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Between the years 1972 and 1976 Krystyna Czajkowska was a student of the Higher State School of Fine Arts in Łódź. She obtained an honours degree in the field of unique textile. Since 1980 she has been an employee of the Strzemiński Academy of Fine Arts Łódź at the Department of Textile Print of the Faculty of Textile and Fashion. Since 2002r., after recieving the qualifications of an assistant professor of the 2nd degree, she supervised the Realization and Experimental Print Studio. Currently she is the Head of the Textile Print Studio. The studio educates students – designers in the field of textile print design. Since 2012 Professor Czajkowska has been the Head og the Department of Textile Print. Her artistic activity is focused on the field of textile art, especially on artistic printed textile. She has participated in numerous exhibitions in Poland and abroad, in such countries as France, Denmark, Germany, Slovakia and Great Britain. She has participated in several editions of the Polish Exhibition of Unique Textile which is a sattellite event of the International Triennial of Tapestry in Łódź. She took part in such exhibitions as the 2nd Polish Painting and Unique Textile Biennial in Gdynia, Triennial of Textile in the P.M. Bohun Gallery, Liptoysky Mikulas, Slovakia and "Polsk Kunst", the Enna Gallery, Nakskoy, Denmark.

Born in 1976 in Łódź, Poland. In 1995-2001 studies at the Strzemiński Academy of Fine Arts in Łódź at the Faculty of Textile and Fashion Design. In 2001 she was awarded a first class honours diploma by the Printed Textile Studio led by Professor Maria Zielińska. In 2004 she was employed as Research and Teaching Assistant in the Department of Printed Textile. In 2009 she was awarded an academic degree of Visual Arts. Currently she leads the Experiment and Execution Studio in the Faculty of Textile and Fashion Design. Forms of artistic expression: reliefs, objects, installations. Since 2007 works presented at 8 solo shows (ex. Graz, Bratysława, Budapeszt, Lauterach, Łódź, Nowy Targ, Kielce, Olkusz). Participated in over 90 group exhibitions and textile competitions in Poland and abroad. Many times awarded: Award of the Presidium of the Polish Academy of Sciences Branch in Lodz and the Conference of Rectors of Higher Education Institutions in Łódź/ PL2011, Award of the Slovak Textile Artists Association TxT, 13. Textile Miniature Exhibition "Revers Avers" / SK;2011; Scholarship of the Minister of Culture and National Heritage 7'th edition Programme "Young Poland’10"; Prize of the Club of Textile Artists "Arttex", 2'nd Triennial of Textile / SK; Crosscultural residencies of emerging textile artists in the framework of the "European Contemporary Tapestry and Textile Art", residency the Royal Academy of Fine Arts in Brussels / B; "WELLEM BAR" residency in Bern / CH 2002; Scholarship of the Minister of Culture and National Heritage'2001