Officially — Doctor of Arts!
It’s been a long journey, full of twists and climbs — that’s how I see it now, from the perspective of over three years of work on my doctoral project “The Birth of Colors.”
The first part of the exhibition took place at the Polish Academy of Sciences Museum of the Earth in Warsaw (14 Sept–28 Dec 2023), and the second — during which the public defense was held — at the Orangery of the Museum of King Jan III’s Palace in Wilanów (28 Oct–11 Nov 2025).
According to data from the organizer, the exhibition in the Orangery was viewed by over 5,200 visitors!
The doctoral project “The Birth of Colors” is an introspective artistic journey through the perception of color, followed by a research-based exploration through the history of civilization, the complexities of pigment acquisition, and the symbolism and meanings of colors across different cultural contexts — all in order to better understand one’s own story and connection to archetypal sources.
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The doctoral work consists of:
• a series of 11 paintings accompanied by poetic texts
• the multisensory installation “Lingam Yoni”
• a film documenting the exhibition at the PAS Museum of the Earth
• museotherapy workshops held within the exhibition space
• a written dissertation — a description of the creative process combined with a compendium of knowledge on color
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Music is an integral part of the exhibition, composed by Joanna Halszka Sokołowska.
Doctoral supervisors:
Prof. Dorota Folga-Januszewska
Prof. Paweł Nowak
Links to accompanying events and to the first part of the doctoral exhibition at the PAS Museum of the Earth (2023):
• vernissage: >>
• seminar with students of the Academy of Fine Arts in Warsaw: >>
• public defense: >>
• museotherapy workshops: >>
• finissage with guided tour: >>
• doctoral exhibition at the PAS Museum of the Earth (2023): >>
Exhibition organizers: Museum of King Jan III’s Palace in Wilanów, Academy of Fine Arts in Warsaw
Main partner of the Orangery exhibition: ArtAround Gallery
Partners: Sony, Impact CEE, LUTETIA ARABIANS, ENEO Ewa Trochimko-Kloch, EL-BOX Kraszewski
Media partners: K MAG, LABEL magazine
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Reviewers:
Prof. Grzegorz Hańderek, Academy of Fine Arts in Katowice
Dr hab. Iwona Demko, Professor at the Faculty of Sculpture, Academy of Fine Arts in Kraków
Prof. Piotr C. Kowalski, Magdalena Abakanowicz University of the Arts in Poznań
The reviews are available on the website: BIP ASP w Warszawie: >>
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Looking into this extraordinary mirror of human history through the prism of color and light — a key element in the mechanism of color perception — was for me both a spiritual and physical experience. After all, every color is a wave that reaches us and affects us according to its wavelength. The exception is pink, which does not physically exist and is entirely a creation of our brain.
And what does it mean that something does not exist if we can see it? That opens yet another fascinating path in the attempt to understand the Universe.
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Partners of the exhibition at the Museum of the Earth: Society of Authors ZAiKS
Warsaw Institute for Modern and Contemporary Asian Art Foundation named after Nejad Devrim
