This Sunday, 29 January, the 31st final of the Great Orchestra of Christmas Charity will take place. This time, the purpose of the charity fundraiser is to equip laboratories with devices that allow for accelerating the diagnosis of infections that can lead to sepsis.
The University of Silesia is once again involved in the charity campaign. The Faculty of Arts and Educational Science of the University of Silesia donated the graphic ‘Scars VII’ (50×70 cm, pigment print, gilding, ink) for the auction. The author of the work Anna Wajda, PhD.
Link to the auction: https://allegro.pl/oferta/grafika-scars-vii-aukcja-us-13186503823.
Anna Wajda, PhD about her work
My works are thematically immersed in the dimension of internal spiritual and emotional dialogue. Through the intuitive, impressionistic nature of the works, sometimes ascetic in their means of expression, I try to show the richness of mysticism and metaphysical experiences. I express my feelings and thoughts in the colours and structure of the matter of my graphics, even the smallest component is necessary and has a specific message. I am a graphic artist by profession, but above all by passion. In 2008, I graduated from the Institute of Art of the University of Silesia in Cieszyn. In 2018, I completed my doctoral thesis. Currently, I work as an Assistant Professor at the Institute of Fine Arts of the University of Silesia and at the Private High School of Fine Arts in Cieszyn. I present my works at exhibitions in Poland and abroad.
I am an artist, a graphic designer, but above all a graphic artist. I love graphics, especially metal techniques. Although my greatest love is traditional etching, I am also passionate about searching for new graphic means of expression and graphic experiments. I find inspiration in the beauty of nature, I am delighted with its inner light.
You can follow the artist on Facebook and Instagram:
- Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/oczko.wajda
- Instagram: ania.oczko.wajda
Awards, exhibitions, memberships
- First prize ‘Primo Premio Auguri d’autore Grafica Italiana 2022’, Italy;
- First prize ‘Primo Premio Auguri d’autore Grafica Italiana 2020’, Italy;
- Special distinction ‘Primo Premio Auguri d’autore Grafica Italiana 2020’, Italy;
- Special distinction ‘Primo Premio Grafica Italiana 2020’, Italy;
- Distinction ‘International Festival of Contemporary Engraving 2021. FIIC of Trento’ Trento, Italy;
- 4th Jogja International Miniprint Biennale. Yogyakarta, Indonesia;
- Special distinction ‘Primo Premio SENIOR Grafica Italiana 2021’. Vigonza, Italy;
- 21th International Print Biennial Varna 2021. Bulgaria;
- 10 Lessedra International Painting & Mixed Media Competition. Bulgaria;
- 2020 Bookplate Competition ‘A Tribute To George Steiner’, American Society of Bookplate Collectors & Designers . Tucson, Arizona, USA;
- 5th International Festival of Contemporary Engraving 2022. FIIC of Trento, June-July 2022 Foyer Via G. Galilei, 26 – 38122 Trento. Italy;
- International Competition for Ex Libris and Small Graphic Form. Amber – the gold of the Baltic Sea 2022;
- 18th International Competition of Small Graphic Forms and Ex Libris – Ostrów Wielkopolski 2022;
- International Miniature Biennale. Częstochowa 2022;
- Bienal Internacional Mini Print – Laguna Paiva 2022. Argentina;
- First International Triennial of Graphics of Small forms and Ex libris ‘Planet for all’. Odessa, Ukraine, 2022;
- Member of the Icelandic Printmaker’s Association – Association of Graphic Artists in Iceland and ZPAP Bielsko-Biała.
In recent years, USil’s auctions for the Great Orchestra of Christmas Charity included, among others: a research balloon flight, a cruise with scientists of the University of Silesia on the Goczałkowice Reservoir and works by artists from the Faculty of Arts and Educational Science of the University of Silesia.
