About Eliza Kołodziej
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Education
2023 - 2025
Academy of Fine Arts in Warsaw
2020 - 2023
Academy of Fine Arts in Katowice
2016 - 2020
Art High School in Lublin
Awards
2025
Master’s Degree with Distinction
2024
Rector’s Scholarship for Outstanding Students
2020
President of Lublin Scholarship
2019
Ministry of Culture and National Heritage Scholarship
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Event: 5 Years After the Diploma
Dates: 4 Sep 2025 - 14 Sep 2025
A group exhibition of graduates of the Wood Sculpture at the Art High School in Lublin, shown five years after finishing their studies. The presentation brought together sculpture, painting and interdisciplinary works, tracing how different artistic paths developed over time.
Artists: MFA Emilia Fajt, Magdalena Kotowska, Izabela Kryńska, MFA Anna Myszkowiak, Cezary Stachura.
Event: Endurlings. The End of the City
Dates: 23 Jun 2025 - 13 Jul 2025
"The city has shed its skin, leaving behind only an empty remnant. Endurlings are things that endured — woven cables, fragments of machines, traces of utility.What remains is their persistence. It no longer makes sense to ask “why?” — only to observe what “after” looks like." - a fragment from the catalogue description.
Master’s exhibition exploring a post-human cityscape, where abandoned objects persist beyond human presence.
Master of Arts Degree exhibition by Eliza Kołodziej.
Event: Fundamentally Irrelevant
Dates: 18 Mar 2025 - 21 Apr 2025
Solo exhibition combining painting, traditional crafts and discarded materials, forming a post-human archaeology of everyday life. Paintings, woven structures and altered objects highlighted endurance, change and the quiet presence that remains once function and value disappear.
Event: ArtShow – Festival of Arts Exhibition
Dates: 2 Mar 2024 - 5 Mar 2024
Group exhibition of selected Painting students from the Academy of Fine Arts in Warsaw, accompanying the Artshow festival. Featuring outstanding works chosen to represent the department.
Biography
Featured in: Curator's picks: December 2025 & Curators picks: November 2025 on Artfinder.
For me, painting is a way of tracing what remains after people – a direct observation of silence, emptiness, and tension within the city. I create out of a need to confront these fragile moments of presence and absence. The process helps me find balance within the turbulent flow of thoughts and emotions evoked by the world around me.
I do not set boundaries for my practice – there are no rules about what I can or cannot paint. Each present moment tells me what must be projected onto the canvas, and I try to capture it as truthfully as I can.
My work aims to move beyond the studio, reaching those who are searching for authenticity, resonance, and a sense of connection. I've been running artistic workshops for children, adults, and seniors for almost a year now – I want to share my knowledge and inspire people to express themselves through art and handiwork.
