Monika Laskowska was born in Bydgoszcz, Poland. She earned her MFA from the Ohio State University and BFA in Ceramics from the Galway-Mayo Institute of Technology in Galway, Ireland. Laskowska studied at The National Art Academy in Sofia, Bulgaria and holds a BA in English from the Adam Mickiewicz University of Poznan, Poland. She recently finished a year long residency at the Lawrence Arts Center in Lawrence, Kansas and currently lives and works in London.
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EDUCATION
2012 2009 2008 2007 2005 2003 |
MFA, The Ohio State University, Columbus, Ohio, U.S.A. BFA in Ceramics (First Class Honours), The Galway-Mayo Institute of Technology, Galway, Ireland Degree in Art and Design, The Galway-Mayo Institute of Technology, Galway, Ireland Erasmus Exchange, Ceramics, The National Arts Academy, Sofia, Bulgaria Art-Portfolio Preparation Course, Galway Technical Institute, Galway, Ireland BA in English, The Univiersity of Adam Mickiewicz, Poznan, Poland |
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TEACHING EXPERIENCE
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2012 - 2013
2013 2011 - 2012 |
Ceramics Instructor, Lawrence Arts Center, Lawrence, KS
(developed and taught classes for adult students: Beginning & Advanced Ceramics, Paperclay I & II, Printing on Ceramics, Sets and Surface Design, Clay and Sculpture, Mould Making) Visiting Artist, University of Kansas, Lawrence, KS (workshops, demonstrations, lecture) Instructor of Record, The Ohio State University, Columbus,OH (Ceramics - Hand Building) |
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PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE
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2012 - 2013
2010 - 2011 2011 2009 |
Studio Co-ordinator, Lawrence Arts Center, Lawrence, KS
(firing gas and electric kilns, operating equipment, mixing slips and glazes, making and reclaiming clay, inventory of supplies, maintenance of facilities) Gallery Co-ordinator, Hopkins Hall Gallery, Columbus, OH (installing & de-installing exhibitions, supervising a team of gallery assistants and volunteers, assisting in curating shows, liaison with artists and public, general administrative duties) Curator, Common Bricker Hall, The Ohio State University, Columbus, OH (an exhibition coinciding with the 2011 Fall COMPAS Conference: Immigration: What's at Stake?) Administrative Assistant, GroundWorks Studios, Galway, Ireland |
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COMMUNITY OUTREACH
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2013
2012 2011 2009 2006 2005 |
Vsiting Artist, Topeka High, Topeka, KS
Visiting Artist, Washburn Rural High School, Topeka, KS Clay Workshops Facilitator, Hamilton Elementary School Columbus, OH Tulca-Visual Arts Festival, Galway, Ireland Community Mural Project, Galway, Ireland Galway Arts Festival, Galway, Ireland |
PREVIOUS TEACHING EXPERIENCE
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2002 - 2003
2001 - 2002 |
TEFL Instructor, Middle School, No. 6 & Primary School No. 65, Poland
TEFL Instructor, Kindergarten, Bydgoszcz, Poland |
SOLO/ TWO PERSONS EXHIBITIONS
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2013
2012 2011 2009 |
give-and-take, Lawrence Arts Center, Lawrence, KS
A State in Which The Opposing Forces Are Not Equal And Don't Cancel Out Each Other, The Landmark Bank, Lawrence, KS LAC Artists-in-Residence, The Invisible Hand Gallery, Lawrence, KS Monika Laskowska: in/ out, Roy G Biv Gallery, Columbus, OH A State in Which The Opposing Forces Are Not Equal And Don't Cancel Out Each Other, Urban Arts Space, Columbus, OH Residue (A site specific installation in a gutted house), Columbus, OH Becoming, Galway - Mayo Institute of Technology, Galway, Ireland |
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GROUP EXHIBITIONS
