https://paulinaberczynski.com paulinaberczynski2025 copy Thu, 02 Oct 2025 21:34:02 +0000 https://paulinaberczynski.com en https://paulinaberczynski.com/Work Sat, 27 Sep 2025 23:11:43 +0000 paulinaberczynski2025 copy https://paulinaberczynski.com/Work Paulina Berczynski is an artist and designer working interdisciplinarily on a range of diverse creative projects. Her work often combines textile media, socially engaged cultural work, and printmaking. She also uses textiles to facilitate community building and exchange in workshops and participatory projects. Traditional crafts and domestic textiles such as quilts, dish cloths, curtains and cultural embroideries are a frequent reference and departure point across her practice. PARTICIPATORY <img width="2508" height="3496" width_o="2508" height_o="3496" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/0432475940c511286ce73e5d7c8ba960de011bf51566b8e76ef613ca5016c394/spacethumbnails_0005_Layer-3.jpg" data-mid="238745710" border="0" alt="How We Live. 2025" data-caption="How We Live. 2025" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/0432475940c511286ce73e5d7c8ba960de011bf51566b8e76ef613ca5016c394/spacethumbnails_0005_Layer-3.jpg" /> <img width="1000" height="1333" width_o="1000" height_o="1333" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/5058aa8fd48058e0b12dac1f4046ce8fcef28da9d6f7aa90c3fee6fd34b0eeae/zusa1.jpg" data-mid="238745699" border="0" alt="Around the Tablecloth. 2024" data-caption="Around the Tablecloth. 2024" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/5058aa8fd48058e0b12dac1f4046ce8fcef28da9d6f7aa90c3fee6fd34b0eeae/zusa1.jpg" /> <img width="1728" height="2408" width_o="1728" height_o="2408" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/c4306f1376ea62730b5507fd97a1cb0a8726a9171aecf8980b3c7e002f745d3f/trz3.jpg" data-mid="238745694" border="0" alt="The Trzepak. 2023" data-caption="The Trzepak. 2023" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/c4306f1376ea62730b5507fd97a1cb0a8726a9171aecf8980b3c7e002f745d3f/trz3.jpg" /> <img width="1728" height="2408" width_o="1728" height_o="2408" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/456cd61ed62259608020fb5ae456fc51df97e695716dae00a55660a1a29f33b6/storyquilts2.jpg" data-mid="238745691" border="0" alt="." data-caption="." src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/456cd61ed62259608020fb5ae456fc51df97e695716dae00a55660a1a29f33b6/storyquilts2.jpg" /> <img width="1728" height="2408" width_o="1728" height_o="2408" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/c7f244e1a2f59a7f4fbc73a381b65f63b58fa2deb41cfda22b16bdf593016afa/mat2_0002_Layer-2.jpg" data-mid="238745703" border="0" alt="Feral Fabric Story Quilts. 2020-2022" data-caption="Feral Fabric Story Quilts. 2020-2022" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/c7f244e1a2f59a7f4fbc73a381b65f63b58fa2deb41cfda22b16bdf593016afa/mat2_0002_Layer-2.jpg" /> <img width="1728" height="2408" width_o="1728" height_o="2408" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/3764e74334b11e2dde6241807640422fdac160bb0e4b14c80571c98e5b9330b5/port1_0005_Layer-27.jpg" data-mid="238745664" border="0" alt="Feral Fabric Workshops. 2018-2022" data-caption="Feral Fabric Workshops. 2018-2022" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/3764e74334b11e2dde6241807640422fdac160bb0e4b14c80571c98e5b9330b5/port1_0005_Layer-27.jpg" /> <img width="1728" height="2408" width_o="1728" height_o="2408" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/3f9e24917f627e6f37f03077595192d254da6cfa6b99a56d4f44f10b1c931db7/mat2_0000_Layer-4.jpg" data-mid="238745700" border="0" alt="String Games. 2024" data-caption="String Games. 2024" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/3f9e24917f627e6f37f03077595192d254da6cfa6b99a56d4f44f10b1c931db7/mat2_0000_Layer-4.jpg" /> <img width="1728" height="2408" width_o="1728" height_o="2408" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/888f20d0c9709340a0a39e66cbc099daeddd20f8c5cdef3f37d4444d69a0d631/port1_0027_Layer-41.jpg" data-mid="238745686" border="0" alt="We Can Be Heroes. 2023" data-caption="We Can Be Heroes. 2023" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/888f20d0c9709340a0a39e66cbc099daeddd20f8c5cdef3f37d4444d69a0d631/port1_0027_Layer-41.jpg" /> <img width="1728" height="2408" width_o="1728" height_o="2408" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/3259063d397490d9b4efc018dbdcc5889cd16c26990b3bad505a865b9a06983c/snakebanner.jpg" data-mid="238745692" border="0" alt="Feral Fabric Snake Banner. 2020" data-caption="Feral Fabric Snake Banner. 