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SELECTED SOLO EXHIBITIONS
2014 Patterns of Perfection, curated by Pamela Jean Tinnen, Gallery on First, New York, NY
2013 Renascence, curated by Omo Misha, The Helene Fuld College Gallery, New York, NY
2012-13 The Inner Eye, The Consulate General of the Republic of Bulgaria, New York, NY
2010 In Love with the Circle, The Berkeley Art Gallery, Berkeley College, New York, NY
2008 School of Visual Arts Gallery, New York, NY
2007 Point to line, Artes Gallery, New York, NY
2002 New paintings, 50 West Gallery, New York, NY
1986 Fiber Installation, Gail Wilson Gallery, Southampton, New York, NY
1984 Multi Media and Sculpture, ACI Forum Gallery, New York
1983 Fiber Sculpture, Postsparkasse, Vienna, Austria
1978 Paintings & Fiber, College of Art, Lodz, Poland
SELECTED GROUP EXHIBITIONS
| 2015 | Art Of Transformation CCM Visual Arts Gallery, Randolph NJ |
| Art Matters Northwood University, Florida Campus, Jeanette Hare Gallery, West Palm Beach, Florida | |
| Postcards From the Edge Luhring Augustine Gallery, New York, NY | |
| The Impact of Color The Alliance Gallery, Curated by Phyllis Bilick, Narrowsburg, NY | |
| "125 Years: Women of Vision" West Palm Beach, FL | |
| Amory Art Center West Palm Beach, Florida | |
| Metro 31 Traveling Art Show, City Without Walls Urban Gallery Newark, NJ | |
| Upstream Gallery Hastings-On-Hudson, NY | |
| Cosmos - Imagining The Universe Annemarie Sculpture Garden & Arts Center, In Association with the Smithsonian Institute Dowell (Solomons), MD | |
| 2014 | Ev(e)olution IV: Envision Perserverence New York Public Library, New York, NY |
| Group Exhibition Curated by Gregory Russell Chashama Window Performance Space, New York, NY | |
| Meeting In Malencu International Artist Residency In Poland, Sztuki BWA JATKI Gallery, Nowym Targu | |
| I Kan Do That Salena Gallery Long Island University Downtown Campus, Brooklyn, NY | |
| "Metro 30 Traveling Show" Johnson Free Public Library, Hackensack , NJ. Ramapo College, Mahwah, NJ. City Hall, Jersey City, NJ. Beamsderfer Gallery, Highland Park, NJ. Medford Art Center, Medford, NJ. Albert Wisner Public Library, Warwick, NY. | |
| City Without Walls Metro 30 at the Medford Art Center, Medford, NJ | |
| Notatki z Malenca, Labirynth No. 2 Gallery, Kracow, Poland | |
| Jatki Gallery, Mowy Targ, Poland | |
| I Kan Do Dat, curated by Daniel Simmons and Oshun Layne, Salena Gallery, Long Island University Downtown Campus, Brooklyn, NY | |
| Metro 30 Show, cWOW, Newark, NJ, traveling exhibition | |
| Visions of the Mind, HUB-Robeson Galleries, Penn State University, University Park, PA | |
| 2013 | Curate NYC Top 150 Entries, Rush Arts Gallery, New York, NY |
| Curate NYC25 Top 25 Entries, Westwood Gallery, New York, NY | |
| Museum gallery in Malenic, Poland | |
| Beyond Borders VI, Richard Daley Center, Chicago, IL | |
| Updated, Sylvia Wald and Po Kim Gallery, New York, NY | |
| In Homage of August Strindberg, Adi Art Gallery, Lodz, Poland | |
| Renascence, curated by Omo Misha, The Helene Fuld College Gallery, New York, NY | |
| Celebrate the Healing Power of Art, Manhattan Arts International Online Gallery | |
| Between Note and Sound, PS Center, NY, curated by Krystina Spisak-Madejczyk and Atanaska Tassart | |
| Center for Art, Kielce, Poland | |
| Gallery Tarnobrzeskiego Cultural House, Tarnobrzeg, Poland | |
| Gallery Art Legnicy, Legnica, Poland | |
