Aleksandra
Dubiel

Drawing came first. Long before architecture, there was the need to look, sketch, and try to understand things through form. Drawing is still the closest thing to me — a way of observing, thinking, and recording what can be difficult to capture in any other way.

I studied architecture at Cracow University of Technology, where I recently completed my Bachelor’s degree and am now continuing with a Master’s. Architecture has given me tools for bringing intuition into focus: it has taught me to look at space, proportion, light, and material, but also to think about how people experience a place. These two ways of seeing — through drawing and through architecture — naturally overlap in my work.

I work across design, architecture, and visual art. I design book covers for the University of Rzeszów Press, work on interior projects, and take on projects that sit somewhere between architecture and visual art. Regardless of the medium, I find myself returning to the same things: simplicity, proportion, light, texture, and that difficult-to-define moment when everything begins to belong together.

Alongside, I teach drawing to students aged nine and up. I work with those preparing for art school or architecture programmes, as well as with people who simply want to learn how to look more carefully. What interests me most about teaching is not simply learning to reproduce what we see, but the moment when we begin to truly notice. A drawing then becomes more than an exercise — it becomes a way of understanding form, light, and the relationships between things.

I am based in Poland, working with clients, institutions, and other creatives. I am particularly drawn to projects that bring spatial thinking together with a sensitivity to image — projects that leave room for attention, experimentation, and an individual way of seeing.