Iwona CUR (b. 1978), Plastic II, 2022

linocut, paper; 175 x 70 cm (unframed); 195 x 90 cm (framed);
edition: 2/20

Graduate of the European Academy of Arts. In 2003 she received a diploma with distinction from the Department of Workshop Graphics in the studio of Prof. Waldemar Szysz. In 2008 she completed postgraduate studies in Cultural Marketing at the University of Warsaw. In 2022 she defended her doctoral degree at the Faculty of Graphic Arts at Marie Curie Sklodowska University in Lublin. Since 2005, she has been working at her alma mater. Since 2011, she has been running the Square Studio - an author's studio of printmaking. The artist has won many awards, including: since 2002 she has been awarded several times in the Warsaw Graphics competition (awards granted by the National Museum in Warsaw); in 2003 she received the Bank Millenium PRESTIGE Artistic Scholarship (award funded by the portal Artinfo.pl) and an award in the Competition of the President of the Republic of Poland for the best art diploma in the field of fine arts and design; in 2005 she won the Grand Prix at the Third Biennale of All Arts Tarnowskie Klimaty. She is the author of many solo exhibitions and a participant in group exhibitions.