| 9x9x3: New Visions, The Lobby Gallery, 1155 Avenue of the Americas, New York, NY | |
| 2012-13 | Do not leave the world as it /Janusz Korczak, International Art Symposium, Teresa Zebrowska, curator and project coordinator: PS Center, Brooklyn, NY |
| Dom Polonii Gallery, Rynec Glowny, Krakow, Poland; | |
| Ostra Gymnasiet Hiddinge, Kommun Storskas Konsthall, Skogas, Stockholm, Sweden; | |
| Kultur og Videns Center, Hillerod, Denmark; | |
| Turjk Castle Gallery, Lublany, Slovenia; | |
| 2012 | Spirit in Geometry, Gallery Plus, Brooklyn, NY, Krystina Spisak-Madejczyk and Atanaska Tassart, curators |
| The Shift: Art & Spirit, curated by Kristin Reed, Knox Gallery, Bronx, NY | |
| Artists from Abroad, National Gallery, Sofia, Bulgaria | |
| Tolerance, Bolestraszyce Arboretum, Galerie u Piotra, Poland | |
| New Visions, Hudson Guild Gallery II, New York, NY | |
| In Homage of August Strindberg, University Gallery, Stockholm, Sweden | |
| Tolerance, Labyrinth Gallery, Krakow, Poland | |
| 2011 | Joy Art Project, The Grace Institute Art Gallery, New York, NY |
| Embodied Light: 9-11 in 2011, The Memory Block Project, a window installation, Tobi Kahn, curator, Ernest Rubinstein Gallery, New York, NY | |
| Beyond Borders V, Richard J. Daley Center, Chicago, IL | |
| FIVE, Artes Gallery, New York, NY | |
| Assemblage and Construction International Museum of Collage, Pagosa Springs, CO | |
| The 14th Annual ACJ Hudson Guild, New York, NY | |
| 2010 | A Book about Death, Museu Brasileiro da Scultura, Sao Paulo, Brazil |
| Flying, Mill Gallery in Niracsad, Dozsa Gyorgy, Hungary | |
| The Power of Rhythm, Artes Gallery, New York, NY | |
| Beyond Borders IV, Richard J. Daley Center, Chicago, IL | |
| 2009 | Wish You Were Here 8, A.I.R. Gallery, Brooklyn, NY |
| Displacement, curated by Marysia Gacek, Artes Gallery, New York, NY | |
| The 3rd Annual Mid Summer Arts, curated by Michael Krasowitz, Suffolk Y Jewish Community Center, Commack, NY | |
| Amor and Psyche, curated by Stanislav Mlodozeniec, Artes Gallery, New York, NY | |
| A Book About Death, curated by Louise Weinberg, The Queens Museum of Art, Corona Park, New York, NY | |
| 2008 | May Show, curated by Atanaska Tassart, Artes Gallery, New York, NY |
| June 2008 and August 2008 Open Studio Exhibition at School of Visual Art, Summer International Residency, New York, NY | |
| Summer 2008, curated by Atanaska Tassart, Artes Gallery, New York, NY | |
| Generations VI, invitational, A.I.R. Gallery, New York, NY | |
| 2007 | Square, All media show curated by Krystyna Spisak, Artes Gallery, New York, NY |
| A.I.R. Gallery, New York, NY | |
| The Winter Show, Artes Gallery, New York, NY | |
| 2001-06 | 9/11 Memorial Tapestry, traveling exhibition, Monique Lehman, curator: |
| Art Center College of Design, Pasadena, CA | |
| Corvallis Arts Center, Corvallis, OR; | |
| Memorial, Convergence of American Handweavers Guild, Grand Rapids, MI; | |
| Richmont Art Center, Richmont, MN; | |
| WSSP Gallery, Art College, Warsaw, Poland; | |
| Convergence, Denver, CO; | |
| Convention in Anaheim, CA; | |
| Central Museum, Lodz, Poland; | |
| Kansas City Art Institute, Surface Design; | |
| Conference, Kansas City, KS; | |
| Soundscape Gallery, Santa Rosa, CA; | |
| Creative Arts Center, Burbank, CA; | |
| Magicopolis Theatre Santa Monica, CA; | |
| Pasadena City Hall Ceremony, Burbank, CA; | |
| Library, Palm Desert, CA; | |
| Robert Hillestad Fiber Art, University of Nebraska-Lincoln, Lincoln, NE; | |
