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DOMINIKA FEDKO-WOJS
BORN 1992

Dominika Fedko-Wójs, a young generation artist associated with the Krakow environment, graduated from the Academy of Fine Arts in Krakow. She works professionally as a graphic designer, serving as Senior Graphic Designer and Design Lead in the branding team. In private, she is a mother two children. Her work encompasses a wide range of artistic forms, from painting, through graphic design, to animation. The artist creates images that combine symbolism, metaphysics, and maximalism.

In her work, there are several cycles that are united by the desire to capture subtle, metaphysical experiences. In the cycles "Synthesis" and "Abstracts", the artist worked in accordance with Witkacy's theory of Pure Form , experimenting with form and metaphysical experiences. From the oldest works, which were the beginning of her painting path, through experimental paintings, to the emotional works in the "Miracles" cycle. Her latest cycle "Femina" is an attempt to capture universal female experiences, combining them with dreamlike visions and metaphysics. These works are full of symbolism, emotions and spiritual reflections, being a testimony to her artistic path, in which painting becomes a carrier of deep experiences.

Biography

Full name: Dominika Fedko-Wójs
Year of birth: 1992
Place of residence: Gródek nad Dunajcem, Rożnowskie Lake (previously lived and worked for 10 years in Kraków)
Artistic affiliations: Graduate of the Jan Matejko Academy of Fine Arts in Kraków, connected with the Kraków artistic community.

Personal life:
Privately, a mother of two children aged 4.5 and 2 years old. Family life in Gródek nad Dunajcem, in close proximity to nature, serves as a significant inspiration for her painting work.

Education:
2018–2020 – Postgraduate Studies, Faculty of Painting, Academy of Fine Arts in Kraków
2012–2017 – Master's degree in the Faculty of Graphic Arts, Jan Matejko Academy of Fine Arts in Kraków (distinction)
Master's thesis: The motif of death and violence in design – the Holocaust. Selected elements of visual identity for the Auschwitz-Birkenau Museum in Oświęcim
TPSP Award, presentation at the Palace of Art in Kraków

Artistic Work:
Specializations: Painting, graphic arts, artist's books, illustration, animation.

Selected exhibitions and events:
2022 – Exhibition, Stakkato Contemporary Art Space, Kraków
2022 – Exhibition, Galeria Nowa Stacja, Pruszków
2022 – Auction, 30th WOŚP Final
2021 – Auction, Next Gallery, Bydgoszcz
2021 – Exhibition, Rynek Podgórski, Kraków
2021 – Auction, Desa Unicum, Warsaw
2020 – Auction, Pragaleria, Warsaw
2020 – Exhibition, Heron Live Hotel, Sienna
2020 – Auction, Next Gallery, Bydgoszcz
2020 – Solo painting exhibition, Galeria Szalom, Kraków
2019 – Premiere of the animated film Masterclass, V International Fantastic Film Festival SPLAT! FILM FEST, Lublin/Warsaw
2018 – Animated film Masterclass as the opening film, 43rd Polish Feature Film Festival in Gdynia
2017 – Diploma works exhibition, Academy of Fine Arts, Palace of Art, Kraków
2016 – Exhibition of artist books, National Museum in Kraków
2015 – Bohater pod ręką, Małopolski Ogród Sztuki, Kraków
2014 – Animation exhibition, Polenmarkt Festival, Greifswald, Germany
2011 – Drawing exhibition, BWA Gallery, Nowy Sącz

Animation Episode:
Dominika Fedko-Wójs created original artistic animations, which were presented at international festivals:

Animated film Masterclass (co-creator):
Opening film of the 43rd Polish Feature Film Festival in Gdynia (2018)
Nomination for the Golden Lajkonik Award at the 58th Kraków Film Festival
Presentations at festivals in Poland, Germany, Bulgaria, and Norway

Other animation projects:
2014 – Premiere of the animated film Snuciciel, Polenmarkt Festival, Cinestar Cinema, Greifswald, Germany
DIRECTING & SCRIPT & ANIMATION: Dominika Fedko, PRODUCTION: ASP Kraków

Currently, she works in commercial animation while experimenting with bringing parts of paintings to life, giving them a new artistic dimension.

