Born 1999. Studies: Faculty of Graphic Arts of the Academy of Fine Arts in Warsaw (2018–2024); LUCA School of Arts, Gent (2021–2022; six-month stay under the Erasmus+ programme). She specialises in illustration, graphic design and posters and works also in embroidery and artistic textiles, touching upon socially engaged topics related to ethnic minorities, locality and multiculturalism. She has presented her posters at exhibitions in Prague, Budapest and Xalapa-Enríquez (Mexico) and at the 27th and 28th International Poster Biennale in Warsaw.
The starting point for my project was an attempt to talk about the current situation of the Uyghurs in the People’s Republic of China. The works that make up the degree piece and the minor degree were created in response to the fact that approx. 20% of global cotton production is a result of the Uyghurs’ slave labour in China’s Xinjiang Province.
The degree piece consists of 14 posters referring to a common but unnoticeable element of clothing—tags. Their economical form and informative function inspired the choice of the scale and means of expression of the project.
COTTON WARNING
Supervisor: Prof. Paweł Nowak
Studio of Painting No. 1
The minor degree comprises objects embroidered by me on typical lining cotton. The three paintings are graphic transformations of floor plans of three (out of a few hundred) concentration camps where the Uyghurs are imprisoned. They show bare essentials of the camps, like the layout of the barracks and roads. They correspond with doublets—colourful and attractive products of the fashion world (the main buyer of cotton) on which I illustrated selected Uyghur legends. The linings of the doublets are made of the same material as the paintings. All works are 100% cotton, so it can be assumed that statistically 20% of each work comes from factories in Xinjiang. A 2022 UN report stated that the actions of the People’s Republic of China can be categorised as a crime against humanity.
