Tamara Jaworska Requiem for the Fallen

Requiem for the Fallen:  central part of triptych

Technique: Weaving, Material: Wool, rope, sisal, horsehair and metals, Size: Height 7 ft. 6 in. Width: 5ft. 2 in.

-Born in Archangielsk Russia  

-Resides in Willowdale, (Toronto) Ontario,

- Studied at the State Academy of Fine Arts, Lodz, Poland.

-Received a BA. with honours 1950 and an MA. (Art weaving) diploma l952

-Professor and lecturer at the State Academy of Fine Arts, Poland, until 1958:

-Artistic Director of Polish Arts and Craft Guilds 1958—68.

 - Participated in many group exhibitions in Poland, Germany, Switzerland, U.S.S.R., Austria, Holland, Iran, Mexico and Canada.

-Held one-man exhibitions in Poland, U.S.S.R., Scotland, England, Mont real and various galleries in the Province of Ontario.

-Awarded Gold Medal, International Exhibition of Interior Design and Architecture, Milan Triennial (1957).

Her tapestries are in many private and public collections in Europe and North America, including the National Museum in Warsaw, Poland; the National Museum of the History of Weaving in Lodz, Poland; the Pushkin Museum of European Art in Moscow; and Place Bell Canada in Ottawa.

-Received an award par excellence, Wool Gathering -73; Canadian Guild of Crafts (Quebec) 1973.

Statement;

For mean adventure in tapestry making is always a kind of agreement between the artist and his environment. I am fascinated by the discipline of a weaver’s way of thinking, by the harmony of artistic form and requirements of the weaving techniques

the above information is taken from the Textiles into 3-D broadsheet Poster used to promote the original exhibition 

Tamara Jaworska, was appointed a member of Order of Canada on April 13, 1994 Investiture, October 19, 1994

The Queen's golden Jubilee Medal was awarded by her Majesty Elizabeth II in 2002 in 2009 she was given the Polish Medal Gloria Artis

She is the subject of seven Canadian and Polish co-produced films. In September of 2009 "Tamara: the Art of Weaving" a book chronicling the 127 tapestries she has woven over her lifetime, with essays by prominent art. architecture and textile historians it is a fitting document of her 91 years. As an artist and weaver at the forefront of the renaissance of the sixteenth century French Gobelin tapestry technique, she is renowned for her ability to marry this medieval craft with contemporary design. Her tapestries grace the walls of galleries, museums and private collectors in Russia, Poland, the United States and Canada, and she is a strong influence in promoting awareness of our artistic heritage.