I’m a Polish artist living in the UK, focusing on eco-philosophy and sustainability.
My practice blends sustainable art movements with the circular economy, creating projects that connect art, ecology, and social issues.
My journey began with painting and ceramics, leading me to explore trash art and upcycling. I transform discarded materials—like electronic waste, plastics, and industrial remnants—into sculptures, installations, and functional pieces to raise awareness of the environmental impact of consumerism.
Inspired by nature and human civilization, my work explores the relationship between the organic and synthetic, merging technology with nature.
Through various media, I invite critical conversations about consumption, waste, and sustainability, encouraging dialogue on our responsibility to the planet.
Selected Exhibitions:
2020 "Forest Inspirations"- solo exhibition, Kina Ceramic Design Gallery, Oxford, UK
2018 "Oxford Summer- Paintings by Monika Filipek"- solo exhibition, Art Cafe, Oxford, UK
2017 X Art Biennale, BWA Olsztyn, Poland
2017 "Collage-Assemblage"- collective exhibition, BWA Olkusz, Poland
2017 "8xY- The eight of Y generation artists in Scene X "-collective exhibition, ScenaX Gallery, Olsztyn, Poland
2016 "Deserted- arrived. Artists from the Warmia-Masuria", (with Rokosz group)- collective exhibition, Zamek Gallery, Reszel, Poland
2016 "CAHOOTS"- collective exhibitions, One Painting gallery, Lublin, Poland
2015 IX Art biennale, BWA Olsztyn, Poland
2015 "The Graduate. After the Academy - Liquid Identity"- collective exhibition with graduates of Academy of fine arts in Gdansk, IS Wyspa, Gdańsk, Poland
2014 "Machine/Breath"- Concert: Ray Dickaty, Kamil Szuszkiewicz, performance and installation: Monika Filipek, "Wolne Loty16", Praca Gallery, Warsaw, Poland
2013 VIII Art biennale, BWA Olsztyn, Poland
2013- II Art biennale, Piotrków Trybunalski, Poland
2012 "Bliskoznacznie" Exhibition of Students from the Faculty of Painting and Sculpture of the Fine Arts in Gdansk Wroclaw, Poland
2012 „The Venus Project”-music and art event, solo exhibition: Frog, Olsztyn, Poland
2012 " Picture, assemblage, installation"-solo exhibition, Fahrenheit Club, Gdańsk, Poland
EDUCATION:
2015 – 2016 University of Arts in Poznan, Poland Sculpture Studio of prof. Danuta Mączak
2008 – 2013 Academy of Fine Arts in Gdansk, Poland
Painting studio of prof. Henryk Czesnik
2011 – 2012 Erasmus exchange program, Academy of Fine Arts and Design, Bratislava Slovakia
Painting studio of prof. Daniel Fischer
2007 – 2008 Olsztyn, Poland, University of Warmia and Mazury
Faculty of Art