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Aleksandra Mańczak

Lodz,
Poland

Aleksandra Mañczak (born 1948) is an artist and teacher.From 1969 to 1974 she attended the Strzeminski Academy of Fine Arts and Design in Lodz, Poland. In 1974 she became an assistant at the Fiber-Art Studio and in 1983 she became the head of the same Fiber-Art Studio.In 1990 she became an assistant professorIn 1995 she became a full professor (Professor of Art).From 1993 to 1996 she was the Deputy Rector for Science and Promotion at the Academy.Artistic Activity:photography, (since 2001 digital images), fiber-art, soft sculpture, paper-art assemblage, installation (including open-air), and writing about visual art, fiber-art and installation.She has had one-person shows in 1977, 1988, 1991, 1993, and every year since 1995.

Journal Articles:
General Articles

The Ecological Imperative: Elements of Nature in Late Twentieth-Century Art

April 2002