Young Textile Art Triennial YTAT – Łódź 2025
COMPETITION RESULTS
This year’s edition of the Triennial brings together 67 participants from 28 art universities, representing 17 countries: Bulgaria, Croatia, Czech Republic, Estonia, Finland, Japan, Canada, Lithuania, Latvia, Poland, Slovakia, Slovenia, the United States, Sweden, Taiwan, Ukraine, and the United Kingdom.
The competition exhibition features works selected by the art universities that accepted the invitation to participate. Each institution could submit two works in one of two categories: artistic textile or design textile. The category was determined by the participant in the application form.
The competition was open to students and graduates who obtained a bachelor’s or master’s degree in 2023 or 2024 at an art university in Poland or abroad. Each participant could submit only one work. Only works created after January 1, 2023 were eligible.
International Jury:
- Polly Leonard – Chair
- Tina Marais
- Marta Kowalewska
- Hanna Rydlewska
- Ibrahim Mahama
The Jury selected the following laureates in two categories:
Textile Art
Prize
Olena Morokhowska – Heritage
Lviv National Academy of Arts
Ukraine
Artistic Supervision: Assoc. Prof. Halyna Kusko
foto: Paulina Sadrak
foto: Paulina Sadrak
Honourable Mentions
Patricia Šťastná – The ODE
Academy of Fine Arts and Design in Bratislava, Slovakia
Artistic Supervision: Assoc. Prof. Blanka Cepková
foto: Paulina Sadrak
foto: Paulina Sadrak
Ieva Laskevičiūtė – (K)not Repetitions
Vilnius Academy of Arts, Lithuania
Artistic Supervision: Prof. Severija Inčirauskaitė-Kriaunevičienė, Prof. Danutė Jonkaitytė
foto: Paulina Sadrak
foto: Paulina Sadrak
Nina Kruger – Materia; Unspun
Magdalena Abakanowicz University of the Arts in Poznań, Poland
Artistic Supervision: Dorota Tarnowska-Urbanik, DA
Special Award – Artist Residency at Red Clay Studio
Funded by Mr. Ibrahim Mahama
Nina Kruger – Materia; Unspun
Magdalena Abakanowicz University of the Arts in Poznań, Poland
Artistic Supervision: Dorota Tarnowska-Urbanik, DA
foto: Paulina Sadrak
foto: Paulina Sadrak
Textile Design
Prize
Kristi Komel – Ruderal Shift
University of Ljubljana, Slovenia
Artistic Supervision: Assoc. Prof. Katja Burger Kovič
foto: Paulina Sadrak
foto: Paulina Sadrak
Honourable Mentions
Ida Paukkonen, Katja Busk, Riika-Janita Setälä, Emma Simola, Viktor Tykkyläinen – What Is Left When Nothing Is Left
Metropolia University of Applied Sciences, Finland
Artistic Supervision: Tiina Paavilainen, MA
foto: Paulina Sadrak
foto: Paulina Sadrak
Jessica Broberg – Ornamental Obsession: A Translation from Traditional to Contemporary
The Swedish School of Textiles, University of Borås, Sweden
Artistic Supervision: Assoc. Prof. Marjan Kooroshnia
foto: Paulina Sadrak
foto: Paulina Sadrak
The competition prizes are funded by the Ministry of Culture and National Heritage of Poland.
The special award is funded by Mr. Ibrahim Mahama.
The exhibition is open from October 12 to December 31, 2025, at the City Art Gallery in Łódź – Centre of Art Promotion, 44 Sienkiewicza St.
foto: Jarosław Darnowski
