Aleksandra Ulkowska (b. 2000), Bukowski from the Leftovers, 2024
oil on canvas, 60 x 40 cm
in 2000 in Warsaw. Education: Faculty of Philosophy at the University of Warsaw, 2019–2020; Faculty of Sculpture at the Academy of Fine Arts, 2020–2025; she completed her diploma project in the studio of Prof. Adam Myjak and Dr. Kinga Smaczna-Łagowska and defended it with honors in 2025. She completed her painting specialization under the supervision of Prof. Mariusz Woszczyński. She is currently studying at the Faculty of Media Arts at the Academy of Fine Arts in Warsaw. In 2021, she participated in a semester-long Erasmus exchange program at Vysoké Technické Učeni in Brno. Achievements and honors: Rector’s scholarship for the 2021–2022 and 2023–2024 academic years; Rector’s commendation for her diploma thesis “Soliloquy of a Nameless Man, or a Treatise on Being Lost,” 2025; a distinction from the Main Jury of Upcoming 2025 for her diploma thesis “Soliloquy of a Nameless Man, or a Treatise on Being Lost,” 2026; First place in the National Painting Competition “Orbico Supports Art,” 2024. Open-air workshops: open-air workshop in Białka Tatrzańska “Traces of Hasior. Torn from the Earth,” organized in collaboration with Scientific Circle 44, 2024; Azymut Chrzęsne ceramics plein air workshop, 2026. Selected exhibitions: solo exhibition “Please, Help Yourself to Some Wine, Said the Hatter,” WARSawy Theater, Warsaw, 2021; group exhibition “Indian Summer,” “Jary” House of Art, Warsaw, 2024; group exhibition “Astragale Party,” Kadr Cultural Center, Warsaw, 2024; group exhibition Upcoming 2025 “The Boundlessness of Community,” Czapski Palace, Warsaw, 2026; “Beyond Interpretation,” PROMU Kultury Gallery, Saska Kępa, Warsaw, 2026. In her painting, she is primarily drawn to color as a vehicle for emotional and nonverbal content.
oil on canvas, 60 x 40 cm
in 2000 in Warsaw. Education: Faculty of Philosophy at the University of Warsaw, 2019–2020; Faculty of Sculpture at the Academy of Fine Arts, 2020–2025; she completed her diploma project in the studio of Prof. Adam Myjak and Dr. Kinga Smaczna-Łagowska and defended it with honors in 2025. She completed her painting specialization under the supervision of Prof. Mariusz Woszczyński. She is currently studying at the Faculty of Media Arts at the Academy of Fine Arts in Warsaw. In 2021, she participated in a semester-long Erasmus exchange program at Vysoké Technické Učeni in Brno. Achievements and honors: Rector’s scholarship for the 2021–2022 and 2023–2024 academic years; Rector’s commendation for her diploma thesis “Soliloquy of a Nameless Man, or a Treatise on Being Lost,” 2025; a distinction from the Main Jury of Upcoming 2025 for her diploma thesis “Soliloquy of a Nameless Man, or a Treatise on Being Lost,” 2026; First place in the National Painting Competition “Orbico Supports Art,” 2024. Open-air workshops: open-air workshop in Białka Tatrzańska “Traces of Hasior. Torn from the Earth,” organized in collaboration with Scientific Circle 44, 2024; Azymut Chrzęsne ceramics plein air workshop, 2026. Selected exhibitions: solo exhibition “Please, Help Yourself to Some Wine, Said the Hatter,” WARSawy Theater, Warsaw, 2021; group exhibition “Indian Summer,” “Jary” House of Art, Warsaw, 2024; group exhibition “Astragale Party,” Kadr Cultural Center, Warsaw, 2024; group exhibition Upcoming 2025 “The Boundlessness of Community,” Czapski Palace, Warsaw, 2026; “Beyond Interpretation,” PROMU Kultury Gallery, Saska Kępa, Warsaw, 2026. In her painting, she is primarily drawn to color as a vehicle for emotional and nonverbal content.