Paulina Ptaszyńska Bio

I am engaged in activities within the field of new media, multimedia installation, AV performance, graphics, and graphic design. The research conducted by me explores the boundary areas between art and science. I focus on issues related to human perception, the intricate nature of the world, and the phenomena occurring within it. I examine the relationships between aesthetic experience and cognitive processes. In my artistic endeavors, I explore areas connected to the exact sciences such as physics, astronomy, meteorology, and cosmology. I utilize statistical data, geodetic materials, and cartography. My attention is directed towards observing and analyzing natural processes and physical phenomena, which serve as a starting point for creative endeavors.

In my artistic work, I employ the language of new media, creating audiovisual pieces with both temporal and static characteristics, including digital graphics, video art, AV performances, as well as multimedia, mapping, and intermedial installations.

My works have been presented at solo and group exhibitions in Poland and internationally, including the Czech Republic, Holland, France, Germany, Iran, Romania, Italy and the USA. I am deputy director of the Institute of Visual Arts and co-lead the multimedia studio at the Faculty of Art, University of Opole.

Awards and distinctions:

• 2020 – Grand Prix Award of the Marshal of the Opole Voivodeship and the distinction of the Gallery of Contemporary Art, Autumn Salon, Opole
• 2017 – Award of the Mayor of Opole and the Distinction of the Gallery of Contemporary Art, Autumn Salon, Opole
• 2016 – Winner of the 2nd Edition of the New Opole Competition, Contemporary Art Gallery in Opole
• 2014 – Grand Prix Award of the Marshal of the Opole Voivodeship, Autumn Salon, Opole
• 2013 – 1st Place for the best artistic diploma completed in the field of artistic education, Project Artistic Education, Poznań
• 2013 – Distinction at the 1st International Mapping Festival, Nysa

Selected exhibitions, art projects and scholarships:

• 2023 Data – individual exhibition, First Floor ZPAP Gallery, Opole, Poland
• 2023 The 22nd Mini Print International, The Ink Shop Printmaking Center Studio Gallery, Ithaca, New York, USA
  2023 Flux – individual exhibition, Contemporary Art Gallery in Opole, Poland
• 2023  XXIV LPM Live Performers Meeting, Bennohaus, Münster, Niemcy
  2022 ¿Y AHORA QUÉ? Experiencias de la cotidianidad migrante, ABM Confecciones, Madrid, Spain
• 2022 Air Control and Ground Control – individual exhibition, BWA Ostrowiec Świętokrzyski, Poland
• 2022 XXIII LPM Live Performers Meeting, Nuovo Cinema Aquila, Rome, Italy
• 2021 West Wind – individual exhibition, ANEKS Contemporary Art Gallery in Opole, Poland
  2021 Transgrafia 2.0 – Sztuka jest przestrzenią wolności, UNITY CENTRE, Krakow, Poland
• 2021 Scholarship of the Marshal of Opole Voivodeship for persons engaged in artistic creation, popularization of culture and care of monuments – “The Marshal Talents”
• 2020 Waves – individual exhibition, Contemporary Art Gallery in Opole, Poland
• 2019 Black Hole – individual exhibition, 215 Gallery 4th Street, DeKalb, IL, USA
• 2019 Elementary – Multimedia set design for the concert, Museum of Polish Song in Opole, Poland, co-author B. Posacki
• 2018 World in the continuous movement – mapping on the facade of Porta Nigra, Trier, Germany, co-authored by B. Posacki, M. Misiura, J. Kubara, sound by G. Fijałkowski
• 2017 Conversations with the Devil – multimedia set design, Witkacy Theater, Poland, co-authors: B. Posacki, M. Misiura.

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