Premio Combat Prize

Artwork Description:The artwork presented in this contest depicts an illustration proposed as a book cover for Michael Morpurgo’s novel, ”War Horse”, as part of the Folio Society competition. The novel takes place during WW1, but I decided to create an alternative reality, by turning the protagonist into a steampunk biomechanoid horse. I used multiple media, such as charcoal, pastels, computer graphics and traditional drawing in order to create this graphic.Biography:Born in Fitzroy, Australia, now lives in Warsaw, Poland. At the age of 19, she illustrated a book by Piotr Frączak, “The Adventures of Anatol F.” published in 2009 by Kooperatywa Pozarządowa. In 2013, she completed her BA at the Graphics Department at the Warsaw Academy of Fine Arts. In 2015, she received her MA degree from Illustration, at the University of Arts London. In 2015, she won 1st prize in the 7th edition of Con/Corso Buenos Aires in Milan for her graphics. She participated in the most prestigious art festival in Poland, the 7th and 8th Art Fresh Festival. She was awarded three times by the 3x3 Magazine of Contemporary Illustration, based in NYC. In July 2016, she won 2nd prize in the art competition „Generation of Young Artists”. She has participated in many art residencies in Europe and USA since 2016. In 2017 she was selected to participate at the Art Next Expo in Hong Kong, China. In 2018 she had her individual show at the Polish Institute of Arts and Sciences of America (PIASA) in NYC and painted a mural in Brooklyn. Her graphics and paintings have been appreciated all over the world. She is currently working on a children’s book for a publishing house in Beijing.