| Indianapolis Art Center, Indianapolis, IN; | |
| University of West Florida Art Gallery Center for Fine and Performing Arts, University of West Florida, Pensacola, FL | |
| 2006 | Today’s not Yesterday, Shtooka Gallery, New York, NY |
| Art 2 GIVE, Shtooka Gallery, New York, NY | |
| Generations V, invitational, A.I.R. Gallery, New York, NY | |
| 2004 | Generations IV, A.I.R. Gallery, New York, NY |
| Art New Media Gallery, Warsaw, Poland | |
| Gallery Aula, Fine Arts Academy, Warsaw, Poland | |
| Fiber for the Future, A.I.R. Gallery, New York, NY | |
| 2003 | Fortezza da Basso, Bienniale Internazionale dell’arte Contemporane, Florence, Italy |
| 2002 | SKH Gallery, Great Barrington, MA |
| 1998-02 | Traveling Exhibition, 9x9x3, curated by Janet Koplos: |
| Robert Hillestad Textiles Gallery, University of Nebraska, Lincoln, NE; | |
| Ruth Lilly Library, Indianapolis Art Center, IN; | |
| Rockland Center for the Arts, West Nyack, NY; | |
| University of West Florida Art Gallery, Pensacola, FL; | |
| Yeiser Art Cente, Paducah, KY; | |
| Suraci Gallery, Marywood University, Scranton, PA; | |
| Cummings Art Center, Connecticut College, New London, CT; | |
| Academy Art Museum, Easton, MD; | |
| Hoffman Gallery, Oregon College of Art and Crafts, Portland, OR; | |
| The Rye Arts Center, Rye, NY; | |
| New York State Museum, Albany, NY; | |
| American Craft Museum, New York, NY | |
| 1992 | Material Spirit, curated show, Park Avenue Atrium, New York, NY |
| 1990 | Fiber Arts of the 90’s, Olympia & York, New York, NY |
| 1986 | Fiber Art, John Gusano Gallery, South Norwalk, CT |
| Art of Fiber, Galerie Vertu, Irvington-on-Hudson, NY | |
| Austrian Textile Art, Ost-Berlin, Germany | |
| 1985 | Thorpe Intermedia Gallery, Sparkill, NY |
| Ninth Annual Small Works, 80 Washington Square East Galleries, New York, NY | |
| Art Object, Twenty-One Bond Gallery, New York, NY | |
| 1984 | Fiber Sculpture, Austrian Institute Gallery, New York, NY |
| 5th International Biennale of Miniature Art, Szombathely, Hungary | |
| ABI Gallery, New York, NY | |
| Galyle Willson Gallery, New York, NY | |
| NOW Gallery, New York, NY | |
| 1983 | International Miniature Art, Hanover, West Germany |
| Modern Textile Art Design, Bonn, West Germany | |
| Seventh Annual Small Works, New York University, New York, NY | |
| 1982 | 4th International Biennale of Miniature Art, Szombathely, Hungary |
| Modern Textile Art Design, Austria | |
| Documenta 5-K18, International Art Exhibition, Kassel, West Germany | |
| Gallery Spectru, Vienna, Austria | |
| Involution-Revolultion, Villa Capriolo, Italy | |
| 1981 | Gottschalk Gallery, Frankfurt, West Germany |
| International Textile Art Exhibition, Linz and Vienna, Austria | |
| 4th International Triennale of Textile Art, Lodz, Poland | |
| Postsparkkasse Bank, Vienna, Austria | |
| Werkkhoff Bissendorf, Hannover, West Germany | |
| 1980 | Klosterstrasse Gallery, Linz, Austria |
| Gallery am Graben, Vienna, Austria | |
| 2nd German Tapestry Biennale, Osnabrueck, West Germany | |
| 3rd International Biennale of Miniature Art, Savaria Museu, Szombathely, Hungary | |
| Conceptual Projects, Modern Art Gallery, Vienna, Austria | |
| Stubengalerie, Dortmund, West Germany | |
| Kuenstlerhaus, Vienna, Austria | |
| 1979 | Textile Arts in Austria: 1900-1979, Halbthurn Castle, Burgenland |
| Miniature Textile Art in Austria, Museum for Applied Art, Vienna, Austria | |