Illustrations and artist books:
2016 – Premiere of the illustrated book Kredens Literacki czyli Mała Antologia II LO, Nowy Sącz

Details
and links

  • 2025, Auction as part of the 33rd WOŚP Final

  • 2022, Art exhibition, audiovisual concert, group exhibition at Stakkato Contemporary Art Space & Music Studio, Kraków

  • 2022, Exhibition of two artists at Galeria Nowa Stacja in Pruszków, organized by Victory Art Gallery (Benelux countries gallery)

  • 2022, Auction as part of the 30th WOŚP Final

  • 20.07.2021, 1st Collector’s Auction, Next Gallery, Bydgoszcz

  • 20.06.2021, Alternative exhibition "Woman-Mother in a Kiosk," Kraków, Rynek Podgórski 8, 30-518 Kraków, Poland

  • 01.2021, Young Polish Artist, Desa Unicum Młoda Sztuka, Warsaw

  • 10.2020, Young Polish Artist, Pragaleria, Warsaw

  • 13.09.2020, Exhibition as part of the European Heritage Days Inauguration, Sienna, Sienna 104, 33-318 Poland, Heron Live Hotel

  • 07.2020, Summer Auction, Next Gallery, Bydgoszcz

  • 06.2020, Young Polish Artist, Next Gallery, Bydgoszcz

  • 05.2020, Spring Auction, Next Gallery, Bydgoszcz

  • 20.02.2020–20.03.2020, Solo Painting Exhibition at the oldest Gallery in Kraków’s Kazimierz, Galeria Szalom, Kraków, Galeria Szalom Painting Exhibition Vernissage 2020

  • 02.12.2019–15.12.2019, Nomination for the Audience Award for Animation Masterclass, V International Fantastic Film Festival SPLAT! FILM FEST, Culture Centre in Lublin, Kinoteka, Lublin, Warsaw

  • 22.11.2019–30.11.2019, Masterclass at the special screening of the 24th European Cinema Forum Cinergia Festival, Łódź

  • 30.04.2019–05.05.2019, Masterclass in competition at the 29th Filmkunstfest MV, Schwerin, Germany

  • 30.04.2019 & 02.05.2019, Masterclass at the screening of the Film Festival in Cieszyn "22. Kino na Granicy / 22. Kino na Hranici," Cieszyn

  • 17.09.2018, Masterclass team on the red carpet, Gdynia, 43rd Polish Feature Film Festival in Gdynia. Official opening of FPFF

  • 17.09.2018–22.09.2018, Masterclass as the opening animation of Poland's largest Film Festival, presented alongside the premiere of the film Kamerdyner directed by Filip Bajon, cast including Janusz Gajos, Sebastian Fabijański, Borys Szyc, 43rd Polish Feature Film Festival in Gdynia FPFF, Opening Gala hosted by Monika Szydłowska, following the Ceremony Banquet, Musical Theatre, Gdynia

  • 20.09.2018–23.09.2018, Masterclass in competition at the ReAnima International Animated Film Festival 2018, Bergen, Norway

  • 23.06.2018–30.06.2018, Masterclass in competition at the 15th In the Palace International Short Film Festival, Bulgaria

  • 28.05.2018 & 31.05.2018, Meet the creators at the screening of the film Masterclass at the 58th Kraków Film Festival in Kino Pod Baranami, Nomination for the Golden Lajkonik Award – Polish Competition for the film Masterclass, 58th Kraków Film Festival KFF, Kino Pod Baranami, ARS Cinema, Kraków

  • 21.01.2018, TPSP Award for the Master's thesis titled "The Motif of Death and Violence in Design – The Holocaust. Selected Elements of Visual Identity for the Auschwitz-Birkenau Museum in Oświęcim," Villa of Prof. Karol Estreicher, Kraków

