Patrycja Ochman
A graduate of the Faculty of Interior Design at the Academy of Fine Arts in Kraków, she completed her degree in 2007 in the Furniture and Interior Elements Design Studio under the supervision of prof. Roman Kurzawski. Since 2008, a research and teaching employee at the Faculty of Interior Design of the Academy of Fine Arts in Kraków. In 2017, she was awarded a doctor of fine arts degree in the artistic discipline of design arts, and since October 2022 she has run the 2nd Exhibition Space Design Studio. She deals with space design, creating projects for interiors, exhibitions, furniture and interactive installations, and takes part in national and international exhibitions (including: the 7th Tashkent International Biennale of Contemporary Art in Uzbekistan / 2018, Archinside International Exhibition of Architecture Design, Interior Design and Applied Art in Thessaloniki, Greece / 2018, the Łódź Design Festival 2018, Arch Inside, the Gallery of the Cyclades, Greece, 2020 / the Night of Museums in Kraków / Krakers Kraków Art Week 2020 / the Piotrków Biennale of Art | 2021, Architek(skin) in which I live, Academic Design Centre in Łódź, 2022). She writes and publishes texts on space, design and design processes, conducting research on the relationship between man and space, searching for interdisciplinary connections between art, design and literature. Winner of the first place in the competition of the 15th International Architecture Biennale Kraków 2019 (Competition B: Seminar) for a project entitled City/river: update. Laureate od the Grand Prix in the competition for professionals in the “public interior” category in a design team with Paulina Ochman for the design of the Stanisław Wyspiański Public Library in Kalwaria Zebrzydowska.
Her original artistic achievements are primarily concerned with innovative approaches to ongoing research in the field of design art. The study of space and its relationship with man leads to the development of scientific and film material, the public presentation of which, due to its uniqueness, has been appreciated by national and international audiences. The materials developed in this way enable the realisation of innovative curricula and teaching methods, and are an inexhaustible source of inspiration for the translation of content into spatial forms, interactive installations or video installations presented at national and international exhibitions.
Since 2021, she has been the scientific supervisor of the student Scientific Circle operating at the Faculty, the Faculty Promotion Coordinator, she also conducts workshops for students as part of the Expert Programme (a project co-financed by the European Union as part of the European Social Fund "Integrated Programme for the Development of the Academy of Fine Arts in Kraków"). She is a member of the Ergonomics Committee of the Polish Academy of Skills. Curator of the 7th International Biennale of Interior Design, author of visual identification and graphic design for the event, participant of the exhibition as part of an Open Call. Organiser of three editions of the National Conference Cultural Annexes, whose formula she constantly tries to expand with accompanying events (open call for new exhibition concepts) to make it an interdisciplinary forum, an opinion-forming, intermedia space for the exchange of knowledge, art, experience and design achievements.
She runs her own design office Ochkoncept where, together with her sister Paulina Ochman, they carry out projects for private and public interiors, exhibition design and in art and cultural institutions, furniture design, objects and artistic installations, exploring the issue of space design in a utilitarian and philosophical context, analysing both the physical and spiritual needs of future recipients.
