Vena Naskręcka
Vena Naskręcka is an interdisciplinary artist working across movement, performance, social theatre and site-specific installation. She is a graduate of Munster Technological University in Cork and Minerva Academy in Groningen. Her practice combines artistic research with scientific and humanistic perspectives, which she frequently develops in collaboration with other artists and researchers. Her work has been presented internationally, including at the Przemiany Festival at the Copernicus Science Centre in Warsaw, at the Reykjanes Art Museum in Keflavík, as part of Pint of Science in Nottingham, and during a dance residency at Dansverkstæðið in Reykjavík. She is a recipient of the Klaas Dijkstra Prize and the Minerva Academy Award. She currently lives and works in Iceland, where she is engaged in community and activist work. She collaborates with the Icelandic Red Cross and local authorities, advocating for the rights of persons with disabilities and environmental protection. In 2024, she founded the non-governmental organisation Samfélag fyrir Öll (Society for All), whose mission is to foster inclusivity and build connections through creative movement workshops for asylum seekers, people with disabilities and other minority groups.
Alicja Tkaczyk
Her practice is an ecological manifesto. She is an artist, educator and designer who raises the alarm about the climate crisis through recycling and waste, which serve as her muse. True to her zero-waste, trashion and recycling ethos, she strives to leave no waste behind while creating original garments and textiles. She graduated with distinction from the master’s programme in Textile and Interior Styling and Fashion Design at the Academy of Fine Arts in Łódź. She currently teaches at Opole University of Technology and continues to develop her artistic and educational practice.
Dr Halina Fleger
A visual artist based in Opole. She graduated from the Academy of Fine Arts in Kraków, Faculty of Graphics in Katowice, where she also defended her doctoral thesis in 2005. An artist with extensive experience, she spent over two decades working with the Jan Kochanowski Theatre in Opole. She has created theatre publications, costumes and stage designs for numerous productions. Her work encompasses collage, drawing and original poster art. She currently works at the Municipal Public Library in Opole, where she oversees the curatorial programme of the Zamostek Gallery and the Photo Gallery. She is the author of the visual identity for successive editions of the Opole Literary Autumn and the Silesian Ludwig van Beethoven Festival in Głogówek. She has participated in numerous group and solo exhibitions and has received many awards and distinctions.
Magda Wolnicka
Artist, curator, dancer.
She holds a degree from the Institute of Art at the University of Opole, a postgraduate diploma in Interdisciplinary Printmaking in English from the Academy of Fine Arts in Wrocław, as well as a certificate in Experimental Choreography from the Centrum w Ruchu in Warsaw and an instructor qualification from Kraków (specialisation: contemporary dance).
She co-creates and supports the artistic community in Opole, promotes dance education, and collaborates with local artists and cultural institutions across Poland. She is actively engaged in the dance community centred around contemporary choreographic thought and practice. A member of the (currently inactive) artistic and sports team Saperki z Opola.
Since 2015, she has worked at the Contemporary Art Gallery in Opole, where she is responsible for the organisation and production of exhibitions and cultural projects. She has over ten years of experience leading creative workshops for diverse audiences, including children, young people, families, adults and senior citizens.
She sees pro-ecological action as the future of cultural organisation and participation. A passionate advocate of clothing swaps, she was raised with a collector’s spirit — always gathering materials for further use and approaching limited resources with creativity.
She is a scholarship recipient of the Minister of Culture and National Heritage (2026) and the Marshal of Opole Voivodeship (2025, 2022), and a laureate of the Opole City Award for the promotion of culture (2022).
