EWA KORCZAK-TOMASZEWSKA
Born in Cracow, Poland
Lives in Lille (France)
email : ewa.k.t@hotmail.fr
1975 Diploma from the Higher School of Fine Arts of Poznan, (Poland).
Faculty of Interior Architecture, Tapestry-Textile Workshop of Magdalena Abakanowicz.
Individual exhibitions:
1980 House of Youth and Culture, Saint-Ouen-l'Aumône (France).
1980 Portraits-Tapestrys, Sin Paora Gallery, Paris (France).
1980 Office of Artistic Exhibitions, Poznan (Poland).
1983 Geneviève Godar Gallery, Lille (France)
1983 FNAC Gallery, Lille (France)
1984 Departmental Museum of the Abbey of Saint-Riquier (France).
1991 Over time, Gilles de Boë House, Lille (France)
1999 Over time II, Sainte-Marie-Madeleine Church, Lille (France)
2000 Memory frames, E.S.A.A.T. (Higher School of Applied Arts and Textile) Roubaix (France)
2000 Kita Gallery, Lille (France)
2002 Installation of the cycle Over time III as part of Art-Paris, Sergiane Cauwel Gallery,
Caroussel du Louvre, (France)
2003 Contemporary Art Gallery, Sculpture Parc Le Besset, Saint Jeune d'Andaure, (France)
2006 Memoria, Maison Folie Wazemmes, Lille, (France)
2007 Letter to Milena, Contemporary Art Gallery Les 3 Lacs, University Lille 3, (France)
2007 Memoria II , Château-Musée de Tournon sur Rhône, (France)
2008 L'Espace du Dedans Gallery, Lille, (France)
2009 Postface , Heritage House, Villard de Lans, (France)
2012 Small narrations, Mansart Gallery, curator Sergiane Cauwel, Paris (France)
2014 Velum, L'Espace du Dedans Gallery, Lille, (France)
Collective exhibitions:
1976 Polish tapestries, Galerie Sin Paora, Paris (France).
1977 National Museum, Poznan (Poland).
1977 Esschius Gallery, Diest (Belgium).
1978 National Exhibition of Contemporary Tapestry, Lódz (Poland).
1981 Polish Tapestries, Polish Institute, Paris (France).
1981 Days of Polish Culture organized by the Cultural Center of the city of Göteborg (Sweden).
1981 IVth International Triennial of the World Tapestry, Lódz, (Poland)
1982 Polish Tapestries, Polish Institute, Vienna (Austria).
1982 Polish Modern Tapestry, Fruit Market Gallery, Edinburgh, (United Kingdom)
1983 Stitchery 83 International, Embroiders Guild of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh Center for the Arts,
Pensylvania (USA)
1983 Museum of Modern Art, Villeneuve d´Ascq (France)
1984 From yarn to fiber, Textile creations, Alsace (France)
1984 5th Biennial of Textiles Miniatures (Hungary)
1984 Dédale 84, Biennial of Crafts, Creation and High Technology, Chartreuse de
Ville-neuve-les-Avignon, (France)
1987 13 Tapestry Biennale, Lausanne (Switzerland).
1987 Tapestry, contemporary art, Faches-Thumesnil (France)
1987 Tapestry, textile art, Tapistery Foundation, Tournai (Belgium)
1987 Quinze Gallery, Lille (France)
1989 International Textile Competition 89, Kyoto (Japan)
1990 8th Textile Miniatures Biennial (Hungary)
1990 3rd International Mini-Textiles Triennial, Strasbourg (France)
1992 7th International Tapestry Triennial, Lódz, (Poland)
1993 The other Europe, II International Triennial of Tournai (Belgium)
1993-95 Apocalypses - IV International Triennial of Mini-Textiles, Jean Lurçat Museum,
Vannes Museum, Angers (France)
1996 11th Biennial of Textiles Miniatures (Hungary)
1997 20 years of acquisition, Médiathèque M. Yourcenar, Faches-Thumesnil (France)
2000 Textile art, Arsenal, Maubeuge (France)
2004 We chose Rubens, Palais Rameau Lille, France within the framework of Lille 2004
European Capital of Culture, (France)
2010 Fittings, repairs and other needlework ... As part of Heritage Days,
Former Convent of the Poor Clares in Roubaix, (France)
Acquisitions :
Tapestry Museum in Lodz (Poland)
Röhska Konstslojdmuseet Museum in Göteborg (Sweden)
Tapestry Museum in Tournai (Belgium)
Château-Musée Tournon-sur-Rhône (France)
City of Lille (France), for Over time III, aquisition by Lille 2004
Awards :
1998 Doutrelon de Try Prize awarded by the Society of Art and Sciences of Lille, (France)
Residencies :
2004 Vicar Foundation in Rome (Italy)
The works of Ewa Korczak-Tomaszewska are included in the national collections of works of art of the Tapestry Museum in Lódz (Poland), at the Röhska Konstslojdmuseet Museum in Göteborg (Sweden), at the Tapestry Museum in Tournai (Belgium) and at the Château-Musée Tournon-sur-Rhône (France), as well as in private collections in France, Poland, Belgium and Sweden.