Thread
2020
24cm x 10cm x 8cm
Finalist for the Art Textile Biennale 2020, Australia, produced by Fibre Arts Australia https://www.fibrearts.net.au
Exhibited at:
East Gippsland Art Gallery, Bairnsdale, VIC, January 22- March 5, 2021
Toowoomba Regional Art Gallery, Toowoomba, QLD, April 5- May 31, 2021
Barometer Gallery, Sydney, NSW, June 11- July 25, 2021
Color pencil on paper
2019
148mm x 210mm
Stop-motion/digital animation loop
2016
Duration: 1 min.
Edition of 10, size variable
Materials: leaves, thread
“Nothing is constant but change! All existence is a perpetual flux of ‘being and becoming!’ That is the broad lesson of the evolution of the world." Ernst Heinrich Haeckel.
The delicate decaying leaf structures create a tapestry of the fractal-like patterns evocative of cellular forms and planetary systems. This animation reflects on the cyclical nature of life and processes of evolution. Through successive generations and the varying rhythms of growth, a new form of life, a new being, is created only to return to its origin.
Finalist for Waterhouse Natural Science Art Prize 2016, South Australian Museum, Adelaide, Australia
Crochet wire
2015
102cm x 71cm x 7cm (28” x 40”)
Hidden underneath the earth, invisible anchors and nutrient vessels.
These wire structures represent origins of growth, development, and connection to the earth. Intricate lace patterns reference the cellular structure of the root forms, suggesting both vulnerability and strength.
EXHIBITIONS
Faculty Biennial, RISD Museum, Providence, USA, 2015
MODERN SPIN: CONtemporary TEXTiles in an Historic Mill, The Narrows Center for the Arts, Fall River, MA 2014
Sand drawing
2008
100m x 100m
“Fire Shadows” were created on Kangaroo Island, South Australia right after the catastrophic bush fires of 2008.
“This artwork was created spontaneously in response to the devastation of the landscape we encountered. The sandy road we drove on was a demarcation line between a green lush bush untouched by the fire, and the forest of the black, ghostly skeletons of the native plants. The charred land seemed frozen in time, lifeless, eerie and shadow-less. The moment the sun came out, the landscape became alive with shadows. Each of us instinctively scooped up sand off the road and silently traced the moving shadows across the ground. The patterns of white sand created a striking contrast against the scorched earth.
Creating the work was unplanned, unexpected and driven entirely by an emotive response to the landscape."
Fire Shadows was a collaborative work between Agnieszka Woznicka, Tom Mirams and Peter Walker.
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Stop-motion animation
Duration: 7:20 min.
2008
Deep in the woods, a solitary figure watches intently from behind a tree… It is Birdy, a wingless outsider. With his senses alert to the sounds of the forest, Birdy treads a purposeful path to his home in a hollow tree trunk to realize his elaborate plan. It is a story of desire, determination and the terrible thresholds one can cross to realize dreams.
SELECTED SCREENINGS / AWARDS
Thomas Meighan Film Festival, New Port Richey, USA, 2011
International Film Festival for Children and Youth, Armenia, 2010
SPX Animation Showcase, Maryland, USA, 2010
In The Palace 8th International Short Film Festival, Balchik, Bulgaria, 2010
The Light and Shadow Salon, London, UK, 2010
Institute of Contemporary Art, Boston, USA, 2010
Children's India- 6th International Children's Film Festival, Bengaluru, India, 2010
Montreal Stop Motion Film Festival, Montreal, Canada, 2009
Woods Hole Film Festival, USA, 2009
Giffoni International Film Festival, Italy, 2009
San Gio Video Festival, Italy, 2009
London International Animation Festival, UK, 2009
Melbourne International Animation Festival, Australia, 2009
17th Annual Seattle Polish Film Festival, USA, 2009
Washington DC Independent Film Festival, USA, 2009
Marfa Film Festival, USA, 2009
Birds Eye View Film Festival, UK 2009
DIRECTOR'S CHOICE AWARD Black Maria Film + Video Festival, USA, 2009
Boston Underground Film Festival, USA, 2009
International Film Festival, Uruguay 2009
3RD PLACE IN ANIMATION Macon Georgia Film and Video Festival, USA 2009
Animator International Animated Film Festival, Poznan, Poland 2008
Stop-motion animation
Duration: 7:00 min.
1997
A story about a poor man who sells his face to a pawnshop for a penny. With all that money he is buying a lottery ticket, hoping to win a jackpot.
SELECTED SCREENINGS / AWARDS
Se-Ma-For Film Festival, Lodz, Poland, 2010
Paint Pens in Purses, Female Urban Art Series, Boston, USA, 2008
Institute of Contemporary Art, New England Animation, Boston, USA, 2007
Women in Film & Video/ New England, Boston, USA, 2004
Pompidou Center, Nova Polska: Survey of Polish Animation, Paris, France, 2004
Museum of Modern Art, A Short History of Polish Animation, New York, USA 2003
Media Program, Welcome Neighbor, Athens, Olympian 2, Thessaloniki, Greece 2003
Festival del Cinema Europeo, Polish Gems, Lecce, Italy 2001
Chicago Cultural Center, Postwar Polish Animation, Chicago, USA 2001
Ifsak Film Festival, Istanbul, Turkey 2001
Clermont-Ferrand Short Film Festival, France, 2000
World Animation Celebration, New Polish Animation, Hollywood, USA 2000
FIRST PRIZE GIGANT AWARD Festival of Auteur Film, Zakopane, Poland 2000
LASER VIDEO TITLES AWARD Premiere Plan Film Festival, Angers, France 1999
Matita Film Festival, Matita, Italy 1999
Etiuda Student Film Festival, Krakow, Poland 1998
Student Film Festival, Munich, Germany 1998
Short Film Festival, Drama, Greece 1998
YOUTH OSCAR 10th Filmfest, Dresden, Germany 1998