Alicja Patanowska is a visual artist, potter and doctor of arts based in Poznań. A graduate of the Royal College of Art in London, she creates research-driven ceramic installations exploring ecology, material transformation and care. Knowledge acquired in direct contact with clay is crucial to her practice. Her works are in the National Museum in Kraków, the Hotel Europejski Art Collection, the Shanghai Museum of Glass, and have been shown at the V&A in London and the Council of the European Union in Brussels.