Own technique, leather, coconut paper, 67 x 47.5 cm, signed on the reverse: RudzkaHabisiak
reproduced: Jolanta Rudzka-Habisiak, Lodz, 2019, p. 79.
Jolanta Rudzka Habisiak studied at the Wladyslaw Strzeminski State Higher School of Fine Arts in Lodz (today's Wladyslaw Strzeminski Academy of Fine Arts), where she received her diploma in the Studio of Unique Textile in 1985. She is currently a professor (since 2005), Head of the Interior Object, Carpet and Tapestry Studio at her alma mater. She has participated in more than 200 group exhibitions - Polish and international; she has had 40 solo exhibitions at home and abroad. She creates objects and installations, deals with textile art, carpet design, but also activities based on artistic graphics and authoring techniques. She served as the Academy's rector from 2012-2020, and is the recipient of prestigious awards for her exceptional works, among them are: Award of Excellence, 1987, International Tapestry Competition, Kyoto, Japan; 1st Prize of the Minister of Culture and Art - 4th National Exhibition of Polish Tapestry, Łódź; Gold Medal 1992 - 7th International Triennale of Tapestry, Central Textile Museum, Łódź; 1998 Silver Medal and Medal of the Central Textile Museum, Łódź - 9th International Triennale of Tapestry, Łódź. International Triennale of Textiles, Central Museum of Textiles, Lodz; Grand Prix 2001 - 5th International Baltic Triennale of Miniature Textiles, Gdynia; Special Award 2013 -14th International Triennale of Textiles, Central Museum of Textiles, Lodz, 2019 - Ab Ovo Exhibition - Award of the Mayor of Lodz for the best cultural event in 2018. Honorable Mention for the work Infinity at the Bi-Annual International Fiber Art "FIBER ARTS X", Sebastopol Center for the Arts, Sebastopol, CA, USA. Selection of group exhibitions in recent years: International Electrographic Exhibition of Small Forms, Budapest, 2010; 14th International Triennial of Small Graphic Forms, Lodz, 2011; Reinterpretations , Contemporary Unique Textile, Central Textile Museum, Lodz, 2011, 42nd. Yokosuka Peace Exhibition, Kanagawa, Japan, 2011; International Triennial of Graphic Arts, , 2012; Splendor of Textile, Zachęta Gallery, Warsaw, 2013; 14th International Triennial of Textile, Central Museum of Textiles, Łódź, 2013; Chengju International Biennial of Crafts, Main Exhibition 2; Something Old Something New, Seoul, Korea, 2013; Around Strzeminski, Pryzmat Gallery, , 2014; Graphics is a Woman. Polish graphics of the 20th and 21st centuries, International Graphic Center - Galeria Centrum , Poland, 2014, Art of Textile; L'intreccio della bellezza opere di Jolanta Rudzka Habisiak, Casa Natale di Rafaello, Urbino, 2014; Jolanta Rudzka Habisiak - Art of Fiber, Academy of Fine Arts in Lviv, Ukraine, 2015; Utopia. Atopia Dystopia, Hol Galerie, ASP Lodz, 2016; We, Kobro Heirs, Kobro Gallery, ASP Lodz; Interlaces, Head Bones Gallery, Vernon, Canada, 2018; Polish Printmaking and Textile Art-Works from the Strzeminski Academy of Fine Arts in Lodz - FAB Gallery, University of Alberta, Edmonton, Canada, 2019,1st edition of SHE& exhibition.SHE, Jolanta Rudzka Habisiak & Julie Oakes Mazovian Cultural Center TEST Gallery - Warsaw, 2020/2021, Kobro Gallery, ASP, Lodz, 2021; IV International Mini Print Cantabria, Calle San Ganzo, Spain; International Biennial of Works of Art on Paper, Prijedor 2020. 3rd INTERNATIONAL BIENNIAL OF ARTWORKS ON PAPER, Museum of Kozara, Prijedor, Republic of Serbia, Bosnia and Herzegovina; 2nd TKO International Miniprint 2020 - Tokyo→Kyoto→Osaka; Bi-Annual International Fiber Art "FIBER ARTS X", Sebastopol Center for the Arts, Sebastopol, CA, USA, 2021; XXIV Salón de Minitextiles 2021, CAAT Centro Argentino De Arte Textil; 17. International Triennial of Small Graphic Forms, City Gallery of Art, Willa Gallery, Lodz, 2021; III Biennale of Artistic Textiles in Poznan, Jak Malowana Foundation, University of Arts named after Magdalena Abakanowicz in Poznan, Poland, 2021. Magdalena Abakanowicz in Poznań, the New Foundation of the University of Arts in Poznań and the City of Poznań, main exhibition-"The Future of Freedom," Stara Papiernia +2, 2021; solo exhibition Jolanta Rudzka Habisiak Rhythm, Color, Idea, ELart Gallery, Art Market, Łódź, 2022 The artist's works are in collections: Central Textile Museum in Lodz, Copenhagen Museum of Decorative Arts, Copenhagen Nikolaj Cultural Foundation, Copenhagen, Savaria Museum in Shombathely, Hungary, Girona Art Museum, Girona, Spain, Racine Art Museum, Wisconsin, USA, China Printmaking Museum, Guanlan, Shenzen and in private collections at home and abroad.