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2013
2012 2011 2010 2009 2008 |
ICMEA Symposium 2013, Fuping, China
LAC Art Auction, Lawrence Arts Center, Lawrence, KS NCECA National Students Juried Show, Jacob Lawrence Gallery, Seattle, WA Fergus Memorial Scholarship Exhibition, Swing Space Gallery, Columbus, OH Off The Wall (traveling exhibition), McConnell Arts Center, Worthington, OH & The Works, Newark, OH The Ohio Art League Fall Juried Show, Schnormeier Gallery, Mount Vernon, OH The 100th Annual Spring Juried Show, The Metropolitan Library, Columbus, OH Impact, Swing Space Gallery, Columbus, OH Recent Arrivals, Hopkins Hall Gallery, Columbus, OH Random Shuffle, Lower Abbygate Steet, Galway, Ireland GroundWorks Studios Launch, GroundWorks Studios, Galway, Ireland Contemporary Ceramics Exhibition, Galway City Museum, Galway, Ireland Claremorris Open, Claremorris, Ireland Proximity '08, Galway - Mayo Institute of Technology, Galway, Ireland |
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HONOURS/ AWARDS/ SCHOLARSHIPS
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2012 - 2013
2012 2011 2010 2009 2007 |
Artist-in-Residence, Lawrence Arts Center, Lawrence, KS
Commission for the Hilton Hotel, Columbus, OH Art For Life 2012 Juried Art Auction, Columbus Museum of Art, Columbus, OH Artist-in-Residence, Belden Brick Factory, Sugar Creek, OH Arts And Humanities research Grant, Ohio State University, Columbus, OH Fergus Memorial Scholarship, Ohio State University, Columbus, OH Gilmore Art Scholarship, Ohio State University, Columbus, OH Past President's Award, OAL 100th Spring Juried Show, Columbus, OH Artist-in-Residence, Belden Creek Factory, Sugar Creek, OH Career Development Grant, Ohio State University, Columbus, OH Shortlisted fo Fulbright Scholarship, Dublin, Ireland Shortlisted for the Future Makers Award, Dublin, Ireland First Class Honours BFA in Ceramics, Galway-Mayo Institute of Technology, Ireland Erasmus Exchange Program, The National Art Academy, Sofia, Bulgaria |
PRESS/ PUBLICATIONS
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2013
2012 2011 2010 2009 2008 |
Monika Laskowska - Profile, Ceramics Ireland, Issue 30
Do not touch the art, by Sarah Shepard, Lawrence Journal-World http://www2.ljworld.com/news/2013/jul/07/please-add-your-piece-display-dont-cross-line/ Meet The Artists in Residence, by Sara Shepherd, Lawrence Journal-World http://www2.ljworld.com/news/2012/sep/23/meet-artists-residence/ A State In Which The Opposing Forces Are Not Equal And Don’t Cancel Out Each Other, by Monika Laskowska (MFA thesis) http://etd.ohiolink.edu/send-pdf.cgi/Laskowska%20Monika.pdf?osu1344798482 Home Is Where The Art Is, ASCENT - Art And Sciences Journal, The Ohio State University http://artsandsciences.osu.edu/ascent/2011/autumn-2011/home-is-where-the-art-is Operation Ohio, Ed. Mary Jo Bole, The Ohio State University Artistic Flair On Show at GroundWorks Studios Exhibition, Galway Advertiser http://www.advertiser.ie/galway/article/29404 GMIT Ceramics Graduate Show Review, Ceramics Ireland Claremorris Open 2009, Exhibition Catalogue Graduate Shows Review, by Aidan Dunn, The Irish Times |
COLLECTIONS
Hilton Hotel, Columbus, Ohio
Arthur E. Baggs Memorial Library, Columbus, Ohio
Collection of Sharon Perry Galloway and other private collections
PROFESSIONAL ORGANISATIONS
National Council on Education For The Ceramic Arts (NCECA)
Ohio Art League
Visual Artists Ireland
Crafts Council of Ireland
LANGUAGES
English
Polish
Hilton Hotel, Columbus, Ohio
Arthur E. Baggs Memorial Library, Columbus, Ohio
Collection of Sharon Perry Galloway and other private collections
PROFESSIONAL ORGANISATIONS
National Council on Education For The Ceramic Arts (NCECA)
Ohio Art League
Visual Artists Ireland
Crafts Council of Ireland
LANGUAGES
English
Polish
