Biography
Izabela Maciejewska was born on 25 July 1975. A graduate of Academy of Fine Arts in Lodz. She defended her diploma thesis in 2002 in the Multimedia Department and Photography Laboratory at the Visual Education Faculty. A graduate of the L. Schiller National Film, Television & Theatre School in Lodz (PWSFTviT), where she defended her diploma thesis in 2007 in the Creative Photography Laboratory at the Cinematography and Television Production Department.
The scope of her activities encompasses installations, video art, photography and sculpture. She combines various media in her works. The major theme of her formally diverse productions is metamorphosis – transformation of one form into another. In her work tackles the problem of loneliness, stigmatization and alienation of a human being - „ misfit”; sense of exclusion and the search for own identity. Izabela also touches the topic of universalism, the collective unconsciousness concept and the ritual nature of art.
Awards and distinctions:
1995 – 2nd place in the National Photography Competition for Art Schools – Young Art,
Gdynia, Poland
2002 – nominated to an award for the film Sacrum , 3rd National and 2nd International
Independent Film Festival Film of Tomorrow 2002, Warsaw, Poland
2014 - People Choice Award, Passion For Freedom London Art Festival, London, United Kingdom
2016 - Finalist of competition Open Call / Think Tank lab Triennale International Festival of Contemporary Drawing, Wrocław, Poland
- Finalist CELESTE PRIZE 2016, 8th International Contemporary Art Competition, London, UK
2017 - Finalist ARTE LAGUNA PRIZE, Venice Arsenal, Italy
