Monika ŁAKOMSKA (b. 1968), *Napoli of Dreams*, 2026

oil on canvas, 80 x 80 cm, signed lower right: ŁM

Born in 1968. She began her artistic education at the State High School of Fine Arts in Zielona Góra. She is a graduate of the State Higher School of Fine Arts in Poznań (now the University of Arts in Poznań), where she studied at the Department of Painting, Printmaking, and Sculpture. She received her diploma in 1994 from the Metal Techniques Studio led by Prof. Tadeusz Jackowski.

The artist has participated in numerous solo and group exhibitions. She collaborates with galleries, auction houses, interior designers, and art collectors. Her works are held in private collections in Poland and in many European countries.

She works in easel painting, watercolor, and photography. She lives and works in Zielona Góra.



Selected exhibitions and awards:

2020 — solo painting exhibition, Q Hotel, Wrocław

2019 — solo painting exhibition, Sofitel Hotel and DNA Gallery, Wrocław

2014–2018 — solo painting exhibition, Jazzgot, Zielona Góra

2011 — Finalist in the nationwide painting competition “Materia medicinalis – Materia artificialis,” Museum of Pharmacy and Academy of Fine Arts in Kraków

2011 — finals of the national painting competition “II Triennale Malarstwa Animalis,” MM Gallery, Chorzów

2000–2011 — organization of solo painting exhibitions: Pod Wieżą Gallery, Pro Arte, Herbaciarnia, PGNiG Exhibition Hall, Stara Fabryka Gallery, Zielona Góra

2000/2001 — Finalist in the International Drawing Competition, BWA and Academy of Fine Arts, Wrocław

1998 — Honorable Mention, Autumn Salon, Ostrowiec Świętokrzyski

1996 — First prize in the Winobranie ’96 poster competition, Zielona Góra

1996 — Fine Arts Scholarship from the Mayor of Zielona Góra

1994–1996 — participation in the Autumn Salons, BWA Zielona Góra, BWA Gorzów Wielkopolski