Megan Amanda PhotographyMarta Chudolinska
I am a multidsciplinary artist born in Poland and currently based in Nogojiwanong/Peterborough, ON. I make zines, comics, and artist books using woodcut & linocut prints, papercuts and a variety of drawing materials.
My graphic novel, Back + Forth: A novel in 90 linocuts, was published by the Porcupine’s Quill in 2009. Since then, I have continued to produce comics that incorporate my interests in hand-crafted objects, expressive folk aesthetics, fantastical stories, and deeply personal narratives.
My papercut comic, Babcia, a historical memoir which aims to rebuild my connection to my late grandmother, cut short by immigration and illness, was serialized in Broken Pencil Magazine from 2013-2024.
The C in Chudolinska is silent, so it is pronounced who-doh-lean-ska.
Contact
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BORN: Pruszkow, Poland
CITIZENSHIP: Canadian and Polish
EDUCATION
April 2010 – Masters of Information Studies at the University of Toronto
April 2008 – Bachelor of Fine Arts in Drawing and Painting at the Ontario College of Art and Design
PUBLICATIONS
2013-2024 (issue 59 - issue 102) - “Babcia” papercut comic in Broken Pencil Magazine
2020 - “All of Us” watercolour comic in 4PANEL 3 anthology, published by Popnoir Editions.
2020 - “After” papercut comic in The Humber Literary Review, Volume 8 Issue 2, Fall/Winter 2020/21
2019 - Featured in “This is Serious: Canadian Indie Comics” exhibition catalogue, published by Conundrum Press
2015 - “Genesis” sci-fi papercut comic, in Irene 6 anthology, ed. Andy Warner, d.w. and Dakota McFadzean
2014 - “Morphis” woodcut story in Chilly Tales: Comics from the Canadian Undertundra, ed. PlierPants, 11th Dimension Press
2012 – "Boom Boom Boom: A Sex Anthology" self-published anthology of woodcut and linocut stories, handbound, printed by Jesjit Gill at Colour Code
2012 - Centerfold poster and comic in Shameless Magazine, Money Issue 2010 - Back + Forth excerpt published in Broken Pencil, issue 46
2009 - "Back + Forth: a novel in 90 linocuts", wordless graphic novel published by The Porcupine’s Quill
2008 - Cover art for Once by Rebecca Rosenblum published by Biblioasis
SELECTED EXHIBITIONS
2024 (January 5 - February 24) - throughlines: 2024 Juried Members’ Exhibition, Artspace, Nogojiwanong/Peterborough, ON.
2022 (June 18 - October 2) - Comic Sans, Art Gallery of Alberta, Edmonton, AB
2019 (June 21, 2019 - January 5, 2020) THIS IS SERIOUS: Canadian Indie Comics, co-curated by Joe Ollmann and Alana Traficant, Art Gallery of Hamilton, Hamilton, ON
2019 (June 8 - 30 September) Tierra Herida, Garbados de las Americas, Museo Nacional de las Culturas del Mundo, Mexico City, Mexico
2019 (January 18 - March 9) Tierra Herida, Printmaking from the Americas, Walker’s Point Centre for the Art, Milwaukee, WI
2018 (November 30 - January 12, 2019) - Paper Spring, Capacity 3 Gallery, Guelph, ON (solo) *
2018 (October 28 - December 30) Tierra Herida, Grabados de las Américas - Wounded Earth, Printmaking from the Americas, OPEN Centre for the Arts, Chicago, IL
2016 (September 24 - December 22, 2016) - Funnies, Harbourfront Centre, Toronto, ON
2015 (September 14 - October 20) - Polish Artwalk exhibition (in conjunction with Roncesvalles Polish Festival), 343 Roncesvalles Ave, Toronto, ON
2015 (May 6 - May 13) - The Graphic Life Narrative of Marta Chudolinska: An Exhibition, MLC Gallery, Toronto, ON (solo) *
2014 (April 24 - May 16) - No Restraint: Activist Zines and Comics, H Gallery, Mesquite, TX, USA
2013 (August) - Semblance: Even Better than the Real Thing, Bev Hisey Studio, Toronto, ON
2012 (November) - Wordless: The Art of the Wordless Graphic Novel, Café Pamenar, Toronto, ON
