Krzysztof Brzuzan was born and raised in Bolesławiec. He first came into contact with real art in primary school through Mieczysław Żołądź, a pupil of Antoni Kenar. When encouraged by the artist to make some sculpture, he brought the finished work, causing enthusiasm and disbelief. He continued his artistic education at the First Secondary School in Bolesławiec under the tutelage of Jolanta Ajlikow-Czarnecka. He passed the entrance exam for the Academy of Fine Arts in Kraków on the first attempt thanks to a highly acclaimed set of works in wood. He obtained his diploma in the sculpture studio of Professor Marian Konieczny.
After graduation he moved to Rzeszów, where in 1980 he took up a job as an art teacher at the State Secondary School of Fine Arts. At first he taught metalwork and then, for many years, woodcarving (according to an original didactic programme). In 1980, he also won a competition for the reconstruction of a monument to Adam Mickiewicz in Rzeszów, which was important for his further artistic career. He has been an active participant in the cultural life of the city from the very beginning and has repeatedly won prizes in the local competition “Painting, Graphics, Drawing, Sculpture of the Year”. He is well known to the citizens of Rzeszów for his bronze sculptures located in the city space, including the statue of a juvenile delinquent aiming a slingshot at a street lamp.
In his works, he uses stone, wood, metal and ceramics, often combining these materials. Monumental and sacred sculpture occupies an important place in his work. In his art, he refers to many cultural tropes, from the great classics to folk artists. However, regardless of the form or material used, he always tries to say something about man and his condition in the contemporary world.
This post from the series “Boleslawiec artistic community” was prepared within the framework of the project “Boleslawiec – 30 years of local government” implemented by the Museum of Ceramics and the Boleslawiec Cultural Center – International Ceramics Center
Adam Mickiewicz monument, Rzeszów
Monument to “Rascal with a Slingshot”, Rzeszów
Monument to Jan Pakosławic, Rzeszów
Sculpture of Crucified Christ, Sacred Heart of Jesus Cathedral, Rzeszów
Monument to John Paul II, Roman Catholic Church of the Nativity of the Blessed Virgin Mary, Zaczernie
Monument to John Paul II, Regional Rehabilitation and Education Centre Hospital, Rzeszów
Monument to Blessed Jerzy Popiełuszko, Roman Catholic Church of Our Lady of Salvation, Rzeszów
Plaque in memory of Mira Kubasińska , Old Cemetery, Rzeszów
Busts of Tadeusz Kantor, Jerzy Grotowski, Zdzisław Kozień and Józef Szajna, Wanda Siemaszkowa Theatre, Rzeszów
2007 Museum of Ceramics, Bolesławiec
2014 „My Sundays”, Diocesan Museum, Rzeszów
2015 „My Sundays”, Gallery of the Wicker Centre of the Municipal Cultural Centre, Rudnik nad Sanem
2016 „14×3″, Gallery Na Najwyższym Poziomie, Elektromontaż Rzeszów S.A., Rzeszów
2006 Post-exhibition of the 5th All-Polish Ceramic Plein-Air for teachers of art schools “Ceramic Dialogues”, CENTRUM Gallery Nowa Huta Cultural Centre, Cracow, Poland
2007 Post-exhibition of the 6th All-Polish Ceramic Plein-air for teachers of art schools “Ceramic Dialogues”, Museum of Wiśnicka Land, Nowy Wiśnicz; Museum of Industry (no longer existing branch of the Museum of Technology), Warsaw
2009 Post-exhibition of the VIII All-Polish Ceramic Plein-Air for teachers of art schools “Ceramic Dialogues”, The Wiśnicka Land Museum, Nowy Wiśnicz; Municipal Gallery of Art, Municipal Public Library, Limanowa
2010 Post-exhibition of the 8th All-Polish Ceramic Plein-Air for teachers of art schools “Ceramic Dialogues”, Centre for Promotion of Culture Praga-South, Warsaw
Anniversary exhibition – Anna Hass-Brzuzan and Krzysztof Brzuzan, BWA Rzeszów
2014 Post-exhibition of the 10th All-Polish Ceramic Plein-Air for teachers of art schools “Ceramic dialogues”, BWA “U Jaksy”, Miechów
2017 „In search of art, science, passion – graduates of the First High School in Bolesławiec 1946-2016″, State Archive in Wrocław, Branch in Bolesławiec
2018 Post-exhibition of the 12th All-Polish Ceramic Plein-Air for art school teachers “Ceramic dialogues”, Wiejska Gallery, Chełmno
2019 Post-exhibition of the XIII All-Polish Ceramic Plein-Air for teachers of art schools “Ceramic dialogues”, Dwór Karwacjanów Art Gallery, Gorlice
2020 Post-exhibition of the XIII All-Polish Ceramic Plein-Air for teachers of art schools “Ceramic dialogues”, Piotr Michałowski Municipal Gallery of the Complex of Art Schools in Rzeszów, Rzeszów; “So many worlds” Gallery, Oświęcimskie Centrum Kultury, Oświęcim
“Artists of the Bolesławiec Area”, Museum of Ceramics, Bolesławiec
2005, 2007, 2009, 2013, 2017, 2019 All-Poland open-air ceramic workshop for art school teachers “Ceramic Dialogues”, Nowy Wiśnicz
2019 Fourth International Painting and Sculpture Plein-Air “Frydman 2019”, Frydman