Julita Wiench (b. 1957), I lost my head for the violin, 2009

Pastel, paper, 100 x 70 cm, signed on the right: J. Wiench and on the reverse. Unframed work.

Born in 1957.
Graduated from the State High School of Fine Arts in Gdynia-Orłowo and the State Higher School of Fine Arts in Gdańsk. She defended her diploma at the Faculty of Painting and Graphic Arts in the studio of Associate Professor Jerzy Krechowicz in 1986. She made an annex to her diploma in artistic graphics (lithography) under the direction of Associate Professor Czesław Tumielewicz. She does painting, drawing, book illustration and designs posters. Author of 21 solo exhibitions at home and abroad. She took part in 72 collective exhibitions in Poland, Germany, France, Sweden, Italy, Lithuania and Ukraine. She participated in international art programs: "Kontakt Direkt" (Sweden-Poland 1999-2000), and "Soutine Dienos" (Lithuania-Poland 2005).
She has won awards for illustration, poster and drawing, and in 2009 she received the Grand Prix at the 6th Olsztyn Biennale of Fine Arts. In 2007 she received an art scholarship from the Olsztyn City Council, and in 2009 an art scholarship from the Marshal of the Province of Warmia and Mazury in Olsztyn.
Mazurian Province in Olsztyn. As part of this scholarship, she prepared an exhibition of her paintings and drawings at the Council of Europe headquarters in Strasbourg. In 2010, she received the Award of the President of Olsztyn for lifetime creative work in the field of fine arts.
She belongs to creative groups: "Trykot" and "Art Detention Center".