page_title: Joanna Rajkowska
section_title: Life
hierarchical_section_title: Joanna Rajkowska / Life
context_page_description: Joanna Rajkowska is a Polish contemporary artist who came onto the Polish art scene in the 1990s. Her most famous work is called "Greetings from Jerusalem Avenue", a 15-meter-tall artificial palm tree installed on Warsaw's Jerusalem Avenue.
  The installation was organized by the Warsaw Centre for Contemporary Art. Since then, the palm tree has become a permanent fixture of Warsaw, as it was not removed at the end of the official exhibition but instead came under the protection of the President of Warsaw.
  It went neglected and leafless two years later, until the artist and friends mounted its restoration. It still stands in the center of the city. In the summer of 2007, the palm underwent a complete makeover, becoming more weatherproof and easier to maintain.
context_section_description: Born in Bydgoszcz, Poland, Joanna Rajkowska studied painting at the Academy of Fine Arts in Kraków, Poland (1988–1993), and art history at Jagiellonian University, Kraków, Poland (1988–1993). She also completed the Studio Semester Program at the State University of New York, U.S. (1994–1995).
caption: "Greetings from Jerusalem Avenue."  Artificial palm tree in Warsaw, conceived by Joanna Rajkowska.
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