| Fiber-Objects, Impulse Gallery, Maria Schutz, Austria | |
| 1978 | Museum of Modern Art, Lodz, Poland |
| Zachenta, Museum of Modern Art, Warsaw, Poland | |
| Chimera, National Gallery of Art, Lodz, Poland | |
| Pfneudl Gallery, Vienna, Austria |
SELECTED COLLECTIONS
| State Department of Arts, Austria; Savaria Museum, Hungary; Villa Capriolo, Italy; Textile Museum, Lodz, Poland and Museum of Applied Art, Vienna, Austria |
| Numerous Private Collections in Austria, Germany, Great Britain, France, Italy, Poland, Bulgaria, U.K., Australia, Canada and U.S.A. |
AWARDS & RESIDENCIES
| 2014 | Awarded a Studio Residency at Chashama in New York City |
| 2013 | International Residency, Malenic (Ruda Maleniecka), Poland |
| 2012 | International Residency, grant from U.S. Consulate, Arboretum Bolestraszyce, Poland |
| 2011 | Fellowship, Conference on International Opportunities in the Arts, Transcultural Exchange, Boston, MA |
| 2008 | Summer Residency School of Visual Art, New York, NY |
| 1982 | Recipient of the Theodore Koerner Foundation Award for Science and Art, Austria |
| 1981 | Scholarship for Excellence in Visual Arts, awarded by the Austrian Government |
| 1981 | Summer Residency Schloss Ebendorf, Kerten, Austria |
WORKSHOPS & SYMPOSIUMS
| 2013 | Malenic (Ruda Maleniecka), Poland |
| 2013 | “Simplicity: Ideals of Practice in Mathematics & the Arts,” Graduate Center, City University of New York |
| 2011 | New York Foundation for the Arts Boot Camp |
| 2007 | “Meeting Artists’ Needs, ”Cue Art Foundation |
| 1981 | Baden Kunstmark, Baden, Austria |
| 1980 | Workshop and Art Fair, Krems, Austria |
EDUCATION
| MFA, University of Applied Arts, Vienna, Austria | |
| MFA in Multi Media, Suma Cum Laude, State University of Visual Arts, Lodz, Poland | |
| School of Visual Arts, New York, NY | |
| Advanced Studies, Parsons School of Design, New York, NY | |
| National Academy of Arts, Sofia, Bulgaria |
SELECTED PUBLICATIONS
| 2013 | “Between Note and Sound,” Nowy Dziennik, Polish daily newspaper, by Elzbieta Poplawska, January 9, 2013 and January 31, 2013 |
| “Artist in CP-S Gallery,” Super Express, Polish-American daily, by MZ, January 15, 2013 | |
| International Chopin & Friends Festival, November 1-29, 2012, “Between Note and Sound,” by Marian Zak, catalog | |
| Beyond Borders VI, Richard Daley Center, Chicago, IL, by Vassilen Vasevski, June 2013 | |
| “Between Note and Sound,” Kurier Plus, Polish weekly magazine, by Czeslaw Karkowski, January 12, 2013 | |
| 2012 | Do not leave the world as it is/Janusz Korczak, Chicago, IL, catalog |
| “Do not leave the world as it is/Janusz Korczak,” Kurier Plus, Polish weekly magazine, by Teresa Zebrowska, November 24, 2012 | |
| “Do not leave the world as it is/Janusz Korczak,” Kurier Plus, Polish weekly magazine, by Elzbieta Poplawska, November 30, 2012 | |
| Artists Abroad, National Gallery, Sofia, Bulgaria, catalog | |
| Artist in Residency, catalog | |
| The Shift: Art and Spirit, Knox Gallery, March 9-April 13, 2012, catalog | |
| “Abstract Art is Not Easy,” Kurier Plus, by Czeslaw Karkowski, April 21, 2012 | |
| 2011 | Artists Abroad, BAAC, Chicago, IL, 2011, catalog |
| FIVE, Artes Gallery, New York, NY, catalog | |
| “New Art Brings Artists and Art Lovers from All Over America,” BG Voice, by Kioleta Kravchenko, June 8-14, 2011 | |
| “Fifth Year of Artes Gallery,” Nowy Dziennik, by Kasz, June 18-19, 2011 | |
| 2010 | “Disconnected,” Art, Bulgarian weekly, by Lina Grigorova, August 12-18, 2010 |
