Brzdąc” 2010 summer festival, Summer
in Szczecin, Poland
Painting workshop, organization and facilitation of art workshops for
elementary and middle school students in Radów Mały, Poland