Ania Gilmore
USA
Bookmarks created to pay tribute to Polish Nobel Prize poet Wislawa Szymborska. Excerpts titled Essentials (Esencja) are printed on Strathmore paper with waxed linen in Polish and English (translated by S. Barańczak and C. Cavanagh).
Born in Warsaw, Poland Ania Gilmore received her BFA with honors in Graphic Design from Massachusetts College of Art and Design, studied printmaking and book arts at the Rhode Island School of Design, the School of the Museum of Fine Arts in Boston and at the Haystack Mountain School of Crafts in Maine. Her portfolio includes works on paper, artists' books and mixed-media.
Ania curated "Book Art the world of limitless" and "Nothing twice (Nic dwa razy)" exhibitions at ArtSpace Gallery in Maynard, MA, "Resonance: books in time" in Rochester Public Library, Rochester NY, "Resonance: books in time II" in Brickbottom Gallery, Somerville, MA and "Correspondence 9th International Book Art Festival" in Poland.
She is an award winning artist and her works are in public and private collections in Australia, Hungry, Iraq, Japan, Poland, Romania, UK, and USA, and also are included in "1,000 Artists' Books: Exploring the Book as Art" book by Peter and Donna Thomas. Ania lives and works in Lexington, Massachusetts.