Dimensions: 130 x 90 cm
signed, dated and described on the reverse: 'HELENA STIASNY | "ACT BACK" | oil on canvas | 130 x 90 cm | 2021'.
Biography
Graduate of the Academy of Fine Arts in Warsaw, MA degree with distinction in 2020. She works in painting, photography and illustration. She was awarded for her painting in Italy in the VeniceLands ArtPrize 2019 competition. Her solo exhibition was hosted by the Starak Family Foundation in Warsaw (2022) and the Orangery Gallery in Radzyn Podlaski (2019). Her work is currently on display at the Mazovian Center for Contemporary Art "Elektrownia" in Radom (Woman Art Power 2022). She has shown her works in many group exhibitions at home and abroad, including London, Berlin, Kyrgyzstan's Bishkek and Italy's Ponzano Veneto. Her works are in many private collections, as well as in mBank's "m for painting" collection. Under the pseudonym Ala Bankroft, she is the author of illustrations for the award-winning book "I Saw a Beautiful Woodpecker" (Two Sisters Publishing House), which has been translated into 6 languages. Among other awards, the book received the Opera Prima award (awarded for debut) at the 2020 Bologna Ragazzi International Book Fair and a special prize from the Premio Andersen 2022 jury - the most important Italian award in the world of children's books.