2020" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/3259063d397490d9b4efc018dbdcc5889cd16c26990b3bad505a865b9a06983c/snakebanner.jpg" /> <img width="1728" height="2408" width_o="1728" height_o="2408" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/09cdaea4448e3cc39ac02a461758f08144ef30a0f346f00c71c100ca49427af2/port1_0011_Layer-21.jpg" data-mid="238745670" border="0" alt="Encounters. Ongoing" data-caption="Encounters. Ongoing" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/09cdaea4448e3cc39ac02a461758f08144ef30a0f346f00c71c100ca49427af2/port1_0011_Layer-21.jpg" /> <img width="1728" height="2408" width_o="1728" height_o="2408" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/39a682e0e4395756c794f9196bb9b91a73a3ac7d0be6076c33d4e6932af70725/port1_0000_Layer-32b.jpg" data-mid="238745698" border="0" alt="Being There. 2017" data-caption="Being There. 2017" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/39a682e0e4395756c794f9196bb9b91a73a3ac7d0be6076c33d4e6932af70725/port1_0000_Layer-32b.jpg" /> <img width="1032" height="1416" width_o="1032" height_o="1416" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/f636fcff587038c06b6f30ddeaf5de19844235baf02b56a24e3400929e390822/windy.jpg" data-mid="238745657" border="0" alt="Wind Blanket. 2017" data-caption="Wind Blanket. 2017" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/f636fcff587038c06b6f30ddeaf5de19844235baf02b56a24e3400929e390822/windy.jpg" /> <img width="1728" height="2408" width_o="1728" height_o="2408" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/0c9ce6411a5ad00800fce2ecb306a59c1f3a736bd0eb8245cee4756085827c40/port1_0009_Layer-16.jpg" data-mid="238745697" border="0" alt="Between Us. 2016" data-caption="Between Us. 2016" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/0c9ce6411a5ad00800fce2ecb306a59c1f3a736bd0eb8245cee4756085827c40/port1_0009_Layer-16.jpg" /> <img width="2508" height="3496" width_o="2508" height_o="3496" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/a30f448323fc43ede0f966c3e452c4d703ac9458cfde7e09be89adbbf29c1edc/spacethumbnails_0000_Layer-9.jpg" data-mid="238745711" border="0" alt="Knock Offs. 2015" data-caption="Knock Offs. 2015" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/a30f448323fc43ede0f966c3e452c4d703ac9458cfde7e09be89adbbf29c1edc/spacethumbnails_0000_Layer-9.jpg" /> <img width="1728" height="2408" width_o="1728" height_o="2408" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/f6c48fbc169b3ad2ab93561b4982d3f11363b966f16760e86f7099a1af570a17/port1_0006_Layer-24.jpg" data-mid="238745665" border="0" alt="Flag Zine. 2015" data-caption="Flag Zine. 2015" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/f6c48fbc169b3ad2ab93561b4982d3f11363b966f16760e86f7099a1af570a17/port1_0006_Layer-24.jpg" /> RESEARCH / ACADEMIC <img width="2508" height="3496" width_o="2508" height_o="3496" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/969ed749120de7f9dd418eac701475976d9b0d38aed86adeb707a190273403d1/casinothumb.jpg" data-mid="238752488" border="0" alt="Radical Domestic: Strategies and Symbols in Revolutionizing Craft. 2025" data-caption="Radical Domestic: Strategies and Symbols in Revolutionizing Craft. 2025" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/969ed749120de7f9dd418eac701475976d9b0d38aed86adeb707a190273403d1/casinothumb.jpg" /> <img width="2508" height="3496" width_o="2508" height_o="3496" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/9ad3d25dcf17d6eb952038aadf6bb3c95e185167f4118ea8b4b7152bf0020efd/spacethumbnails_0002_Layer-8.jpg" data-mid="238752409" border="0" alt="The Utopian Archive: Prelinger Library. 2023" data-caption="The Utopian Archive: Prelinger Library. 2023" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/9ad3d25dcf17d6eb952038aadf6bb3c95e185167f4118ea8b4b7152bf0020efd/spacethumbnails_0002_Layer-8.jpg" /> <img width="2508" height="3496" width_o="2508" height_o="3496" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/4f3a37d44beb6515447c1126c8d3423766b017178e51046283b25efa2611cf9a/magdalenathumb.jpg" data-mid="238752495" border="0" alt="The Polish School of Textile Art. 2022-2023" data-caption="The Polish School of Textile Art. 2022-2023" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/4f3a37d44beb6515447c1126c8d3423766b017178e51046283b25efa2611cf9a/magdalenathumb.jpg" /> <img width="1728" height="2408" width_o="1728" height_o="2408" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/657496402727cb18bbb4d758f3eb9121b5b3c4aff85ca49926f3e0c34f435989/port1_0018_Layer-7.jpg" data-mid="238745677" border="0" alt="Feral Fabric Journal. 2018-2022" data-caption="Feral Fabric Journal. 