Rydlewska (born 1977) graduated from the Academy of Fine Arts in Kraków, and she also had the opportunity to study at the Högskolan för Design oh Konsthantverk in Gothenburg, Sweden. Her works have appeared on the pages of FUTU, Exklusiv, and EXIT, as well as the magazine Rojo & Garabato.
The artist’s portfolio consists of illustrations based on her keen interest in the world of plants. However, she transforms them into impossible visions, creating new species, and gracefully combining existing and non-existing shapes of leaves, buds, and branches. Rydlewska’s work is characterised by a certain amount of surrealism, and a fine sense of the laws of ornamentation. Her drawings are anything but minimalist; their strength lies in the wealth and intensity of shapes and colours, including discreet horror vacui.
The illustrator plays with kaleidoscope-like effects, as can be seen in her current commercial project for the cosmetics brand Dr Irena Eris, where the delicately intertwined shapes form pink flowers, as well as in the New Botany and Sea Poems series of illustrations. She feels comfortable in the world of consumer projects: she has worked with Empik, and decorated Kristoff porcelain, drawing on bird motifs with characteristic subtlety.
Rydlewska has taken part in many exhibitions. Her work has been recognised in Poland and abroad. She has been noticed by publishers hunting for young talents – her illustrations have appeared in books such as Atlas of Illustration or Taschen’s compendium Illustration Now! 5.