Anna BUCZKOWSKA (b. 1943), Trampled earth - and what next...?, 2001

Own technique, dyed cotton, canvas, film; 295 x 190 cm;
Signed and described on the tag: Aut: ANNA BUCZKOWSKA / Titled: TRAMPLET EARTH / - WHAT
TO DO NEXT?" / dimension: 300 x 200 / year: 2001 / tech: own hand dyed /canvas, foil.
fabric won an award at the 3rd fabric triennial
In 1965-71 she studied painting and artistic fabric at the Faculty of Painting of the Academy of Fine Arts in Warsaw. She studied under: painting - Prof. Andrzej Jurkiewicz, Prof. Stefan Gierowski; artistic textiles - Prof. Anna Sledziewska, Prof. Mieczyslaw Szymanski; graphics - Prof. Hanna Chrostowska; composition of solids and planes - Prof. Roman Owidzki. She received her diploma with honors in 1971 in the studio of Prof. Stefan Gierowski and Prof. Mieczyslaw Szymanski. She works in artistic textiles, collage, painting and drawing. In 1972, she cooperated with the Capital Rehabilitation Center as head of the art studios. In 1972-75 she was the artistic director of the tapestry and carpet studio of the "Ład" cooperative. In 1989-91, she ran the tapestry studio of the Polish-French company "Gala" as artistic manager. From 1993 to 1997 she led art classes for children and young people at the Cultural Center in Konstancin.
Selected awards and prizes: (1986 ) First Prize at the Olympic Art Competition, Museum of Sports and Tourism, (1992) - First Prize in the exhibition "Weaving Workshop - Kowary", BWA, Wroclaw, (1993) - Scholarship of The Pollock - Krasner Foundation USA, (1994) - Grand Prix of the Queen's
Fabiola, VI International Lace Biennale, Brussels, (2000) - honorable mention - Municipal Gallery of Art, Czestochowa, (2001) - honorable mention - 1st National Biennale, Tri-City, (2002) - honorable mention at the exhibition "Fabric inspired by Moniuszko's music", (2005) - honorable mention at the 3rd Biennale of Painting and Artistic Fabric - Tri-City, (2008) - lifetime achievement award granted by the District Starosty of
Piaseczno, (2010) - Diploma of appreciation, for contribution to the development of artistic fabric. 3 International Art Festival, Structures of Links, Krakow, (2013) - Title of Merit for the City of Konstancin-Jeziorna, (2013) - Honorary Badge "Meritorious for Polish Culture" from the Ministry of Culture and National Heritage.