Monika Mamzeta

Lives and works in Warsaw. Graduate of the Faculty of Sculpture at the Academy of Fine Arts in Warsaw (supervisor: Prof. Grzegorz Kowalski, 1996). Doctor of Arts. She is also a graduate of the Faculty of Law at the University of Warsaw. She completed her doctoral studies at the School of Social Sciences, Institute of Philosophy and Sociology, Polish Academy of Sciences, and also pursued Industrial Property Law Studies at Jagiellonian University. As part of her active legal practice, she works as a lawyer and patent attorney in intellectual property matters (copyright, trademarks, industrial designs, and patents). She is the author of the legal section of the Practical Guide for Artists (ed. Agnieszka Pindera, 2012). She has given lectures and training courses on intellectual property law. She has guest-lectured on projects with students at the Faculty of Media Art (as part of a research club) and at the Faculty of Graphic Arts at the Academy of Fine Arts in Warsaw, as well as giving lectures and presentations at the Academy of Fine Arts in Warsaw and the University of Warsaw. Since 2024, she has been a lecturer at the Solid and Plane Composition Studio in the Department of Artistic Practices at the Faculty of Design, Academy of Fine Arts in Warsaw. She is the author of posters for feminist non-governmental organisations and feminist theoretical texts. She creates sculptural and multimedia installations, photographs, and videos. She is the author of photographs illustrating books (including Irena Krzywicka, Pierwsza krew, Krytyka Polityczna Publishing House, 2008). She has participated in numerous solo and group exhibitions. She is a co-founder of the Inne Towarzystwo collective. She is the originator and curator of solo and group exhibitions (including Paulina, Side Effects, Revenge Dress). Her works are in private collections and the collection of the Academy of Fine Arts in Warsaw.