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Często bohaterem swych prac malarskich czyni siebie samą lub swoich przyjaciół. Swoje muralesy pokazywała w Polsce i za granicą. Od lat współpracuje z Fundacją Theatrum Gedanense prowadząc warsztaty plastyczne podczas festiwali szekspirowskich oraz instytucjami społecznymi jako koordynatorka edukacyjnych projektów artystycznych dla młodzieży. Mieszka i pracuje w Gdańsku i Londynie. Stypendystka Ministra Kultury i Dziedzictwa Narodowego. W 2008 roku została nominowana na Gdańszczanina Roku 2007.
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Born 1971 in Gdansk, is a graduate of the Academy of Fine Arts in Gdansk and the Ministry of Culture and National Heritage scholarship holder. A long time associate of the Theatrum Gedanese Foundation, Zając runs art workshops at Shakespearian Festivals and organises youth art activities in her role as educational coordinator for various social projects. She was one of the nominees for the title of the Gdansk Citizen of the Year in 2007. Feminist and social issues are at the heart of Zając’s interests and she often produces work that is either autobiographical or centred on her circle of friends. The murals have been widely exhibited in Poland and abroad. Zając lives and works in Gdansk and London.
www.iwona.zajac.com
I have been painting murals since 2000, because this art form allows me to come out of the studio and to access communal urban spaces. I enjoy getting close to the pedestrian who is outside the charmed circle of the precious cognoscenti of the art world. This direct contact with the man in the street gives me scope to challenge worn-out clichés and to debunk popular myths. My murals tell my personal stories, play with colour/composition and invite the viewer to share in my obsessions, fascinations and pet-hates. The importance of the mural goes beyond the engagement with the public space, because it beautifies and humanises vast industrial landscapes of big cities and I have been working with the younger generations for quite a few years in an effort to infect them with my love of the genre.
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