Our Story
Language and art are the foundation of Patti Folwarczny’s and Sina Hickey’s friendship and partnership. With their complimentary interests and their support in each other's artistic projects, they began to realize that together they have a strong working ethic.
Together they have worked on art exhibitions in New York City and Berlin, and they have also worked as English teachers along side each other. From personal bilingual and artistic experiences, Folwarczny and Hickey aim to inspire the next generation of creatives to discover the same artistic potential in themselves.
Patti Folwarczny
Patti graduated with a Fine Art degree magna cum laude from the Bath Spa University, Bath, UK, where she majored in painting and performance art. Also a trained art historian, she completed her Master’s in European and North American art history at the Freie Universität Berlin in fall 2012.
Patti's artistic production encompasses painting, photography, experimental film and performance. The artist has been working as a bilingual instructional educator at the Labyrinth Kindermuseum Berlin since 2009. In addition, she has gained teaching experience at primary school level and works as a certified Helen Doron Early English teacher.
Sina B. Hickey
Sina graduated with a Documentary Studies degree from the University at Albany. Her specializations were in documentary filmmaking and photography with an emphasis on social politics. Sina also took some editing classes at the filmArche in Berlin.
Sina founded and organized PaperGirl-NY and has worked with PaperGirl-Berlin in 2009 and 2010. While in New York she worked as the photographer for the Center for Dialogues at New York University. Sina has worked as a freelancer on various film and photography projects, and has English teaching experience with adults and kids. Sina has a Teaching English as a Foreign Language certification as well as a Helen Doron Early English certification.