Iwona Duszek
Artist and educator
MFA University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, Illinois, USA
Currently teaching Foundation and Intermediate Design
at the Missouri State University, Springfield, Missouri.
Her works had been exhibited nationally and include metalwork, jewelry, posters, digital images, collages and photographs.
More important exhibitions and competitions:
4th International Biennial of Fine Art and Documentary Photography, Berlin, Germany 2016
MiniPrint International of Cadaques, Spain, 2014, 2015, 2016, 2017, 2018
Enter Into Art, Miniprint and Mixed Media, Cologne, Diez, Nassau, Germany, 2016
The 7th , the 8th Edition of the Julia Margaret Cameron Award for Women Photographers, 2015, 2016
The 7th Edition of the Pollux Photography Awards, 2015
International Artists in Residency, Assisi, Italy, 2014
International Artists in Residency at Rignana, Tuscany, Italy, 2018
Women in Photography International 2012, 2014, 2015
The Worldwide Photography Gala Awards-Contests, 2009, 2010, 2011, 2012
ICONData, Global Virtual Museum of Contemporary Graphic Art, Krakow, Poland, 2009, 2013
Mixed Media International Online Exhibition, Omaha, Nebraska, 2007, 2011
7th International Computer Art Biennial, Rzeszow, Poland, 2006
Relativity, Two-man Show, Springfield, Missouri, USA 2005
Greater Midwest International Exhibition, Missouri, USA 1996, 2003
Central Pennsylvania Festival of the Arts, Pennsylvania, USA 1990, 1997, 1998, 1999, 2002
Sculpture and Fine Crafts. National Competition, St. Louis, Missouri, USA 2001
Mid-States Craft Exhibition, Evansville, Indiana, USA 1989, 1997, 1999
Group Show, Gallery Yes, Poznan, Poland 1999
USA Craft Today, New Canaan, Connecticut, USA 1995, 1999
Silver Top, Group Show, Warsaw, Poland, 1998
National Contemporary Crafts Competitive, Joplin, Missouri, USA 1997
Topeka Competition, Topeka, Kansas, USA 1996
Awarded in numerous competitions, among them:
Art Residency at Artes Studio Ginestrelle, Assisi, Italy, 2014
Honorable Mention at Women in Photography International 2012 Competition
Special Merit Award at the 9th Annual Collage, Digital and Mixed Media International Juried Online Exhibition, Omaha, Nebraska
A Finalist and 2nd Prize Winner in the 2nd Edition of the Julia Margaret Cameron Award
Merit Award, Worldwide Photography Gala Awards
Silver Award at USA –Craft Today, Connecticut
Merit Award at National Contemporary Crafts Competitive, Joplin, Missouri
Publications:
The Studio Visit, Contemporary Art, University of Massachusetts, 2014
Best of Photography 2014, 2012, 2011, 2010, 2009 - published by Photographer's Forum magazine,
"Art of Survival: Women, Healing, and the Arts", 2006
1000 Rings Inspiring Adornments for the Hand, Lark Books, New York, 2004
Design 1994, Industrial Design Institute, Warsaw, Poland
