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 as part of the Erasmus Exchange program 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.
EDUCATION
2012 MFA The Ohio State University, Columbus, Ohio, U.S.A. 2009 BFA in Ceramics (First Class Honors) The Galway-Mayo Institute of Technology, Galway, Ireland 2008 Diploma in Art and Design The Galway-Mayo Institute of Technology, Galway, Ireland 2007 Erasmus Exchange, Ceramics The Academy of Fine Arts, Sofia, Bulgaria 2005 Art – Portfolio Preparation Course Galway Technical Institute, Galway, Ireland 2003 BA in Teaching English as a Foreign Language University of Adam Mickiewicz, Poznan, Poland
TEACHING EXPERIENCE
2012–13 Ceramics Instructor, Lawrence Arts Center, Lawrence, KS (developed and taught classes for adult students: Beginning & Advanced Ceramics, Paper Clay I&II, Printing on Ceramics, Sets and Surface Design, Clay&Sculpture, Mold Making)
2013 Visiting Artist, University of Kansas, Lawrence, KS (lecture, workshops and demonstrations)
2011–12 Instructor of Records, The Ohio State University, Columbus, OH (Ceramics–Hand Building)
PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE
2012–13 Studio Technician, 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)
2010–11 Gallery Coordinator, Hopkins Hall Gallery, The Ohio State University, 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)
2011 Curator, Bricker Hall, The Ohio State University, Columbus, OH (Common Ground, an exhibition coinciding with the 2011 Fall COMPAS Conference: Immigration: What's at Stake?)
2013 give-and-take: a display of objects that one need not, cannot or does not wish to give specific names to, 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
2012 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
2011 Residue, site specific installation in a gutted house, Columbus, OH
2009 Becoming–BFA Thesis Show, Galway-Mayo Institute of Technology, Galway, Ireland
GROUP EXHIBITIONS
2013 ICMEA Symposium 2013, Fuping, China Lawrence Art Auction Exhibition, Lawrence Arts Center, Lawrence, KS
2012 NCECA National Students Juried Show, Jacob Lawrence Gallery, Seattle, WA Fergus Memorial Scholarship Exhibition, Swing Space Gallery, Columbus, OH
2011 Off the Wall – Travelling Exhibition of 3D Works, McConnell Arts Center, Worthington, OH / The Works, Newark, OH Fall Juried Show, The Ohio Art League, Schnormeier Gallery, Mount Vernon, OHImpact, Swing Space Gallery, Columbus, OH The 100th Annual Spring Juried Exhibition, The Ohio Art League, The Metropolitan Library, Columbus, OH Recent Arrivals, Hopkins Hall Gallery, Columbus, OH
2010 Random Shuffle, Lower Abbygate Street, Galway, Ireland
2009 BFA Graduate Show, Solo Exhibition, Galway-Mayo Institute of Technology, Galway, Ireland Groundworks Launch, Groundworks Studios, Galway, Ireland Claremorris Open Exhibition, Claremorris, Ireland
2008 Contemporary Ceramics Exhibition, Galway City Museum, Galway, Ireland Graduate Show, Galway-Mayo Institute of Technology, Galway, Ireland Proximity ’08, Galway-Mayo Institute of Technology, Galway, Ireland
2003 GTI Graduate Show, Galway Technical Institute, Galway, Ireland
2000 25th Anniversary, The Youth Arts Centre, Bydgoszcz, Poland
HONORS/ AWARDS/ SCHOLARSHIPS
2012–13 Artist in Residence, Lawrence Arts Center, Lawrence, Kansas
2012 Commission for Hilton Hotel, Columbus, Ohio Art For Life 2012 Juried Live Auction, Columbus Museum of Art, Columbus, Ohio Artist in Residence, Belden Brick Factory, Sugar Creek, Ohio Arts and Humanities Graduate Research Small Grant, The Ohio State University, Columbus, Ohio Fergus Memorial Scholarship, The Ohio State University, Columbus, Ohio
2011 Gilmore Art Scholarship, The Ohio State University, Columbus, Ohio Artist in Residence, Belden Brick Factory, Sugar Creek, Ohio Past President’s Award, the Ohio Art League, the 100th Annual Spring Juried Show, Columbus, Ohio Career Development Grant, The Ohio State University, Columbus, Ohio
2010 Shortlisted for Fulbright Scholarship, Dublin, Ireland Shortlisted for Future Makers Award, Crafts Council of Ireland, Dublin, Ireland
2009 First Class Honors BFA in Ceramics, The Galway-Mayo Institute of Technology, Galway, Ireland Thesis with distinction: Moments of Transit: Issues of Migration, Hybridity, and Globalization in Contemporary Art Practices
2007 Erasmus Exchange Program, Sofia, Bulgaria
2000 Grand Prix and First Prize in 25th Anniversary of Youth Arts Centre Poster Competition, The Youth Art Center, Bydgoszcz, Poland
COLLECTIONS
Hilton Hotel, Columbus, OH Arthur E. Baggs Memorial Library, The Ohio State University, Columbus, OH Collection of Sharon Perry Galloway and other private collections
COMMUNITY OUTREACH
2013 Visiting Artist, Topeka High, Topeka, KS 2012 Visiting Artist, Washburn Rural High School, Topeka, KS 2011 Clay Workshops Facilitator, Hamilton Elementary School, Columbus, OH 2009 Tulca–Visual Arts Festival, Galway, Ireland 2006 Community Murals Project, Galway, Ireland 2005 Galway Arts Festival, Galway Ireland
PUBLICATIONS/ CATALOGUES
2013 (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/ Monika Laskowska - Profile, Ceramics Ireland, Issue 30
2012 Meet The Artists In Residence, by Sarah Shepherd, Lawrence Journal-World http://www2.ljworld.com/news/2012/sep/23/meet-artists-residence/
A State In Which The Opposing Forces Are Nor Equal And Don't Cancel Out Each Other, by Monika Laskowska (MFA Thesis) http://etd.ohiolink.edu/send- pdf.cgi/Laskowska%20Monika.pdf?osu1344798482
2011 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
2010 Operation Ohio, ed. Mary Jo Bole, The Ohio State University, Columbus, Ohio Artistic Flair On Show at GroundWorks Studios, Galway Advertiser, Galway, Ireland http://www.advertiser.ie/galway/article/29404
2009 GMIT Ceramics Graduate Show Review, Ceramics Ireland Claremorris Open 2009, Exhibition Catalogue Graduate Show Catalogue, The Galway-Mayo Institute of Technology, Galway, Ireland
2008 Graduate Shows Review, Aidan Dunne, The Irish Times Graduate Show Catalogue, The Galway-Mayo Institute of Technology, Galway, Ireland Proximity ’08, Exhibition Catalogue, The Galway-Mayo Institute of Technology, Galway, Ireland
MEMBERSHIPS
National Council on Education for the Ceramic Arts (NCECA) Visual Artists Ireland Crafts Council of Ireland Ceramics Ireland
