Olga Ziemska is a globally recognized sculptor and environmental artist whose large-scale public artworks and site-specific installations explore the profound relationship between humanity and the natural world. A graduate of Columbus College of Art & Design (BFA, 2000), she gained early recognition through a Fulbright Fellowship at the Academy of Fine Arts in Warsaw, Poland. During this pivotal time, she created Stillness in Motion (2002) at the Center of Polish Sculpture—an influential work later featured in Sculpture Magazine (2003). This project marked her entry into the global environmental art discourse, establishing her as a leading voice in contemporary environmental art and outdoor site-responsive sculpture.

Ziemska’s work delves into humanity’s intrinsic connection to nature, engaging deeply with themes of ecology, biophilia, panpsychism, materiality, and identity. Her practice reinterprets the human figure in the landscape, shifting focus from human dominance to nature’s agency and interconnected systems. By dissolving the boundary between body and environment, her sculptures emphasize continuity and reciprocity rather than separation and control.

Renowned for her large-scale, site-specific sculptures, Ziemska has exhibited and created works around the world. Some of her solo exhibitions include Of the Earth at the Morton Arboretum, SPOKE at the Franklin Park Conservatory, The Tree Told Me So at the Church of St. Lawrence in the Czech Republic, and Mirror Matter at MOCA Cleveland. Her public art commissions, such as Cellular in the lobby of the Downtown Cleveland Westin Hotel and Feather Point in Thaddeus Kosciuszko Park, showcase her ability to merge natural and reclaimed materials with conceptual depth. Notably, she is the first female artist represented in Dublin, Ohio’s multi-million-dollar public art collection.

Ziemska has participated in prestigious international events, including the East Rift Valley Land Art Festival and the Taoyuan Land Art Festival in Taiwan, the Geumgang Nature Art Biennale in South Korea, and the Contemporary Art Event in Nature at RespirArt Sculpture Park in the Dolomite Mountains of Italy. Her contributions have earned numerous accolades, including two Creative Workforce Fellowships and the Wendy L. Moore Emerging Artist Award from MOCA Cleveland. In 2018, the Ohio Arts Council recognized Ziemska as a Woman to Watch artist.

Through her art, Ziemska challenges us to rethink our relationship with nature—not as separate observers, but as participants in a deeply interconnected system. Her work offers a poetic and thought-provoking vision of what it means to exist within, rather than apart from, the natural world.