2018-2022" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/657496402727cb18bbb4d758f3eb9121b5b3c4aff85ca49926f3e0c34f435989/port1_0018_Layer-7.jpg" /> STUDIO WORK <img width="1728" height="2408" width_o="1728" height_o="2408" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/017428ec18657ac522a99ab0176a885b25f3d01f6a8f788d6fcf8983d1dc984d/port1_0020_Layer-4.jpg" data-mid="238745679" border="0" alt="Mattress Work. 2025" data-caption="Mattress Work. 2025" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/017428ec18657ac522a99ab0176a885b25f3d01f6a8f788d6fcf8983d1dc984d/port1_0020_Layer-4.jpg" /> <img width="1728" height="2408" width_o="1728" height_o="2408" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/0f3a9c9ace7bf9bae7e1a9aca7a81b63f0d20de3aafe7c0d0ea5a49a81c963d6/port1_0008_Layer-18.jpg" data-mid="238745667" border="0" alt="Tapestries. 2018-2024" data-caption="Tapestries. 2018-2024" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/0f3a9c9ace7bf9bae7e1a9aca7a81b63f0d20de3aafe7c0d0ea5a49a81c963d6/port1_0008_Layer-18.jpg" /> <img width="2508" height="3496" width_o="2508" height_o="3496" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/5f1284ef9922040040a5911b692d20f98a1e9394b13c5b20f126009136aa1a20/blueonionthumb.jpg" data-mid="238917144" border="0" alt="Felt Ceramics. 2019" data-caption="Felt Ceramics. 2019" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/5f1284ef9922040040a5911b692d20f98a1e9394b13c5b20f126009136aa1a20/blueonionthumb.jpg" /> <img width="1800" height="2400" width_o="1800" height_o="2400" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/f95299afcdc1143ad6ec410c09ca87eca68f4aef752cf15ba97eeba3a5388122/IMG_1022.jpeg" data-mid="238822020" border="0" alt="Whites. 2020-2021" data-caption="Whites. 2020-2021" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/f95299afcdc1143ad6ec410c09ca87eca68f4aef752cf15ba97eeba3a5388122/IMG_1022.jpeg" /> <img width="1728" height="2408" width_o="1728" height_o="2408" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/dc25ffbd7519e2a8532cb0b8ff89358b27c37826723995dbf962a1835279c33c/port1_0012_Layer-20.jpg" data-mid="238745671" border="0" alt="Various Textile Works. 2015-2023" data-caption="Various Textile Works. 2015-2023" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/dc25ffbd7519e2a8532cb0b8ff89358b27c37826723995dbf962a1835279c33c/port1_0012_Layer-20.jpg" /> PATTERNS and DESIGN WORK <img width="1728" height="2408" width_o="1728" height_o="2408" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/5bb5b150343f0190a19ef08a85dbf3f2b30dec1e4fdfb3d342cdeaf47d603331/wrappaper.jpg" data-mid="238745693" border="0" alt="Pattern Design" data-caption="Pattern Design" 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height_o="3387" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/4ca25209f78cc6c3d7e30b2692a4f59ed0fdeea8eae4878a0613b341dd80b042/IMG_5352.jpeg" data-mid="239027034" border="0" alt="Prints" data-caption="Prints" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/4ca25209f78cc6c3d7e30b2692a4f59ed0fdeea8eae4878a0613b341dd80b042/IMG_5352.jpeg" /> https://paulinaberczynski.com/About Sat, 27 Sep 2025 23:12:08 +0000 paulinaberczynski2025 copy https://paulinaberczynski.com/About About Artist Statement CV Paulina Berczynski is a Polish-American artist and designer working on interdisciplinary projects through social practice, as a cultural worker, and in the studio. She often employs fabric to facilitate exchange in participatory projects. Her work is influenced by traditional forms such as quilts and domestic crafts, and movements for social justice and utopian world building. Paulina maintains a studio practice and writes about radical textiles for Feral Fabric Journal, where she is co-founder and art director. She recently completed a Fulbright Fellowship to study The Polish School of Textiles in Łódż, during which she also worked in the community on The Trzepak&nbsp;social sculpture, and textile workshop series. She was the 2022 recipient of Southern Exposure’s Alternative Exposure grant for Feral Fabric Journal, and of a 2023 Prelinger Library residency focusing on California’s intentional communities and back-to-the-land movement. In 2024, She was part of Zusa’s international What’s Next Residency, where she led workshops for Around the Tablecloth in Wrocław and Berlin. In 2025, She will return to Northern California, where she will be an artist in residence at KALA in Berkeley. Paulina has lectured on contemporary textile art at the university level in the United States and in Poland. She has written for Textile: A Journal of Cloth and Culture (based in the UK), and received an individual artist grant from the City of Berkeley