contact@katarzynaholda.com
Lublin, Poland
Born in 1976.
My main interests are spirituality and roots of culture – myths, magic, symbols. I am fascinated by religious art from prehistory till middle ages. I deal mainly with painting and dollmaking. My works are in public and private collections.
I continue tradition of the oldest dolls, known from the prehistory – magic, rithual, which always have symbolic meanning. At the same time handcraft is very important to me, it connects as to the very beginnings of humankind.
I am also an author of number of articles about art, published in newspapers and magazines.
2005-6
Bornholm Folk High School, Aakirkeby, Denmark
2000
Maria Curie-Sklodowska University, Lublin, MA in sculpture and art education
1995
Fine Arts Secondary School, Lublin
2017
Kore/Persephone (Kora/ Persefona), Gardzienice Gallery, Lublin
2014
Dolls (Lalki), Gardzienice Gallery, Lublin
2013
Dolls (Lalki), Wozownia Gallery, Toruń
2011
Madonnas (Madonny), Otwarta Pracownia Gallery, Cracow
Madonnas (Madonny), BWA Labirynt Gallery, Lublin
2009
Madonnas (Madonny), Galeria Interdyscyplinarna, Słupsk
2019
Doll Prague Exhibition, Prague, Lucerna Palace, Czech Republic
Ask Mokosh (Zapytaj Mokoszy). Sztuka Wyboru Gallery, Gdańsk
2018/2019
Motherhood from the beginning and endless. Antropological story. (Macierzyństwo od początku i bez końca. Opowieść antropologiczna). Ethnographic Museum, Toruń
2018
Art Doll Prague, Slovansky Dum, Prague, Czech Republic
2017
Art Doll Prague Biennale – contest exhibition (3rd prize for art doll, category “soft dolls”), Prague, Czech Republic
2015
[A]symmetries. Contemporary art in the context of the museum ([A]symetrie. Sztuka współczesna w kontekście muzeum), Lublin Museum
POLA Polish Art Doll:
2012
Motherhood (Macierzyństwo), Workshops of Culture, Lublin
Ars loci – image of the collection (Ars loci – obraz kolekcji), Lublin Society fot the Encouragement of Fine Arts – Zachęta Gallery, Lublin
Ars loci – current image (Ars loci – obraz współczesny), Workshops of Culture, Lublin
2004
Young Art Biennale Rybie Oko 3, Baltic Contemporary Art Gallery, Słupsk/ Ustka
Women Feast (Święto Kobiet), “Mute” club, Cracow
2017
Art Doll Prague Biennale – 3rd prize in category “dolls from soft materials”, Czech Republic
2016
Ćmielów Design Studio, Polska Fabryka Porcelany [Polish Porcelain Faktory], Ćmielów
from 2012
Latające Warsztaty Rekodzieła (Flying Craft Workshops) – educational studio, set up and run by Katarzyna. We are the department of the Center for Culture in Lublin (Poland). We make workshops of dollmaking, design, magic, sewing etc. etc.
2015
guest instructor, Gerðuberg Cultural Center, Reykjavik, Island
2011-12
trainings for art educators, Wojewódzki Ośrodek Kultury (Voivodeship Culture Center), Lublin
2009-2010
Lublin University of Technology
2008- 2010
University of the Third Age, Lublin
before 2012
freelanced teacher in cultural and educational institutions
teksty autorstwa Katarzyny Hołdy
K. Hołda’s publications
Teksty publikowane w Obiegu dostępne TUTAJ.