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Dorota holds a Diploma in Botanical Illustration from Society of Botanical Artists in UK, degrees in Art and International Studies with a focus on indigenous cultures, and a master’s degree in teaching. Born in Poland, Dorota’s love for nature began when as a child she accompanied her grandparents on mushroom hunting forays, spent hours in her parents and grandparents gardens, hiked summers in Tatra mountains and foraged for wild herbs and fruit. In her art she explores the idea of interconnectedness and fragility of our ecosystems, ecological diversity and species codependence. Dorota loves portraying garden and forest plants, medicinal and Pacific Northwest native plants, their ecology and interactions with insects or pollinators. Dorota exhibits and teaches drawing regionally. Recently she has been an artist in residence at Bloedel Reserve on Bainbridge Island. Her recent commission was an installation of 25 illustrations of native plants of the Pacific Northwest at the Columbia Memorial Hospital in Seaside, Oregon. She is a member of Oregon Botanical Artists, Pacific Northwest Botanical Artists and American Society of Botanical Artists. Dorota has self-published 5 coloring books including a coloring book for Lan Su Chinese Garden in Portland Oregon.
In my botanical art I explore ideas of interaction and codependency of species and human interaction with the environment. As a botanical artist I am interested depicting native plants of the Pacific Northwest and pollinators and other dependent insects or species. Representing small fragments of plants I encourage viewers to reflect on our fragility and interconnectedness with nature. Portraying different species of plants, that may or may not grow together I invite the viewer to think about ecological and human diversity and our mutual codependence. Plants’ offerings are immense: habitat and food for wildlife, food and medicine for humans and a healing place for our souls. Nothing in nature is isolated, we are interconnected in multiple and subtle ways. We cannot thrive without each other.
Email: dorotabotanical@gmail.com
In my botanical art I explore ideas of interaction and codependency of species and human interaction with the environment. As a botanical artist I am interested depicting native plants of the Pacific Northwest and pollinators and other dependent insects or species. Representing small fragments of plants I encourage viewers to reflect on our fragility and interconnectedness with nature. Portraying different species of plants, that may or may not grow together I invite the viewer to think about ecological and human diversity and our mutual codependence. Plants’ offerings are immense: habitat and food for wildlife, food and medicine for humans and a healing place for our souls. Nothing in nature is isolated, we are interconnected in multiple and subtle ways. We cannot thrive without each other.
Email: dorotabotanical@gmail.com
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HONORS:
Art Teacher Professional Practice Award to attend a Creative Arts Community Week at Menucha, OR, 2023 ARTIST IN RESIDENCE: Bloedel Reserve, Bainbridge Island, WA, 2020 Cannon Beach Art Association, OR, 2019 COMMISSION:
SHOWS: Pacific Northwest Fauna and Flora - Seaside Library, 2023 Practice and Process- Oregon Society of Artists, Portland, OR, 2023 Gifts from Japan- International exhibit, Japanese Garden, Portland, OR 2022 May Flowers- Cannon Beach Gallery, OR, 2022 Life Forms - Fairweather Gallery, Seaside, OR, 2022 Wild Treasures: Oregon Native Plants, Oregon Society of Artists, 2021 Nature's Impressions, Cannon Beach Gallery, OR, 2021 Nature's Grace, Fairweather Gallery, Seaside, OR 2021 Wild Beauty, Fairweather Gallery, Seaside, OR, 2020 Fresh Start, Fairweather Gallery, Seaside, OR 2020 Dare to be Square, Online American Society of Botanical Artists, 2020 Mums and More, Juried show, Lan Su Chinese Garden, Portland, OR, 2019 Contrasts, Group show, Fairweather Gallery, Seaside, OR, 2019 Native Habitats, Hoffman Center for the Arts, Manzanita, OR, 2019 Ode to Tides, Juried show, Oregon State University, 2019 Forest to Garden, Group show, Oregon Botanical Artists, Cannon Beach, 2019 Confluence, Small Works, Group show, St. Louis, Missouri, 2018 Native Plants Show, Willamette Heritage Center, Salem, OR, 2018 Into the Woods, 3 person show, Cannon Beach, OR, 2018 Lan Su in Bloom, Juried show, Portland Chinese Garden, OR, 2017 Forest Fungi, Two person show, Tillamook Forest Center, OR, 2016 Botanica, Group show, Seaside Library, 2016 Forest Flora, Tillamook Forest Center, 2016 Flora in US Parks, Juried show, US Botanic Garden, Washington D.C., 2016 Botanicals, Hoffman Center for the Arts, Manzanita, OR, 2015 Terra Nova, Juried show, Cannon Beach Arts Association, OR, 2015 Eco-Icon, Invitational, Compass Gallery, Salem, OR, 2015 In the Footsteps of David Douglas, Bush Barn Gallery, Salem, OR, 2014 and Washington County Museum, Group show, Hillsboro, OR, 2014 Flora, Native Plants, Group show, Nehalem, OR, 2014s |
PUBLICATIONS:
Squid -Artwork on the cover, Literary/art magazine, 2021 Wild Treasures: Oregon's Native Plants Exhibit Catalog, 2021 Seaside Mill Pond Natural History Park, coloring book, 2020 Celebrating Silver, ASBA catalog 25th anniversary, 2019 Confluence Small Works, ASBA catalog 2018 The Art of Ethnobotany, The Botanical Artist Journal, 2016 ABC of Native Plants of Coastal PNW Native Berries of the Pacific Northwest Creatures of Haystack Rock (mulilingual coloring book) Lan Su Coloring Book (Chinese Garden in Portland, OR) DONATED ARTWORK: 2 Landscape paintings- for the Seaside High School Arts Program fundraiser, 2022 Magnolia blossom print- for Hough Foundation fundraiser (school garden) Vancouver, WA, 2022 2 Landscape paintings- Hoffman Arts Center- mini gallery fundraiser for the center, 2021 Larskspur and dragonfly painting - Seaside Parks and Rec Foundation fundraiser, 2021 |