to create participatory story quilts with people experiencing homelessness in support of housing rights. Both individually and as half of Feral Fabric, she has led numerous textile-based workshops with California institutions such as High Desert Test Sites, Berkeley Art Museum, NIAD Art Center and Southern Exposure. In her previous career, Paulina worked as an art director for some of the world’s biggest and most iconic brands such as Lucky Strike and Puma. FluffyCo, her sustainable lifestyle brand from 2004-2022, was sold internationally in hundreds of shops and online retailers, and made custom products for stores such as Target, Urban Outfitters, and Crate&amp;Barrel. She is currently thinking on the role of design and process in her practice, co-developing an artist in residence project space in Nevada City, and thinking (as always) about collectvity. https://paulinaberczynski.com/Contact Sat, 27 Sep 2025 23:12:09 +0000 paulinaberczynski2025 copy https://paulinaberczynski.com/Contact Based between Berkeley and Nevada CIty in Northern California Email: pzberczynski_gmail.com USA text / Whatsapp / Signal: &nbsp; +1 4155480117 &nbsp; https://paulinaberczynski.com/Artist-Statement Sat, 27 Sep 2025 23:12:10 +0000 paulinaberczynski2025 copy https://paulinaberczynski.com/Artist-Statement About Artist Statement CV I am a Polish-American visual artist who works on interdisciplinary projects through social practice, as a cultural worker, using design, and in the studio.&nbsp; My perspective and aesthetic is shaped by a childhood spent moving through different cultures, languages, and socio-economic realities. I was born in Łódź, a post-industrial city that was once the center of commercial textile production for the USSR. My family left Poland as political refugees in 1980, and moved frequently over the next decade, finding community in wild intellectual Polish diasporas (think basement art parties and accordion dance music). My identity, my work, and my interest in collective action is tied to this immigration experience, and to my family’s direct relationship to Poland’s Solidarity movement for workers’ rights. My interest in radicality and social change was further shaped by the history of San Francisco’s Bay Area, where I was based for almost 25 years. I use textiles as my primary medium in the studio, and in public projects as a tool for communication. I often reference domestic textiles such as quilts and curtains in my work. These forms and materials are familiar and accessible, and can hold important personal histories, invoking feelings of home and community. I am inspired by women’s work and traditional craft processes. Frequently my work manifests as some combination of textiles and printing, be that digital or screen-printing, or combined in textile collages.&nbsp; In addition to my art practice, I create patterns and illustrations as a surface designer. &nbsp;I also conduct art historical and academic research, and co-publish Feral Fabric Journal, an online scholarly journal that highlights radical textile production in art, activism, and countercultural movements. https://paulinaberczynski.com/CV Sat, 27 Sep 2025 23:12:10 +0000 paulinaberczynski2025 copy https://paulinaberczynski.com/CV About Artist Statement CV Education 2016 MFA in Fine Art. California College of the Arts, San Francisco, CA.1997 BFA in Communication Design. Carnegie Mellon University, Pittsburgh, PA. Long Term Projects 2024/25&nbsp; Mattress WorkA sometimes interactive series of soft sculptures installed in gallery spaces and in public 2024&nbsp; Around the Tablecloth A series of conversations about personal history, cuture, traditions, and mental health, centered around a group embroidery project. Berlin, Germany and Wrocław, Poland 2023&nbsp; The Trzepak A series of community textile workshops and a neighborhood social sculpture. In cooperation with the Academy of Fine Arts and Stowarzyszenie “Dla Rodziny” in&nbsp;Łódż, Poland 2018-2024&nbsp; Feral Fabric Story Quilts A narrative quilt project with people experiencing homelessness in the San Francisco Bay Area, California. In partnership with Building Opportunities for Self-Sufficiency (BOSS) Family Shelter in Berkeley and BOSS temporary shelter Hayward, Raphael House Family Homeless Shelter in San Francisco, The Village Pop-up Free Stores Oakland, Punks With Lunch, Oakland, Women’s Daytime Drop-In Center, Berkeley, Here/There Camp on the Berkeley/Oakland border. 2018-2024&nbsp; Feral Fabric Journal An online scholarly periodical dedicated to radical textiles in art, activism, and social movements. The related print publication was released in 2024. 