Monika Lukowska Artist Interview
Monika Lukowska is a Polish-born printmaking artist, educator and academic currently based in Perth, Western Australia. She lectures at Curtin University and represents Western Australia for the Print Council of Australia.
Monika’s work centres on the impact of place and its materiality on artistic expression. Through mindful walking and direct, physical engagement with her surroundings, she studies each location’s cultural markers, architecture, natural environment and tactile qualities. These immersive encounters shape her prints, which become emotive responses to both new and familiar landscapes and ask how atmosphere, memory and sensation can be embedded within a printed surface.
In her process, Monika gathers material in the form of photographs, drawings and video recordings, later integrating these references into her prints. She is particularly interested in the creative potential that arises from merging digital techniques with traditional printmaking methods.
