Gallerist Agata Jabłońska-Smolińska
October 31, 2024 / 2:28 PM
For almost forty years I have been using fabric to implement ideas in creating household items, clothes, backpacks, bags and tents. I also sew unique fabrics for interior decor. I work in a varianty of techniques, recently also with fabric paints.
My works are based more on my thoughts and experience, than on formal education. Over many years, the way I look at fabric and its use has undergone metamorphoses. Each new work is an experiment on the way to discover the potential of a materiál, which is infinite.
Since 2016, I have been a member of the Polish Patchwork Association, and have participated in European Quilt Association (EQA) events.
ART EDUCATION
SAPU | School of Artistic Fashion Design, Kraków, 1996-1998
ULRA | People's University of Arts and Crafts, Wola Sękowa, 2015-2017
INDIVIDUAL EXHIBITIONS
1992 OUTDOOR EXHIBITION OF COSTUMES Polany Surowiczne (Rainbow Gathering). The first presentation of my work. It was a collection of shirts, decorated using appliqué.
1994 SALTROM GALLERY, Krakow
COLLECTIVE EXHIBITIONS
2016
PATCHWORK AT ŁASZTOWNIA, Szczecin
Prague Patchwork Meeting
Women’s Congress, Warsaw
“CIRCLES, RINGS”, Warsaw, Krasnystaw
2017
“ORANGY ME…”, Fiskars
2018
Prague Patchwork Meeting
“RED-AND-WHITE”, Ostróda, Warsaw, Dinkelsbuhl (Germany), Aleksandrów, Museum of The Silesian Uprisings (Świętochłowice), Zielona Góra
2019
FROM MOSS AND FERN, Forest Botanical Garden (Marszewo), Bytom, Katowice, Wolin National Park
BOLESLAWIEC, Bolesławiec, Łazienki, Warsaw
REBECCA VINCENT, Fablab, Kraków, Fast Textile Nadarzyn Fair, Home Decor Fair, Poznań
2020
HOME DECOR FAIR, Poznań
2021
“PATCHWORK’S THIRD DIMENSION”, Warszawa
“HOW IT WAS WITH LINEN”, Museum of Linen (Żyrardów), Łódź, Bełchatów, Skierniewice, Mińsk Mazowiecki
2022
COLORS - Aquarium, Żabia Wola, Gryfice, Piaseczno,
WINE FEST Zielona Góra
2023
THE ENERGY OF COLOR, Fabric Festival in Szczecin
PRAGUE PATCHWORK MEETING, Brno
MY FAVORITE PATCHWORK BLOCK, Żyrardów
TELL ME A STORY, Warsaw (EMB Systems-Brother)
COLOURS. MONOCHROME PATCHWORK
CHALLENGE, Warszawa
2024
BRNO PATCHWORK MEETING, Brno
HOUSES, Żyrardów
ROUND ROBIN INVITATIONAL CHALLENGE, Szwajcaria, Włochy, Francja
IMAGINÁRNÍ PTÁK (EQA), Ste. Marie aux Mines (International European Patchwork Meeting - Ste. Marie)
OCEÁN, Ste. Marie aux Mines (International European Patchwork Meeting - Ste. Marie)
ONLINE PROJECTS AND EXHIBITIONS – European Quilt Association
2021 SHARE A PICTURE
2022 WHERE IS…?
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