2018-2021&nbsp; Feral Fabric Textile-based Workshops 2021 Back Patch Workshop (virtual), Scrap Creative Reuse, San Francisco2021 Back Patch Workshop (virtual), Berkeley Art Museum, Berkeley2020 Community Banner, Berkeley Art Center, Berkeley2019 Back Patch Workshop, NIAD Art Center, Richmond2019 Community Textile Workshops, Sunday Streets, San Francisco2019 Banner Workshop, May Day workers event, Frank Ogawa Plaza, Oakland2018 Banner Workshop,&nbsp;Oakland Pride Parade, Frank Ogawa Plaza, Oakland2018 Back Patch Workshop,&nbsp;Figment, Oakland2018 Back Patch and Banner Workshop, Berkeley Art Museum, Berkeley 2004-2022 FluffyCo FluffyCo was a San Francisco-based sustainable lifestyle and fashion brand. It was distributed through 300+ independent shops and chain retailers primarily in the US and Canada but also in Japan, Australia, and Europe. Creative collaborations included Target, Urban Outfitters, ModCloth and Crate&amp;Barrel. Also operated as the online shop Wavy Matter. Participatory and Site Specific 2025&nbsp; &nbsp; Radical Domestic series Casinoooo. Berlin2024&nbsp; &nbsp; Quiet Time &nbsp;Open-Air Super 8 projection and string game workshop. Berlin2023&nbsp; &nbsp; We Can Be Heroes&nbsp; Cape-Making workshop. ZuHaus, Berlin2021&nbsp; &nbsp; Community Banner&nbsp; High Desert Test Sites HQ. Sky Village Swap Meet, Yucca Valley, CA 2019&nbsp; &nbsp; Encounters &nbsp;Participatory, Experimental Art Weekends, Nevada City, CA2018&nbsp; &nbsp; Swap Meet Story Quilt&nbsp; High Desert Test Sites HQ. Sky Village Swap Meet, Yucca Valley2017&nbsp; &nbsp; Being There&nbsp; High Desert Test Sites HQ. Sky Village Swap Meet, Yucca Valley2017&nbsp; &nbsp; Wind Blanket&nbsp; JT Lab. Joshua Tree National Park, CA2015&nbsp; &nbsp; Flag Zine&nbsp; Green River, Utah Exhibitions (selected) 2025&nbsp; &nbsp; Tak Żyjemy/How We Live. Solo. HB55 Kunstfabrik, Berlin2025&nbsp; &nbsp; Alles in Butter.&nbsp;HB55 Kunstfabrik, Berlin 2025&nbsp; &nbsp; Sleep HB55. Kunstfabrik, Berlin2024&nbsp; &nbsp; Margarine.&nbsp; HB55 Kunstfabrik, Berlin2022&nbsp; &nbsp; Feral Fabric Story Quilts. Solo exhibition. Pro-Arts, Oakland2020&nbsp; &nbsp; Feral Fabric Snake Banner &amp; The Workshop. Solo exhibition. Berkeley Art Center2017&nbsp; &nbsp; PATA Kobro Gallery, Akademia Sztuk Pieknych, Łódź, Poland2016&nbsp; &nbsp; Capes and Knock Offs. Solo exhibition. Vacation, San Francisco2016&nbsp; &nbsp; After Pop Life Curated by Glen Helfland. Minnesota Street Project, SF2016&nbsp; &nbsp; Home. Pro Arts Gallery, Oakland2016&nbsp; &nbsp; California College of the Arts. MFA Exhibition, Minnesota Street Project 2015&nbsp; &nbsp; Technophilia. Embark Gallery, SF Awards, Grants, Commissions 2025&nbsp; &nbsp; KALA Artist in Residence. Fall 2025. Berkeley, CA 2024 &nbsp;&nbsp; Zusa: What’s Next Artist Residency. Berlin, Germany 2023&nbsp; &nbsp; Looms and Labor Intensive. Pickle Bar / Slavs and Tatars, Berlin 2023&nbsp; &nbsp; Prelinger Library, Research grant.&nbsp;San Francisco, CA 2022&nbsp; &nbsp; Fulbright Research Grant. Łódż, Poland 2022&nbsp; &nbsp; Southern Exposure: Alternative Exposure Grant for Feral Fabric Journal. SF Bay Area 2020&nbsp; &nbsp; City of Berkeley Individual Artist Grant for Feral Fabric Story Quilts. Berkeley 2020&nbsp; &nbsp; Commission: Berkeley Art Center- Feral Fabric Community Snake Banner and The Workshop. Berkeley2015&nbsp; &nbsp; Travel Grant. California College of the Arts. San Francisco 2014&nbsp; &nbsp; Merit Scholarship, California College of the Arts. 2 years. San Francisco Lectures and Academic 2025 &nbsp;&nbsp; Lecture Series: The Radical Domestic: Strategies and Symbols in Revolutionizing Craft. Casino. Berlin, Germany 2023&nbsp; &nbsp; Lecture: The Trzepak. Academy of Fine Arts, Łódż, Poland. 2023&nbsp; &nbsp; Lecture: Textiles, Nature and Place. University of the Arts, Poznań, Poland 2022&nbsp; &nbsp; Lecture: Contemporary American Textile Art. University of the Arts, Poznań, Poland 2017&nbsp; &nbsp; Guest Alumni Critic. California College of the Arts, San Francisco 2016&nbsp; &nbsp; Guest Lecturer in the Textiles department. California College of the Arts, San Francisco 2016&nbsp; &nbsp; Teaching Assistant. California College of the Arts, San Francisco : New Media 2015&nbsp; &nbsp; Teaching Assistant. California College of the Arts, San Francisco : Textiles 2011&nbsp; &nbsp; Guest Lecturer. ModCloth Academy, San Francisco Writing 2024&nbsp; &nbsp; Community through Camo: Weaving War Nets for the Ukrainian Front. FF Journal, Volume 7 2021&nbsp; &nbsp; Sheila Klein on Functional Fabrics, Architecture, and Singing the Same Tune. FF Journal, Volume 