Dimensions: 34.6 x 43.5 cm (clear frame)
signed, dated and described on the reverse: '"In a vertical world" etching + aquatint L 7/10 Dorota Bak 2017'.
Biography
Painter, graphic designer. Graduate of the Antoni Kenar State High School of Fine Arts in Zakopane. In 1992 she graduated from the Academy of Fine Arts in Wroclaw, receiving a diploma in artistic graphics from Prof. H. Pawlikowska and a diploma in graphic design from Prof. E. Smolinski. In 2005, she completed postgraduate pedagogical studies in art education at the Jan Matejko Academy of Fine Arts in Cracow.
The artist took part in international exhibitions presenting contemporary graphic art in Caduqes, Barcelona, Paris, Bages (France), Berlin, Munich , Wienfield (W. Britain), Seoul (South Korea), Bitola (Macedonia), Joensuu (Finland), Ljubljana (Slovenia) and Lodz, Katowice, Ostrow Wielkopolski, Wroclaw, Krakow, among others. She has participated in art workshops such as "Prague - its monuments and museums", "Venice - Ravenna - Padua and their cultural heritage". Her passion is mountains and travel, which are also an important point of reference for the artist's work.
She currently lives and creates in Zakopane. Since 1997 she has been running a drawing and painting studio at the A. Kenar High School in Zakopane. The artist has presented her creative achievements at many solo exhibitions. Her graphics are in the collections of: Museum of the City of Ostrow Wielkopolski, Tatra Museum, State Art Gallery in Lodz, Museum and Gallery of Contemporary Art (Bitola, Macedonia), Sharjah Art Museum (United Arab Emirates), and numerous private collections.