“Jozefa creates sheer magic by interweaving sisal ropes, string pieces of wool, cotton rugs and leather. She gives a new dimension and life to art for contemporary tapestry. She combines in a unique fashion the old skill of loom weaving with an innovative technique and colorful style. Jozefa’s original pieces reflect her sensitivity to the bond between people and nature. Her three-dimensional tapestry expresses her sense of wonder for the beauty of this world (Her world) and admiration that she invites everyone to share with her.”
— Elizabeth Zakrzewski
“A very interesting part of Jozefa’s tapestry is it’s three dimensionality. Not only some part large volumes, but the texture is often so deep that they organize space with their large planes, the surface protruding from the wall or parallel to the main direction of the surface. The whole organization creates an image of art, full of color, beautiful outlines and with sculpture like qualities.”
— Lubomir Tomaszewski
Jozefa graduated from “PLSP” School of Fine Arts in Tarnow, Poland where she studied watercolor painting and other painting techniques under the direction of Professor Wieslaw Rohrenschew and professor Jozef Szuszkiewicz. Jozefa also studied textile design under the direction of professor Maria Swiatlowska, textile techniques under professor Elenora Krzemien and Zofia Graniczna. She also studied sculpture under the direction of professor Antol Drwal. Jozefa holds a B.A. in Visual Art from College of Higher Learning in Krakow, Poland.
In America she became a member of the art movement called “The Emotionalists” created and lead by Lubomir Tomaszewski. The clear and straightforward message that Tomaszewski and the Emotionalists communicate is “Less show, more content”. The real worth has become highly valued again: the real worth meaning works of art created by people for people, works bringing tears to your eyes, making you laugh or stirring up your inner anxiety, works that remind you that the most important is the human being and his or her context, namely nature. Or maybe sometimes the human being constitutes the context for nature? Because very often nature and the forms created by nature are the most important points for the Emotionalists.
Jozefa exhibited her work with the group numerous times in New York, Boston, and Connecticut.