Artist, paintress and illustrator, born in 1997 in Warsaw. A graduate of the Academy of Fine Arts in Warsaw, she received her master’s degree with distinction in 2020.
In 2022 and 2023, she was listed among the top 20 artists in the Compass of Young Art (Kompas Młodej Sztuki) ranking. She was distinguished during the 16th Autumn Art Salon (Jesienny Salon Sztuki) LOOSTRO 2023 at BWA Ostrowiec. She was awarded for painting in the VeniceLands ArtPrize 2019 contest in Italy. She has had individual exhibitions at venues such as the Sarah Kravitz Gallery in London (2023) and the Starak Family Foundation in Warsaw (2022). She participated in the exhibition Woman Art Power at the Mazovian Centre for Contemporary Art “Elektrownia” in Radom (2022). Her work has been shown internationally, including exhibitions in Paris (Institut Polonais de Paris, 2024), London (Every Woman Biennial, 2021), Bishkek (Gapar Aitiev Kyrgyz National Museum of Fine Arts, 2019), and Ponzano Veneto (VeniceLands ArtPrize, 2019). Her painting was displayed at the Royal Castle in Warsaw during the Helena Stiasny & Lucas Cranach the Elder. The Herstory of Eve (Helena Stiasny & Lucas Cranach Starszy. Herstoria Ewy) exhibition (2023). One of her paintings is part of mBank’s art collection.
Under the pseudonym Ala Bankroft, she illustrated the Polish book I Saw a Beautiful Woodpecker (Widziałem Pięknego dzięcioła), which has been translated into six languages. The book received several accolades, including a distinction for debut in the Opera Prima category of the Bologna Ragazzi Award (2020) and the special prize of the Premio Andersen jury (2022), the most prestigious Italian distinction in children’s literature. Illustrations from the book were displayed at the Masters of Polish Illustration exhibition organised by the Adam Mickiewicz Institute in Suncheon, South Korea (2022).