5 2021&nbsp; &nbsp; Exhibition review: Rosie Lee Tompkins at BAM/PFA. Textile: A Journal of Cloth and Culture, UK 2021&nbsp; &nbsp; Social Action Considered Through the Language of Textiles. FF Journal, Volume 3 2020&nbsp; &nbsp; Radical Excess: the Art and Life of Bill Bowers. Feral Fabric Journal, Volume 1 Publications &amp; Press (selected) 2020&nbsp; &nbsp; Sharing your Practice: Curriculum by Lukaza Branfman-Verrisimo for Berkeley Art Museum 2018&nbsp; &nbsp; Going Feral with Fabric by Lou Fancher. The East Bay Monthly 2018&nbsp; &nbsp; Amanda Walters and Paulina Berczynski go Feral with Fabric. by Lou Fancher for Alameda Magazine 2013&nbsp; &nbsp; The Bay, Creators of Style by Liz Caruana 2012&nbsp; &nbsp; InStyle Magazine - FluffyCo 2008&nbsp; &nbsp; Design*Sponge.com - FluffyCo multiple mentions 2008-2012) 2008&nbsp; &nbsp; Elle Magazine - FluffyCo Languages C2&nbsp; &nbsp; English&nbsp; C1&nbsp; &nbsp; Polish A2&nbsp; &nbsp; Spanish A1&nbsp; &nbsp; German, French https://paulinaberczynski.com/Casino-Radical-Domestic Thu, 02 Oct 2025 19:22:58 +0000 paulinaberczynski2025 copy https://paulinaberczynski.com/Casino-Radical-Domestic <img width="2205" height="1638" width_o="2205" height_o="1638" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/c90f75bf03bc202cffebefd3c4aaccb97ceeef477fbc4854748487789fb1b403/Casino1.png" data-mid="238959036" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/c90f75bf03bc202cffebefd3c4aaccb97ceeef477fbc4854748487789fb1b403/Casino1.png" /> <img width="949" height="1053" width_o="949" height_o="1053" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/1c0c6316635de10131d0d3ef09e43ffee9e44b315ed510b3599df53cee55ef5d/pingu.jpg" data-mid="238959263" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/949/i/1c0c6316635de10131d0d3ef09e43ffee9e44b315ed510b3599df53cee55ef5d/pingu.jpg" /> <img width="927" height="1234" width_o="927" height_o="1234" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/5e94aec77209ee95fc5993bde6846383cf6754afd6d805cf1eecfde0e004fda4/solidarity.jpg" data-mid="238959262" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/927/i/5e94aec77209ee95fc5993bde6846383cf6754afd6d805cf1eecfde0e004fda4/solidarity.jpg" /> <img width="1907" height="1077" width_o="1907" height_o="1077" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/c880e942a7c14d0665dabd23c7d989f5ce46d6e47e17038f4ddbcc4bcc2eb4cd/slide.jpg" data-mid="238959319" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/c880e942a7c14d0665dabd23c7d989f5ce46d6e47e17038f4ddbcc4bcc2eb4cd/slide.jpg" /> <img width="1911" height="1074" width_o="1911" height_o="1074" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/3180a039e7dd716a0079c829afcf7e89765aa7ee8ffed18dbdd162bc14fdcfc7/slide2.jpg" data-mid="238959453" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/3180a039e7dd716a0079c829afcf7e89765aa7ee8ffed18dbdd162bc14fdcfc7/slide2.jpg" /> <img width="3024" height="4032" width_o="3024" height_o="4032" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/2475071a85750eb054eeb438479ea2463e02d85ed85d93ae99d6ebe7718d2d8d/casino4.jpg" data-mid="238959035" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/2475071a85750eb054eeb438479ea2463e02d85ed85d93ae99d6ebe7718d2d8d/casino4.jpg" /> <img width="3024" height="4032" width_o="3024" height_o="4032" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/7a4d661e244a6bc68287e9e9b9add20e60440a814f4084a706f61b6b24f6e93d/IMG_2401.jpeg" data-mid="238959038" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/7a4d661e244a6bc68287e9e9b9add20e60440a814f4084a706f61b6b24f6e93d/IMG_2401.jpeg" /> <img width="3803" height="3024" width_o="3803" height_o="3024" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/f4b2590f392f0720db1b84a4721a21ec733a0decc0e8c425269fb45a1032f5cd/casino2.jpg" data-mid="238959032" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/f4b2590f392f0720db1b84a4721a21ec733a0decc0e8c425269fb45a1032f5cd/casino2.jpg" /> The Radical Domestic: Revolutionizing Craft2025 Casino, Berlin Part free-school lectures on radical textiles, part sewing skill-share, part collective embroidery practice which took place over three sessions in July and August 2025. The goal was to share ideas and artists relevant to radicality and protest, new ways of being in the world, and transmitting messages through fabric, and also to make a radical textile together and talk through the possibilities of crafts, code, and building new lexicons of support and resistance. Continuing my practice of building connection through craft and embroidery, this program centered feminism, activism, sharing knowledge and imagining new worlds.Some people came to only one or two sessions for the lecture and embroidery skill-share aspects, while a small group committed to working together over the duration of the project.