MAGDALENA ABAKANOWICZ
Magdalena Abakanowicz (born 1930) - sculptor, professor at the College of Fine
Arts in Poznań, lecturer at the University of California. She has some 100 one-woman
exhibitions to her name. Her career started with 'Abakans', three-dimensional
tapestries with unusual textures, for which she won an award at the 1965 Biennial
in Sao Paulo. Her work is displayed in many museums, including the Ludwig Museum
in Cologne and the National Museum in Madrid, as well as in private collections.
She also creates free-standing sculptures for open spaces, for example 'Dragon's
space' in the Olympic Park in Seoul. She has received many awards, including the
Grand Culture Foundation Prize in 2001.
