In 1974, she graduated from the Faculty of Architecture at the Cracow University of Technology. In 1979, she received an honours degree in stage design from the Academy of Fine Arts in Krakow. She received her diploma in stage design from Professor Andrzej Majewski. Back home, she worked as an architect and set designer. She has lived in Toronto since 1983. In 1988, she opened her own studio, which carries out commissions for theatre, opera and film, as well as creating architectural designs.

In 1994, Przybylski received a creative grant from The Canada Council, together with Felix Mirbt, to work on Mozart's opera The Magic Flute. Her set and theatre costume designs have been nominated sixteen times for the prestigious Dora Mavor Moore Awards for outstanding set design and have won the award five times. Teresa Przybylski's set and costume designs for film and television have twice been awarded Gemini Awards for excellence and originality. Dora Mavor Moore Awards were given for projects: "2nd Nature", VideoCabaret, 1991; "Machiavelli in Love" M.C.U. Productions, 1993; "Le Malade Imaginaire" Moliere, Le Theatre Francais de Toronto, 1997; "Two Words for Snow", Volcano Theatre Company, 2003; "Hedda Gabler" Volcano Theatre Company, 2005.

In 2006, she received the Montreal English Critics Circle Awards (MECCAs) for her set design for 'Miss Julie'. In 2003, she was nominated for the Elinore & Lou Siminovitch Prize in Theatre. The play Goodness (Michael Redhill, Volcano Theatre Company) with set design by Teresa Przybylski won the Carol Tambor Award at the 2007 Edinburgh Festival Fringe.

In 2002, Teresa Przybylski was admitted to the Royal Canadian Academy of Arts; she has been a member of the Associated Designers of Canada since 1990, and was a board member of the Toronto Arts Council. From 2005 to 2013. Teresa Przybylski worked as an associate professor and, since 2013, was awarded a professorship at York University, Theatre Department, where she teaches scenography. She has guest lectured at a number of universities: Graduate Centre for Study of Drama - University of Toronto, Prague Quadrennial, International Exhibition of Scenography - Czech Republic, Interior Design Ryerson Polytechnic University-Toronto, School of Architecture - University of Waterloo, MFA Modern Drama - University of Iowa, USA. On the occasion of the International Exhibition of Scenography, the artist gave a guest lecture during the Prague Quadrennial Festival: "Teresa Przybylski - Retrospective".

In 2013. Teresa Przybylska received the honour of Artists of the Year, awarded by the Canadian newspaper Globe and Mail, highlighting her two outstanding projects: 'Waiting for Godot' for Stratford Festival and 'Lady Windermere's Fan' for Shaw Festival.

Teresa Przybylska's stage projects are characterised by an unconventional use of materials and minimalism of form. The artist is fascinated by spaces that allow for dramatic effects involving light and actors. She is often inspired by nature - the colours of the earth, water and sunlight give the sets and costumes a magical yet timeless character. The artist also uses cultural symbols, which she turns into universal signs. Drawing on her architectural experience and her experimental approach to space, the artist uses simple forms, the colours of nature, and dynamic transformations of space to complement the content of the play with scenography and costumes. Her aim in designing each performance is to propose evocative scenographic solutions that can be interpreted in many ways to engage the audience's imagination. "As a set designer, I always try to find spatial elements that complement the dramatic action in a strong yet minimalist way and allow the audience to freely create their own emotional world. The designed space must be sensitive to word, movement, sound and light. It must take into account the imagination and sensitivity of the audience and also the existing architecture of the space where the performance takes place" (Teresa Przybylski, Toronto, July 2010).

Teresa Przybylski's costume designs are in many private collections in the United States, Canada, Italy and Poland. In 2019, three costume designs were donated to the National Museum in Krakow.

Selected artistic institutions with which she has collaborated: Canadian Opera Company, Opera Theatre in Saint Louis, Pacific Opera, Calgary Opera, Statford Festival, Shaw Festival, Atlantic Festival, National Arts Centre, Young People's Theatre, Tarragon Theatre, Factory Theatre, Luminato, Canadian Stage, Manitoba Theatre Centre, Canadian Film Centre, Rhombus Media.

Selected exhibitions: National Exhibition of Diplomas, Krakow, 1978; Prague Quadrennial - International Exhibition of Scenography, 1979; Teresa Przybylski- Exhibition of Paintings and Drawings, Darmstadt, 1982; Prelude to Prague. National Exhibition of Scenography, York Quay Gallery, Toronto, 1995; Stage Design in Canada 1994-1998; The Gallery Stratford, Stratford/Ontario, 1998; Prague Quadrennial - International Exhibition of Scenography, 1999; Behind the Mask - 15 Years of Design at Odyssey Theatre, Ottawa, 2000; Theatre Designer's Drawings, Gallery 96, Stratford/Ontario, 2001, 2003; Individual Exhibition Stage Design, Pearson Airport, Toronto, 2006; Shakespeare Made in Canada, Macdonald Stewart Art Centre, Guelph/Ontario, 2007; Self Portrait- Group Exhibition, Royal Canadian Academy of Arts, Toronto, 2009; Teresa Przybylski Design, Association of Polish Architects, Krakow, 2012.