2012 (September 29) - Madeline Collective’s 12-Hour Zine Machine, Nuit Blanche, Gladstone Hotel, Toronto, ON
2012 (September 29) - Insomnia (redux), Nuit Blanche painting performance, Redhead Gallery, Toronto, ON
2012 (February 27 - March 10) - Leap Year, curated by Woman King Collective, The Department Gallery, Toronto, ON
2011 (November 2 - November 27) - Toronto Draws Tintin, Comic Book Legal Defense Fund fundraiser auction, Steamwhistle Gallery, Toronto, ON
2011 (September 9 - October 7) - Art of the Woodcut Novel, AVA Gallery and Art Center, Lebanon, NH
2010 (October - November) - Strange Thoughts: Drawings and Prints, Linux Caffe, Toronto, ON (solo) *
2010 (September 17 - October 21) - Graphic Novels in their Purest Sense, The Holderness School Edwards Art Gallery, Plymouth, New Hampshire
PRESS FAIRS and FESTIVALS
2024 - Artspace Book + Zine Fest ( Nogojiwanong/Peterborough, ON), Toronto Comic Arts Festival (TCAF)
2023 - Artspace Book + Zine Fest (Nogojiwanong/Peterborough, ON), Canzine (Toronto, ON)
2022- Toronto Comic Arts Festival (TCAF) (Toronto, ON)
2021 - Virtual Canzine (Toronto, ON)
2020 - Virtual Canzine (Toronto, ON)
2019 - Massachusetts Independent Comics Expo (MICE) (Cambridge, MA); Chicago Alternative Comics Expo (CAKE) (Chicago, IL); Toronto Comic Arts Festival (TCAF), Canzine (Toronto, ON);
2018 - Kazoo! Print Expo (Guelph, ON); Zineland Terrance at TCAF (Toronto, ON); Zine Dream (Toronto, ON); Canzine (Toronto, ON); Cartoon Crossroads Columbus (Columbus, OH)
2017 - Kazoo! Print Expo (Guelph, ON); Toronto Comic Arts Festival (TCAF) (Toronto, ON); Mississauga Comics Expo (MCX) (Mississauga, ON); Chicago Art Book Fair (Chicago, IL); Expozine Small Press, Comics and Zine Fair (Montreal, QC)
2016 - Kazoo! Print Expo (Guelph, ON); Toronto Comic Arts Festival (TCAF) (Toronto, ON); Chicago Alternative Comics Expo (CAKE) (Chicago, IL); Expozine Small Press, Comics and Zine Fair (Montreal, QC)
2015 - Kazoo! Print Expo (Guelph, ON); Toronto Comic Arts Festival (TCAF) (Toronto, ON); Portland Zine Symposium (Portland, OR); Canzine (Toronto, ON)
2014 - Buffalo Small Press Fair (Buffalo, NY); Kazoo! Print Expo (Guelph, ON); Toronto Comic Arts Festival (TCAF) (Toronto, ON); Expozine Small Press, Comics and Zine Fair (Montreal, QC)
2013 - Kazoo! Print Expo (Guelph, ON); Toronto Comic Arts Festival (TCAF) (Toronto, ON); Canzine (Toronto, ON); Expozine Small Press, Comics and Zine Fair (Montreal, QC)
2012 - Chicago Zine Fest (Chicago, IL); Toronto Comic Arts Festival (TCAF) (Toronto, ON); Wall of Balloons Comics Festival (Fairbanks, AK); Zine Dream (Toronto, ON); Toronto’s Word on the Street Festival (Toronto, ON); Canzine (Toronto, ON); Expozine Small Press, Comics and Zine Fair (Montreal, QC)
2011 - Toronto Comic Arts Festival (TCAF) (Toronto, ON); Zine Dream (Toronto, ON); Canzine (Toronto, ON); Expozine Small Press, Comics and Zine Fair (Montreal, QC); Brooklyn Comics and Graphics Festival (Brooklyn, NY); Zine Zone (Toronto, ON)
2010 - Wayzgoose Book Arts Fair (Grimsby, ON); Zine Dream (Toronto, ON); Canzine (Toronto, ON);
2009 - Wayzgoose Book Arts Fair (Grimsby, ON); Zine Dream (Toronto, ON); Book Launch for Back + Forth: A Novel in 90 Linocuts (Toronto, ON); Canzine (Toronto, ON); Book Launch for Back + Forth, Lucky’s Comics (Vancouver, BC)
ARTIST TALKS and PANELS
2022 (June 18) - “(Im)migration in Comics” Panel discussion with Rumi Hara and Mikëal, moderated by Brigid Alverson. Toronto Comic Arts Festival, Toronto, ON
2019 (May 14) – “Breaking the Distribution Chain: Crowdfunding & Self Published Comics” Panel discussion with Steven Andews, Cole Pauls, Camilla Zhang and Zaihab Akhtar, moderated by Matthew Murray. Toronto Comic Arts Festival’s Librarian and Educator Day, Toronto, ON.
