Elzbieta Sikorska
Elzbieta Sikorska was born in Warsaw, Poland and studied at the Warsaw Academy of Fine Arts with a major in printmaking. Right after graduation, she abandoned printmaking just to rediscover it many years later in the US. In 1986, she left Poland and after a few months stay in Berlin, Germany, she immigrated to the U.S. In the same year, settling in 1988 in the Washington, DC area where she still lives.
Sikorska spent her formative years in Poland. Finding herself artistically in a new country was not a smooth process. Nevertheless, she has been working and exhibiting since her arrival in the U.S., undergoing many transformations and exploring many media including oil on canvas, gouache, drawings on paper, printmaking and, through collaboration with Pyramid Atlantic Art Center, paper-making. For many years, graphite and mixed media drawings on paper has been her preferred medium.
She has exhibited widely in Poland, the U.S. and other European countries. Her works are in many public and private collections in the U.S. and abroad, including the National Museum of Women in the Arts in DC and several museums in Poland. She is the recipient of many grants, including the Franz Bader Fund, Arts and Humanities Council of Montgomery County and Maryland State Arts Council.
Sikorska spent her formative years in Poland. Finding herself artistically in a new country was not a smooth process. Nevertheless, she has been working and exhibiting since her arrival in the U.S., undergoing many transformations and exploring many media including oil on canvas, gouache, drawings on paper, printmaking and, through collaboration with Pyramid Atlantic Art Center, paper-making. For many years, graphite and mixed media drawings on paper has been her preferred medium.
She has exhibited widely in Poland, the U.S. and other European countries. Her works are in many public and private collections in the U.S. and abroad, including the National Museum of Women in the Arts in DC and several museums in Poland. She is the recipient of many grants, including the Franz Bader Fund, Arts and Humanities Council of Montgomery County and Maryland State Arts Council.