  • 04.06.2017, Group exhibition of selected diploma works of ASP, exhibited diploma titled "The Motif of Death and Violence in Design – The Holocaust. Selected Elements of Visual Identity for the Auschwitz-Birkenau Museum in Oświęcim," Palace of Art, Kraków

  • 18.05.2017, Defense of Master's Thesis, Master's degree in the Advertising Form Design Studio under the supervision of Prof. Władysław Targosz, PhD / Prof. ASP and Dr. / Adj. Kuba Sowiński, REVIEW: Dr. hab. / Prof. ASP Jacek Mrowczyk (ASP Katowice) titled "The Motif of Death and Violence in Design – The Holocaust. Selected Elements of Visual Identity for the Auschwitz-Birkenau Museum in Oświęcim," Jan Matejko Academy of Fine Arts in Kraków, Faculty of Graphic Arts, Master’s Studies, Kraków

  • 21.02.2017, Premiere of the animated film Masterclass, Group project, DIRECTING: Weronika Kuc, Małgorzata Jędrzejec, Dominika Fedko, Ewa Drzewicka, Aleksandra Rylewicz, Małgorzata Jachna; SCRIPT: Grażyna Trela; SOUND: Michał Fojcik; ANIMATION: Aleksandra Rylewicz, Dominika Fedko, Ewa Drzewicka, Małgorzata Jachna, Małgorzata Jędrzejec, Weronika Kuc; MUSIC: Astor Piazzolla "I've seen that face before / Libertango"; PRODUCTION: Academy of Fine Arts in Kraków, Animation Film Studio; ARTISTIC SUPERVISOR: Robert Sowa; YEAR: 2018. Short film about Roman Polanski, Kino Kijów, Kraków

  • 28.03.2017, Group exhibition of painting works, II LO, Nowy Sącz

  • 11.2016, Premiere of illustrated book, Illustrations for prose, poetry, essays, columns, etc., titled Kredens Literacki czyli Mała Antologia II LO, text selection & layout: Leszek Bolanowski, Nowy Sącz

  • 02.03.2016, Group exhibition of artist books, titled Books from the Book Studio, National Museum in Kraków, Main Building, Kraków

  • 28.06.2015, Group exhibition during the Photography Festival, exhibition titled Bohater pod ręką, 3rd Edition of Krakow Photo Fringe, exhibited photographic project Gouda Wasserlauf, MOS Małopolski Ogród Sztuki, Kraków

  • 23.11.2014, Premiere of the short animated film Snuciciel, DIRECTING & SCRIPT & ANIMATION: Dominika Fedko, PRODUCTION: Academy of Fine Arts in Kraków, Polenmarkt Festival, Cinestar Cinema, Greifswald, Germany

  • 03.11.2011, Official awarding of the index by the Rector and Senate of the Academy of Fine Arts in Kraków to students with the highest entrance exam scores during the Inauguration of the 2011/2012 Academic Year, Dominika Fedko representing the Faculty of Graphic Arts, Kraków Opera House, Kraków

  • 06.2009–09.2009, Solo exhibition of painting and drawing, GOK Gminny Ośrodek Kultury, Gródek nad Dunajcem, Poland

  • 2009 & 2010, Two cyclical group exhibitions of painting and drawing, Nowy Sącz

  • 2010, Scholarship for individuals with outstanding artistic achievements

"Only when, looking at a painting, we erase the awareness of familiar objects and shapes, can we devote ourselves to analyzing the work of art, surrendering to the feeling – the pure feeling of colors, color combinations."

"The idea of abstraction as a play of forms and signs and design as a priori, assumptions resulting from experience, on which the form of utility objects is based, where their "appearance" "aesthetics" results from experience and analysis of form."

"Is there a chance of triggering someone else besides artist of a metaphysical feeling corresponding to a feeling metaphysical experience that the artist experienced while looking at his painting?

Theme of death and violence in design - the Holocaust Selected elements of visual identification for the Auschwitz-Birkenau Museum in Oświęcim

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