Emilka Wolniewicz
Fiber Arts
Chicago, IL
Emilka Wolniewicz (she/her) is a Chicago based, Polish-American artist and researcher. She is fascinated by chaos, consumerism, deconstruction/reconstruction, translation, and how these entities merge together. Reflecting on the bizarreness of commodities and the peculiar actions of pop culture, her practice investigates politics of consumer culture, advertisements, and temporality. Guided by words, Emilka uses material from packaging, magazines, and surrealist automatism. She plays with collaging in digital weavings, code, stitching, embellishments, and garment construction, with specific considerations towards found objects, light, and saturation.
Emilka Wolniewicz holds an MFA in Fiber and Material Studies from the School of the Art Institute of Chicago, a B.S. in Nutrition and a B.A. in Human Physiology from the University of Minnesota.
Her MFA Thesis “Revolt Fashion: Polish Resistance Fashion Art Movement” is published at the School of the Art Institute. Emilka published the essay “Landfill Anatomy” in Wovenutopia Mag 5 S/S, and poems “TRASH PROCESSING” in Wovenutopia Mag 6 W/S and “Babka Je Babkę” in Vernacular Magazine, Volume 2.
Emilka exhibited work at the International Museum of Surgical Science, 18th Annual Chicago Food Justice Summit, and Nonation in Chicago, IL, as well as screened work at the Gene Siskel Film Center in Chicago.