Cecilia MALIK (1975), Book of Seagulls from the series: Books of the Vistula; 2023

Acrylic, board; 40 x 80 cm
Signature dates and described on the back: Cecylia Malik 2023 Acrylic/ , "Book of Seagulls" from the series , "Books of the Vistula River".

Polish artist, performer, environmental activist, educator, curator of contemporary art, academic lecturer, filmmaker. She graduated from the Academy of Fine Arts in Cracow where she received a diploma with distinction in the studio of Prof. Leszek Misiak and postgraduate curatorial studies at Jagiellonian University. In 2002 she was awarded the scholarship of the Mayor of the City of Cracow for Young Artists. She co-founded the "Art Farm", an art institution that is a common platform for artists and curators. Founder of the Center for Contemporary Art Squirrel, collectives: Mothers of Polish Women in Logging and Sisters of the River. In 2018, she was awarded the Katarzyna Kobro Prize. She is the author of "6 Rivers" (2012, "Paradise on Earth" (2015) and "Sister Rivers" (2021). In her work, Cecilia Malik combines happening and performance with themes dedicated to community building and attention to the environment. In painting, she often refers to themes dedicated to nature. Her works have been exhibited at the Museum of Modern Art in Warsaw, the Zderzak gallery, the Bunkier Sztuki gallery in Krakow, the University of Rochester in the USA, the Cracow House in Nuremberg, the Kunstverein zu Assenheim and the Abbey Museum in Tyniec, among others. The artist's works can be found, among others, in the collection of the Bunkier Sztuki Gallery or the Museo de Arte Contenporared de Castilla as well as many private collections at home and abroad.