Dominika WOJTYLAK (1979), Grounding from the series: own places; 2018

Acrylic, canvas; 80 x 80 cm
Signed, p.d.: DW; signed, dated, on back: Dominika / Wojtylak/ 2018r

Studied at the Faculty of Graphic Arts of the Academy of Fine Arts in Cracow and at the Faculty of Monumental Painting at UAD in Cluj-Napoca, Transylvania, Romania. She defended her diploma in the Drawing Studio of Prof. Włodzimierz Kotkowski. An artist with a wide range of interests and rich experience in the most diverse techniques and fields of visual arts. In her easel paintings and drawings she observes ephemeral phenomena and micro-events at the interface of matter and mind. Among other things, she created "Fantastic Herbarium," which is a series of illustrations inspired by the work of Catalan poet Mercè Rodoreda. She is interested in painting as a form of contemplation and intense presence in reality. Her paintings, murals and reconstructions of historic polychromes can be found at home and abroad. She has had a number of solo and group exhibitions.

This painting accompanied me during the general remodeling of my space both physically and mentally. It is a trace and a witness of arranging myself anew, balancing the focus and searching for an attitude towards my own destiny. Despite its rather abstract form, it is very personal. I called the series of paintings created at that time "Own Place".
Dominika Wojtylak