Maria Bitka was born in 1986 in Opole. She is an artist and a teacher, PhD student of Fine Art Academy in Wrocław. Graduate of the Academy of Fine Arts in Cracow. She completed her diploma in the intermedia atelier of Prof. Anthony Porczak in 2013. In 2010, she graduated from the Institute of Fine Arts of Opole University, where she completed her diploma in the atelier of Prof. Aleksandra Janik. During her studies, she participated in exchanges at Art Institute of Indiana University of Pennsylvania in USA and at Academy of Art, Architecture and Design in Prague. In 2011, she received a scholarship of the Ministry of Culture and National Heritage for her project “Black boxes of dreams”. In her free time, the sings in the folk song band Niezłe Ziółka. She is a member of the Kuratorki (the curators) artistic group. http://mariabitka.pl/
