Monika Cichoń (1980)

Studied Graphic Arts at the Academy of Arts and Design in Wrocław, received diploma in 2005 under the guidance of professor Eugeniusz Get-Stankiewicz in professional drawing (…on ugliness and relativity) and professor Eugeniusz Smoliński in graphic design; also graduated from the Kunstakademie für Grafik und Buchkunst in Leipzig, Germany, in professor Thomas Muler’s illustration class.

She works in the fields of drawing, illustration and printmaking, painting, and also artistic book.

Awards & distinctions:

Autobiography, competition organized by Gutek Film and the editors of Wysokie Obcasy – honorable mention

XI International Biennial of Small Prints and Exlibris, Ostrów Wielkopolski – nomination

International Book Art Festival – TIME, travelling exhibition – prize of the magazine “Wydawca”

Kompas Młodej Sztuki 2007 – ranking of young Polish artists – place 18

VII Triennial of Polish Contemporary Drawing Lubaczow – nomination

Kompas Młodej Sztuki 2010 – ranking of young Polish artists – place 19

Straciłam głowę, art book, in 2013 included in the collection of Musashino Art University Museum in Tokyo

awards & distinctions:

Autobiography, Gutek Film & Wysokie Obcasy editor’s competition – distinction

11th International Biennial of Small Graphic Forms & Bookplate, Ostrów Wielkopolski, Poland – nomination

International Bookart Festival – CZAS – Wydawca editor’s award

Kompas Młodej Sztuki 2007 – young Polish artists ranking – 18th place

7th Triennial of Polish Contemporary Drawing, Lubaczów – nomination

Kompas Młodej Sztuki 2007 – young Polish artists ranking – 19th place

I lost my head, art-book, since 2013 in collection of Musashino Art University Museum, Tokyo