&nbsp;This group planned the the banner-like textile together around the unifying message “Bring Everyone to the Table”, combining applique flowers associated with resistance movements, text, and other elements that resonated with individual participants’ identities. Conversation during the crafting sessions mostly focused on women’s physical and mental health, sexuality, and safety in public spaces. Despite adding a fourth craft session the textile wasn’t completed, and will now likely take on a different form, to be finished at Casino.I plan to expand on the lectures and turn them into a more comprehensive curriculum online. In the meantime, the lectures can be viewed ︎&nbsp;here. Casino is a self-mnaged social center and mutual aid cafe in Berlin, Germany *Pingu here is performing a certain gender-coded failure. But craft isn't just about pouring glitter on your anger and powerlessness in this world I distributed basic embroidery instructions and Feral Fabric zines to everyone who attended.Lectures:1. The Radical Domestic: Strategies and Symbols in Revolutionizing Craft2. Making Niche Art as the World Burns3. Bring Everyone to the Table https://paulinaberczynski.com/Feral-Fabric-Journal Thu, 02 Oct 2025 21:02:05 +0000 paulinaberczynski2025 copy https://paulinaberczynski.com/Feral-Fabric-Journal <img width="1586" height="915" width_o="1586" height_o="915" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/b40a0f9085d0c450f62b9c280c416132da8c04a2f3806b00e2c55f5c3d868cd2/language.jpg" data-mid="238959560" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/b40a0f9085d0c450f62b9c280c416132da8c04a2f3806b00e2c55f5c3d868cd2/language.jpg" /> <img width="2787" height="3402" width_o="2787" height_o="3402" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/7dab58e6fe980792d30feeee8610c805caae16adda51a98ba3f81bc79073e5ea/journal.jpg" data-mid="238960158" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/7dab58e6fe980792d30feeee8610c805caae16adda51a98ba3f81bc79073e5ea/journal.jpg" /> <img width="2710" height="3032" width_o="2710" height_o="3032" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/c8525d56f0c935b63ea5e7e44f2b9cc3a994db736f01950917d24ae09c24e924/article.jpg" data-mid="238960053" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/c8525d56f0c935b63ea5e7e44f2b9cc3a994db736f01950917d24ae09c24e924/article.jpg" /> <img width="2850" height="2996" width_o="2850" height_o="2996" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/cec55dba4441a1ba0978a3368ed0466f0e478dba2244d037e1fb5d2584e94fcf/love.jpg" data-mid="238959572" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/cec55dba4441a1ba0978a3368ed0466f0e478dba2244d037e1fb5d2584e94fcf/love.jpg" /> <img width="2709" height="1650" width_o="2709" height_o="1650" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/4fcf202d35a652e5b6fcbd9a0ae14edd36beaf946f2d63b5797bcabf3a3c83c6/jane.jpg" data-mid="238959573" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/4fcf202d35a652e5b6fcbd9a0ae14edd36beaf946f2d63b5797bcabf3a3c83c6/jane.jpg" /> <img width="1809" height="1252" width_o="1809" height_o="1252" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/010edade055ccd48a40d407d9f21b4eb874614d673e1517671527ba519813e79/printversion.jpg" data-mid="238960127" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/010edade055ccd48a40d407d9f21b4eb874614d673e1517671527ba519813e79/printversion.jpg" /> Feral Fabric Journal Feral Fabric Journal is a scholarly periodic journal highlighting radical textile production in art, activism, and countercultural movements. The journal has been published online since 2018 and, in 2023, received a grant to publish a print version compiling selected content from the first six volumes.Feral Fabric is the collaborative work of artists Paulina Berczynski and Amanda Walters. We bring forward ideas, conversations, and workshops that combine our interests in textiles, contemporary art, and personal and cultural transformation. From 2018-2022 Feral Fabric also led textile-based workshops and projects with institutions including Berkeley Art Museum, Berkeley Art Center, Southern Exposure’s Youth Advisory Council, and NIAD Art Center. The multi-year Feral Fabric project Story Quilts was a narrative quilting and DIY craft project with unhoused communities and individuals in the Bay Area. Visit the journal HERE https://paulinaberczynski.com/Agency-Work Thu, 02 Oct 2025 21:32:34 +0000 paulinaberczynski2025 copy