| “Artists from Abroad Continue Tradition in a New Show in Chicago, B.G. Now, by Vassilen Vasevski, June 10 2010 | |
| 2009 | A Book About Death, The Queens Museum of Art, catalog |
| “Amor and Psyche,” Nowy Dziennik, by Andrezej Dobrowolski, October 15, 2009 | |
| 2008 | “66 Artists in Nowy Dziennik Gallery,” Metropolia, Polish newspaper, by Andrzej Dobrowolski, August 9-10, 2008 |
| “Ares Gallery,” Nowy Dziennik, October 5, 2008 | |
| 2006 | “Nowy Dziennik Invites Artists,” Nowy Dziennik, by Anita Flejter, May 20, 2006 |
| “Art Opening,” Nowy Dziennik, by JMS, May 19, 2006 | |
| Today’s Not Yesterday, Shtooka Gallery, May 19-June 8, 2006, catalog | |
| 1985 | “Textile Artists Present Group Show in Irvington,” The New York Times, by Ruth J. Katz, April 21, 1985 |
| “Thorpe Gallery: Works in Fabric,” The New York Times, by Patricia Malarcher, February 24, 1985 | |
| “Fabric Exhibition and Demonstration of Techniques at Thorpe Gallery,” The New York Times, by Ruth J. Katz, February 17, 1985 | |
| Small Works, New York University Gallery, New York, NY, 1985, catalog | |
| 1984 | Atanaska – Fiber Sculpture, Austrian Institute, January 11-February 10, 1984, catalog |
| 5th Biennale for Miniature Textiles, Szombathely, Hungary, 1984, catalog | |
| “Fiber Sculptures by Atanaska,” Austrian Information, by Eugen A. Freund, Volume 37 | |
| “Atanaska – Sculpture Work Success,” News, by Kalin Kojchev, February 1, 1984 | |
| Small Works, New York University Gallery, New York, NY, 1984, catalog | |
| 1983 | Small Works, New York University Gallery, New York, NY, 1983, catalog |
| 1982 | “Fabric in the City,” Project & Visual Art, by Danuta Wroblewska, Issue 2-3 |
| Spectrum, Vienna, Austria, catalog | |
| Textilkunst, Vienna, Austria, catalog | |
| 4th Biennale for Miniature Textiles, Szombathely, Hungary, catalog | |
| “Textiltriennale,” Project & Visual Art, by Danuta Wroblewska | |
| “Textile Art – Soft Art,” Vernissage, Vienna, by Reinhold Seitl, July-August | |
| 1981 | “Statements on Tapestry – Atanaska,” Textilkunst Linz 81, Artists Symposium, by Maria Lewandowska |
| “4th Internationale Triennale,” Textilkunst, Lodz, Poland, by Peter Fitz | |
| “4th Internationale Triennale,” Textilkunst, Hanover, Germany | |
| “Textil-Objekte,” Franfuter Zeitung, by Arianna Giachi, January 1981 | |
| Textile Miniaturen, Dortmund, Germany, catalog | |
| Internationale Textilkunst 81, Linz, Austria, catalog | |
| 1980 | Kunstmark-Illustrierte, Krems, Austria, 1980, catalog |
| Topographie, Künstlerhaus, Vienna, Austria, 1980, catalog | |
| 3rd Biennale für Miniaturtextilkust, Szombathely, Hungary, 1980, catalog | |
| 2nd Biennale der deutschen Tapisserie, Osnabrück, Germany, catalog | |
| “Modern Art Galerie: Textilkunst,” Kurier-Kultur, by Jan Tabor, Vienna, Germany, August 22, 1980 | |
| 1979 | “Miniaturtextilkunst,” Die Presse, by Kristian Sotriffer, Vienna, November 10, 1979 |
| “Miniaturtextilkunst,” Österreichische Textilzeitung, November 1979 | |
| Miniaturtextilkunst in Österreich, Museum für Angewandte Kunst, Vienna, catalog | |
| Textilkunst aus Österreich 1900-1979, Museum für Angewandte Kunst, Vienna, catalog | |
| “Internationale Textilkunst,” Die Presse, by Helmut Niederle, Vienna, October 1979 | |
| “Österreichische Textilkunst, Neues Volksblatt, by Karl Maria Grimm, Vienna, June 1979 | |
| “Textile Kunst in Halbturn,” Die Presse, by Helmut Niederle, Vienna, July 1979 |