Maria Wasilewska

Born in 1971 in Torun, Poland, she lives and works in Krakow. In 1996, she graduated from the Nicolaus Copernicus University in Torun, the Faculty of Fine Arts, in Professor Maciej Szankowski’s studio. She specialises in installations, site-specific projects and environment; she also makes spatial objects. She often uses sound. In her practice, she is interested in the possibilities of cognising, sensing, and naming reality. Grant holder of The Ministry of Culture and National Heritage in 2008, awarded at the 7th International Arte Laguna Prize, Venice with Special Prize by Art Gallery “Amy-D Arte Spazio”, 2013.
She exhibited her works in Poland and abroad, at individual and collective exhibitions, in Krakow, Warsaw, Poznan, Lublin, Lodz, Milano, Venice, Hamburg, Berlin, Leiden, and Stockholm.