https://paulinaberczynski.com/Agency-Work <img width="1880" height="1320" width_o="1880" height_o="1320" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/8f2332d71c00196f5cce4240cb02503af5c09f8821fa23f4cc001e0a07ebf4da/P1180288.JPG" data-mid="239027275" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/8f2332d71c00196f5cce4240cb02503af5c09f8821fa23f4cc001e0a07ebf4da/P1180288.JPG" /> <img width="1632" height="2316" width_o="1632" height_o="2316" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/678f5fe8200310f08f14201f209b55b12f947daeec646e11ac89705b44321f55/P1180315.JPG" data-mid="239027257" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/678f5fe8200310f08f14201f209b55b12f947daeec646e11ac89705b44321f55/P1180315.JPG" /> Agency Work I started my career as an art director and worked with some of the world’s biggest brands including Puma, Lucky Strike, and M&amp;M Mars focusing on experiential and guerilla marketing. https://paulinaberczynski.com/Patterns-pzbz Thu, 02 Oct 2025 21:34:02 +0000 paulinaberczynski2025 copy https://paulinaberczynski.com/Patterns-pzbz <img width="858" height="1111" width_o="858" height_o="1111" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/1faadcd88e65eb518add17bfccae2f5a5a0cd92a841ff532e6942895ffd79a82/coco3.jpg" data-mid="239016176" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/858/i/1faadcd88e65eb518add17bfccae2f5a5a0cd92a841ff532e6942895ffd79a82/coco3.jpg" /> <img width="858" height="1111" width_o="858" height_o="1111" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/9d61c944456506b1dfbefe6279c2c23b25d8fe46fad4c9e87a05180c06f9323f/fabric2.jpg" data-mid="239016181" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/858/i/9d61c944456506b1dfbefe6279c2c23b25d8fe46fad4c9e87a05180c06f9323f/fabric2.jpg" /> <img width="9833" height="8333" width_o="9833" height_o="8333" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/616987be21671e9c6fb799edae985217a75677d054c24b89f0deab31728d31cf/USE-SWAY-LINES-REPEATD2.jpg" data-mid="239016202" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/616987be21671e9c6fb799edae985217a75677d054c24b89f0deab31728d31cf/USE-SWAY-LINES-REPEATD2.jpg" /> <img width="9208" height="8333" width_o="9208" height_o="8333" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/379008e861e84c17384319ba418df2b33add903e4401d12f01fc6ac277611c6d/Dark-Floral_Deco-Tulip_bright-copy.jpg" data-mid="239016200" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/379008e861e84c17384319ba418df2b33add903e4401d12f01fc6ac277611c6d/Dark-Floral_Deco-Tulip_bright-copy.jpg" /> <img width="3900" height="2925" width_o="3900" height_o="2925" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/4e5fee89dee44a22df700af02f36c8721830ffdd26bfc0e4fd1f7f5b4129e983/coffees.jpg" data-mid="239016184" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/4e5fee89dee44a22df700af02f36c8721830ffdd26bfc0e4fd1f7f5b4129e983/coffees.jpg" /> <img width="1952" height="1952" width_o="1952" height_o="1952" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/09278637b39ed221c277466317122c34c9d7fbc3b46774bb4337ef9568bc78fc/SovietDisco_0024_Layer-27-copy.jpg" data-mid="239016198" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/09278637b39ed221c277466317122c34c9d7fbc3b46774bb4337ef9568bc78fc/SovietDisco_0024_Layer-27-copy.jpg" /> <img width="2097" height="2000" width_o="2097" height_o="2000" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/5adceca0a0da6d3a941e15e5df2944037d7a2ad31c8793ac369f0b73265ac5c4/LoungeChair.jpg" data-mid="239016185" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/5adceca0a0da6d3a941e15e5df2944037d7a2ad31c8793ac369f0b73265ac5c4/LoungeChair.jpg" /> <img width="3000" height="2000" width_o="3000" height_o="2000" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/1e1af200658dca6edf6fbcb31e4d38f5fc95d7d9985d2ab4095de1730aace9fb/brownpaper-gifts-set.jpg" data-mid="239016183" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/1e1af200658dca6edf6fbcb31e4d38f5fc95d7d9985d2ab4095de1730aace9fb/brownpaper-gifts-set.jpg" /> Pattern Work My new commerical venture in surface pattern design will also include prints and wall art for sale.&nbsp; 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It was focused on sustainability and featured an easygoing, nature inspired aesthetic. FluffyCo had wholesale clients in the US, Canada, Australia and Japanese distribution. It was even briefly sold at iconic Paris boutique Colette! Key Accounts included Crate&amp;Barrel, ModCloth, Urban Outfitters, Target, Fuego stores, and Ships (Japan). Notable Press included InStyle, DesignSponge, Elle, ReadyMade, Martha Stewart Living.