Dorota Wielkosielec
Dorota Wielkosielec was born in Sokołów Podlaski in 1961.
She graduated from zoo technical studies at the Agricultural-Pedagogical Higher School in Siedlce (1987) and went on to graduate artistic-pedagogical studies at the Faculty of Humanities at the Academy of Podlasie in Siedlce (2005) – painting (prof. Pius Ciapało Atelier). She practices drawing, watercolour painting and batik since 1992.
She currently lives and works in Warsaw. In 2001 in the Capital Centre of Cultural Education (located in the Old Town) she has organized the Batik Atelier. She managed the batik workshop in the Cathedral of Artistic Fabric in the Department of Painting at the Academy of Fine Arts in Warsaw (2001), also batik courses for teachers and – in the years 2004-2009 – an art workshop for foreigners studying in Poland in the Summer School of Polish Language, popularizing art of batik.
She graduated from zoo technical studies at the Agricultural-Pedagogical Higher School in Siedlce (1987) and went on to graduate artistic-pedagogical studies at the Faculty of Humanities at the Academy of Podlasie in Siedlce (2005) – painting (prof. Pius Ciapało Atelier). She practices drawing, watercolour painting and batik since 1992.
She currently lives and works in Warsaw. In 2001 in the Capital Centre of Cultural Education (located in the Old Town) she has organized the Batik Atelier. She managed the batik workshop in the Cathedral of Artistic Fabric in the Department of Painting at the Academy of Fine Arts in Warsaw (2001), also batik courses for teachers and – in the years 2004-2009 – an art workshop for foreigners studying in Poland in the Summer School of Polish Language, popularizing art of batik.
„Watercolour sketches” are open-air vacation notes inspired by nature,made in the years 2003-2008 on paper with dimensions of 50x70 cm
„Early batiks” were created in the years 1994-2002. These are compositions of processed landscape presented in a form of long rectangles
Batiks from „Landscape” cycle are inspired by nature and were created in 2005
„Night Lights” are nocturnes produced in 2000-2005,
inspired by twinkling bright lights of big city architecture against the background of the ink sky
This cycle from 2006-2007 shows compositions in close up with detailed sections of modern glassy big city buildings – mineshafts of lifts, windows, walls, domes and advertisements all vibrating in artificial light
„Wings I – single” and „Wings II – diptychs” is a composition seemingly abstract, based on symmetry, inspired by many associations of wings taken from nature and technology.This series started in 2010, is continued mainly in the form of diptychs.
Individual exhibitions ⇣
⇣ Group exhibitions
1993
Exhibition of Painting and Batik
Cultural Centre of Sokołów Podlaski
1994
Batiks by Dorota Wielkosielec
Cultural Centre of Olecko
1995
Dorota Wielkosielec – BATIK
Cultural Centre of Sokołów Podlaski
1995
Abakus Gallery – the first batiks (Professor and his assistants)
Warsaw
1998
Academic Gallery – Batik (the cycle Without title)
Academy of Podlasie in Siedlce
1999
Aktyn Gallery – first and early batiks
Warsaw
2003
Abakus Gallery – Night lights part I
Warsaw
Academic Gallery – Watercolour sketches and notes (from holiday) Academy of Podlasie, Siedlce
2004
Culture House PRAGA – Night lights (nocturnes and not only)
