Athlete | Monika Lisiecka

Athlete | Monika Lisiecka
Gallery Duża Scena UAP
Opening: 28.03.2025, 18:00
Duration of Exhibition: 28.03 – 2.04.2025

“Sportowiec” (“Athlete”) is a series of collages by Monika Lisiecka dedicated to various disciplines. All works were created on the basis of old “Athlete” magazines from the 1960s and 1970s. The author combines her characters in a graphic game of “tic-tac-toe” and also uses archival TotoLotka coupons. In some works there is a contemporary accent in the form of single keys from a Macintosh keyboard. Saturated primary colors enhance the clarity of perception. All this means that this exhibition will take us on a sports journey. Maybe it will even inspire some people to increase physical activity, which affects not only the body, but also the mind. The “Athlete” series is primarily about fulfilling dreams, achieving goals and crossing boundaries. High sports results and medals mean hard work, a road full of sacrifices, fighting your own weaknesses, but also a lot of satisfaction and pride. The accompanying emotions are intertwined in these unique collages. We cordially invite you to the opening on March 28, 18:00, Gallery Duża Scena UAP, 24 Wodna Str.
On display till April, 2.

MONIKA LISIECKA – graduate of the Academy of Fine Arts in Poznan. She graduated with distinction in two fields: photography and graphic design. After graduating, she was an assistant at the Academy of Fine Arts in the Advertising Photography Studio for two years. At that time, she also ran the “Naród Sobie” (“Nation Itself”) gallery at the Polish Theater. In 2005, she founded M&G Studio in Poznan, where she lives and works up till now. As a photographer, she is known, among other things, for the series of photographs “Musical Journey”, which she has been producing since 2004, in which she portrayed musicians during concerts and private sessions in black and white analog photographs. Since 2015, the artist has been focusing more on graphic works. Her portfolio includes various thematic series of collages. Monika Lisiecka uses various means of expression to create her works commenting on contemporary reality, such as photography, graphics and video collage.