About me

Born in Warsaw. Graduate of European Academy of Arts in Warsaw, MFA in Graphic Design and Painting. Diploma in 2000, in professor’s Julian Pałka – one of the main representatives of the Polish School of Posters – Graphic Design atelier and professor’s Dariusz Mlącki- Painting, atelier.

Colour is the essence of my painting, it’s joy and flow of energy on grey days.

Colour is impalpable and always different, depending on light, time of year, time of day and on who looks and how. I’m also interested in capturing the fleeting, beautiful moments , the poetry of everyday life … and recently – dance, especially ballet, which is an unfinished source of inspirations and my great passion.

In my works ,devoted to ballet , I try to express emotions and moods, which is why, they are often inspired by specific ballet performances and their assumption was to show emotions , capture and convey the mood of music , which was present all the time during their creation and to show the beauty of ballet art and also it’s poses , so they were also true in terms of the cannons , principles and aesthetics of classical ballet.

The inspiration for paintings , which I would like to present to you is dance and colour which I saw and stopped, I stopped a moment…

Selected solo exhibitions :

2001 – Hotel Sofitel Victoria Gallery, Warsaw
2002 – Golf Club Rajszew
2002 – Hotel Marriott Gallery, Warsaw
2003 – Gallery Moliere, Kraków
2003/2004 –  Stara Kordegarda, The Royal Łazienki Museum, Warsaw
2005 – Gallery Ateneum Młodych, Warsaw
2013 – Dyspensa Gallery, Warsaw
2015 – Gallery Kuratorium, Warsaw
2021 –  Raven Gallery, Kraków
2021 – Two Worlds – an exhibition of a series of paintings interpreting Michał Chróścielewski’s ballet Two Worlds, accompanying the Concert in Tribute to Ennio Morricone, performed by the Milano Festival Orchestra and Choir, ICE Kraków.
2022 – Center for the Meeting of Cultures Lublin – presentation of the film “Two Worlds”, combining
the ballet of Michał Chróścielewski, the painting of Dominika Makowska and the music of Ennio Morricone – during The Best of Ennio Morricone concert.
2022 – National Philharmonic in Warsaw “Two Worlds” – an exhibition of a series of paintings by Dominika Makowska, which are an interpretation of Michał Chróścielewski’s ballet “Two Worlds”, accompanying the concert “Vivaldi- Morricone”.
2022 – Kuratorium Gallery “Two Worlds” – painting and ballet Dominika Makowska and Michał
Chróścielewski

The last collective exhibitions :
2022 – Defabryka – Night of Museums, Warsaw
2022 – Defabryka – post-competition exhibition Women’s Stona Sztuki lll

The works are in many private collections in Poland, as well as in in Great Britain, Germany and
Norway.