Warsaw
2004
KRESY 2000 Foundation – Menial House to Word Art, Music and Picture – Dorota Wielkosielec and her atelier
Nadrzeczek near Biłgoraj
2005
Batik – master and his atelier. Dorota Wielkosielec and her students
King Maciuś the First Youth Cultural House in Płock
2005
Abakus Gallery – Night lights part II
Warsaw
2005
NOWA Gallery – selected works from the cycle „Night lights I and II”
Łódź
2007
ZAMEK Cultural Centre – Night lights I and II
Wrocław
2008
Abakus Gallery – Windows
Warsaw
2010
Brzozowa Gallery – Night lights and Landscapes
Warsaw
2011
Dorota Wielkosielec monumental batik (choice of 42 works from
years 2003-2011 from the cycles: Night lights, Windows, Wings)
Central Museum of Textile in Łódź
2011
Abakus Gallery – open air watercolour sketches „Animals”
Warsaw
2011
Abakus Gallery – Wings (works from years 2010-2011)
Warsaw
2015
Batik - Wings II – XX1 Gallery (April-May)
Warsaw
2017
Theatre of Rybnik Land – Wings
Rybnik
2021
Abakus Gallery – Watercolour sketches and notes „Animals” (2014-2020)
Warsaw
2026
Batiks, Watercolours, Jacek Cygan and his work
11.10.2026 – Ożarów Mazowiecki
2026
With a machete across the country #122: Dorota Wielkosielec's batiks and watercolors at the 98th Humanum Mazurkas Forum
11.10.2026 – Ożarów Mazowiecki
Exhibition of Painting and Batik
Cultural Centre of Sokołów Podlaski
1994
Batiks by Dorota Wielkosielec
Cultural Centre of Olecko
1995
Dorota Wielkosielec – BATIK
Cultural Centre of Sokołów Podlaski
1995
Abakus Gallery – the first batiks (Professor and his assistants)
Warsaw
1998
Academic Gallery – Batik (the cycle Without title)
Academy of Podlasie in Siedlce
1999
Aktyn Gallery – first and early batiks
Warsaw
2003
Abakus Gallery – Night lights part I
Warsaw
Academic Gallery – Watercolour sketches and notes (from holiday) Academy of Podlasie, Siedlce
2004
Culture House PRAGA – Night lights (nocturnes and not only)
Warsaw
2004
KRESY 2000 Foundation – Menial House to Word Art, Music and Picture – Dorota Wielkosielec and her atelier
Nadrzeczek near Biłgoraj
2005
Batik – master and his atelier. Dorota Wielkosielec and her students
King Maciuś the First Youth Cultural House in Płock
2005
Abakus Gallery – Night lights part II
Warsaw
2005
NOWA Gallery – selected works from the cycle „Night lights I and II”
Łódź
2007
ZAMEK Cultural Centre – Night lights I and II
Wrocław
2008
Abakus Gallery – Windows
Warsaw
2010
Brzozowa Gallery – Night lights and Landscapes
Warsaw
2011
Dorota Wielkosielec monumental batik (choice of 42 works from
years 2003-2011 from the cycles: Night lights, Windows, Wings)
Central Museum of Textile in Łódź
2011
Abakus Gallery – open air watercolour sketches „Animals”
Warsaw
2011
Abakus Gallery – Wings (works from years 2010-2011)
Warsaw
2015
Batik - Wings II – XX1 Gallery (April-May)
Warsaw
2017
Theatre of Rybnik Land – Wings
Rybnik
2021
Abakus Gallery – Watercolour sketches and notes „Animals” (2014-2020)
Warsaw
2026
Batiks, Watercolours, Jacek Cygan and his work
11.10.2026 – Ożarów Mazowiecki
2026
With a machete across the country #122: Dorota Wielkosielec's batiks and watercolors at the 98th Humanum Mazurkas Forum
11.10.2026 – Ożarów Mazowiecki
1994, 1995, 1996
All-Poland Exhibition of Artistic Work of Pedagogics of Art Classes
W.D.K. in Rzeszów
2000, 2002, 2004
Autumn Art Salon
Ostrowiec Świętokrzyski
2003
Dorota Wielkosielec and batik atelier
