Emilia Waszak ^{Emerging artist}

Artist's country of origin: Other

Graduate of the Nicolaus Copernicus University in Toruń, Faculty of Fine Arts. Diploma in lithography workshop graphics. Two-time laureate of the Minister’s Scholarship for outstanding artistic achievements and three times the Rector’s Scholarship. She is a painter and graphic artist. She actively participates in exhibitions and competitions at home and abroad and in international art symposia. In my paintings and graphics I create a fairy-tale, spiritual story. I refer to the Polish legends and fairy tales. I am inspired by the poetry of Bolesław Leśmian. The constant motifs of my art are animals such as fish, cats, dogs and birds. The heroes are also women, puppets. In my cycles where the heroine are women, the constant motifs are water, fish and the moon, these cycles are spiritual and show the magical nature of the world.​Scholarships Scholarship of the Minister of Science and Higher Education for outstanding achievements in the academic year 2018/2019 Scholarship of the Minister of Science and Higher Education for outstanding achievements for the academic year 2017/2018 Rector’s scholarship for the 2016/2017 academic year Rector’s scholarship for the 2017/2018 academic year Rector’s scholarship for the academic year 2018/2019​Prizes and awards : 2013 – victory in the competition for wall composition for Oncological Hospital in Bydgoszcz 2014 – third place in the competition Bydgoszcz Plastic Artist Regionally 2nd Edition for the years 2013-2015 2017 – watercolor workshop in Italy “Architecture and landscape of Florence” for four distinguished students of UMK Torun 2018 – Honorable Mention in the National Competition INSPIRATIONS ‘2018 Foundation for Contemporary Art PALETA by Maria Wollenberg – Kluza in Warsaw