Born in Lodz in 1969. In 1992-1997 she studied at the Strzemiński Academy of Fine Arts in Lodz. In 1998 she obtained a master’s degree with an honourable mention in the Decorative Textile Studio run by Professor Krystyna Górska, the Screenprinting Studio run by Professor Andrzej Smoczyński and the Drawing and Painting Studio run by Professor Tadeusz Śliwiński. Since 1997 she has been working for the Academy of Fine Arts in Lodz, in the Screenprinting Studio run by Professor Andrzej Smoczyński, the Department of Artistic Graphics at the Faculty of Graphics and Painting. In 2003 she obtained a Doctor of Arts degree in the field of visual arts, the artistic discipline: graphic arts. In 2011 she obtained habilitation in the field of visual arts, the discipline: fine arts, awarded by the resolution of the Faculty Board of Graphics and Media Art of the E. Geppert Academy of Fine Arts in Wrocław. Since the academic year 2011/2012 she has been the head of the Screenprinting Studio at the Department of Graphic Arts, the Faculty of Graphics and Painting of the Academy of Fine Arts in Lodz. She deals with graphics, drawing, sculpture and fiber art.

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