Academic Gallery in Siedlce
2004
Art of fibre european traces – House of Artist Gallery in Warsaw
and Gallery of Modern Art in Olsztyn
2006
Javanese and Polish batik – Painted with wax
Etnographic Museum in Warsaw
2007
Art of fibre european traces – House of Artist Gallery in Warsaw
and Museum of Textile in Łódź
2007
Warsaw Salon of Little Weaving Forms
Ateneum Gallery of Young, Warsaw
Lights of batik. Batik originally from Łucznica – Saint Włodzimierz
Foundation Gallery of Ukrainian Art, Cracow
2007
Gallery ART ZONE
Youth Cultural House in Bytom
2008
Exhibition accompanying promotion of a book
by Maria Wrońska-Friend – Art written with wax
Polish Academy of Sciences in Warsaw
2010
Batik – conditions, conceptions
Gallery of Modern Art in Olsztyn
2010
Art of fibre
House of Artist Gallery in Warsaw
2010
Art Festival - Fibre – „C” Gallery in Ciechanów; „Ostrołęka” Gallery
in Ostrołęka;
Gallery XX1 and Elektoralna Gallery in Warsaw
2012
International Art Autumn Salon HOMO QUADRATUS OSTROVIENSIS
Ostrowiec Świętokrzyski
2014
International Art Autumn Salon HOMO QUADRATUS OSTROVIENSIS
Ostrowiec Świętokrzyski
2021
„4X10. Art around us”
Art Gallery in Płock
All-Poland Exhibition of Artistic Work of Pedagogics of Art Classes
W.D.K. in Rzeszów
2000, 2002, 2004
Autumn Art Salon
Ostrowiec Świętokrzyski
2003
Dorota Wielkosielec and batik atelier
Academic Gallery in Siedlce
2004
Art of fibre european traces – House of Artist Gallery in Warsaw
and Gallery of Modern Art in Olsztyn
2006
Javanese and Polish batik – Painted with wax
Etnographic Museum in Warsaw
2007
Art of fibre european traces – House of Artist Gallery in Warsaw
and Museum of Textile in Łódź
2007
Warsaw Salon of Little Weaving Forms
Ateneum Gallery of Young, Warsaw
Lights of batik. Batik originally from Łucznica – Saint Włodzimierz
Foundation Gallery of Ukrainian Art, Cracow
2007
Gallery ART ZONE
Youth Cultural House in Bytom
2008
Exhibition accompanying promotion of a book
by Maria Wrońska-Friend – Art written with wax
Polish Academy of Sciences in Warsaw
2010
Batik – conditions, conceptions
Gallery of Modern Art in Olsztyn
2010
Art of fibre
House of Artist Gallery in Warsaw
2010
Art Festival - Fibre – „C” Gallery in Ciechanów; „Ostrołęka” Gallery
in Ostrołęka;
Gallery XX1 and Elektoralna Gallery in Warsaw
2012
International Art Autumn Salon HOMO QUADRATUS OSTROVIENSIS
Ostrowiec Świętokrzyski
2014
International Art Autumn Salon HOMO QUADRATUS OSTROVIENSIS
Ostrowiec Świętokrzyski
2021
„4X10. Art around us”
Art Gallery in Płock
Awards and prizes
1994: (II prize) – Nationwide Exhibition of Artistic Work of Educators of Art Classes, W.D.K., Rzeszów
1995: (distinction) – Nationwide Exhibition of Artistic Work of Educators of Art Classes, W.D.K., Rzeszów
2012: (III prize) – 11th International Art Autumn Salon „HOMO QUADRATUS OSTROVIENSIS”, BWA, Ostrowiec Św.
2014: (distinction) – 12th International Art Autumn Salon „HOMO QUADRATUS OSTROVIENSIS”, BWA, Ostrowiec Św.
1995: (distinction) – Nationwide Exhibition of Artistic Work of Educators of Art Classes, W.D.K., Rzeszów
2012: (III prize) – 11th International Art Autumn Salon „HOMO QUADRATUS OSTROVIENSIS”, BWA, Ostrowiec Św.
2014: (distinction) – 12th International Art Autumn Salon „HOMO QUADRATUS OSTROVIENSIS”, BWA, Ostrowiec Św.
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