Anna Kołacka

Anna Kołacka

Anna Kołacka, photo: Karol Szymczak

Anna Kołacka (b. 1992, Poznań) is a painter and video projection artist. She is an assistant professor in Drawing Studio 17 at the Magdalena Abakanowicz University of the Arts in Poznań, where she also received her doctorate from the Faculty of Painting and Drawing. 

She is a recipient of the Young Art Medal, the Grand Prix of the Franciszka Eibisch Foundation Competition, and scholarships from the Polish Ministry of Culture and National Heritage and the Marshal of the Greater Poland Voivodeship. Her work has been presented in Poland and internationally, including at Galeria Szydłowski, BWA Ostrowiec Świętokrzyski, the Municipal Art Centre in Gorzów Wielkopolski, and biennales in Shenzhen and Istanbul. 

Her practice explores the posthuman world of organic matter and the interdependence of all organisms within a shared ecosystem.