2017 (May 12) – “More than Word: The Appeal of Silent Comics” Interview with comics scholar Barbara Postema. Toronto Comic Arts Festival’s Librarian and Educator Day, Toronto, ON.
2016 (May 13) - “Graphic memoir” Panel Discussion with Meags Fitzgerald, Mari Naomi and Dasha Tolstikova, moderated by Michelle Miller. Toronto Comic Arts Festival’s Librarian and Educator Day, Toronto, ON.
2014 (October 25) - “Every Picture: Aspects of the Book ~ Graphic Arts” Panel Discussion with Scott Chantler, Seth, Segbingway Moderator: Dale Jacobs. BookFest Windsor, Windsor, ON, Canada
2014 (July 30) - “Block Printing: Marta Chudolinska, Artist in Residence 2014” Artist Talk. Black Church Print Studio, Dublin, Ireland
2014 (May 9) - “Comics in Academia” Panel Discussion with Dr. Barbara Postema and Dr. Dale Jacobs. Toronto Comic Arts Festival (TCAF), Toronto, ON, Canada
2013 (May 10) - “Nonfiction Comics” Panel Discussion with Scott Chantler and Derf Backderf. Toronto Comic Arts Festival (TCAF), Toronto, ON, Canada
2012 (June 30) - “There’s More to Comics” Panel Discussions with Jamie Smith, Layla Lawlor, and Jeffrey Lewis. Wall of Balloons Comics Festival, University of Alaska Fairbanks Wood Center, Fairbanks, AK
2012 (June 30) - "Reading Comics"A brief lecture on the conventions of reading comics. Wall of Balloons Comics Festival, University of Alaska Fairbanks Wood Center, Fairbanks, AK
2012 (January 21) - “Alternative Literacy Panel”Panel discussion with Daniel Payne, Christopher Butcher, Rhonda McEwan. Family Literacy Day, Markham Public Library, Markham, ON
2011 (May 8) - “Building Visual Language”Panel Discussion with Edie Fake and Brecht Evens, moderated by Bill Kartalopoulos. Toronto Comic Arts Festival (TCAF), Toronto Reference Library, Toronto, ON
2010 (May 8) - “The Artist Book and the Graphic Novel: Converging tradition”Panel discussion with George Walker, Leon Rooke, Tony Calzetta and Megan Speers, moderated by Jeet Heer. Toronto Comic Arts Festival (TCAF), Toronto Reference Library, Toronto, ON
GRANTS, AWARDS and RESIDENCIES
2018 - Recipient of Ontario Arts Council Recommendor Grant for Writers
2016 - Recipient of Ontario Arts Council Writers Work in Progress Grant
2015 - Recipient of Ontario Arts Council Writers Reserve Grant
2014 - Canada Council for the Arts Travel Award; International Artist in Residence Award, Black Church Print Studio, Dublin, Ireland
2013 - Recipient of Spark Box Studio's Emerging Artist Residency Award
2010 - Writer in Residence for Open Book Toronto; Back + Forth shortlisted for Best Book category of Doug Wright Comic Book Awards; Back + Forthshortlisted for Best Graphic Novel in the Book of the Year Award, Foreword Magazine
2008 - Recipient of Ontario Arts Council Writers Reserve Grant