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
2020
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 organized by graduates of the Wood Sculpture specialization from the Art High School in Lublin, five years after completing their studies. The show presented the diverse artistic paths the former classmates had taken — from sculpture and painting to design and interdisciplinary practices — reflecting how time, experience, and different life choices shaped their creative development.
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. The buildings mostly still stand, yet no longer contain any pulsing life. The abandoned objects whisper quiet stories amid the vast emptiness. Endurlings are things that endured — woven cables, fragments of machines, traces of utility. They seem connected, though their purpose is gone. What remains is their persistence. It no longer makes sense to ask “why?” — only to observe what “after” looks like.
Master of Arts Degree exhibition by Eliza Kołodziej, Academy of Fine Arts in Warsaw, Faculty of Painting.
Event: Fundamentally Irrelevant
Dates: 18 Mar 2025 - 21 Apr 2025
The exhibition presented a collection of handcrafted and found artifacts arranged according to an enigmatic inner logic. Combining traditional crafts with waste materials and fragments of machines, the works questioned what remains meaningful when function and value disappear. By reusing discarded matter and forgotten techniques, Eliza Kołodziej created a post-human archaeology of everyday life — a space suspended between memory and decay. Throughout the exhibition, the artist was present in the gallery, continuing her quiet research and reconstruction of neglected manual skills.
Biography
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.
